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Covering a TV behind your speakers?

I just read on another site a guy asking what difference it would make covering his TV while playing music. His picture shows a decent system but it must be in the basement. It can't be more than 12' wide. No sound treatments to be seen. I'm going through a divorce and will have to move to a much smaller one person house. I've been lucky for 30 years having my expossed basement listening room, 20' x 24', naturally almost perfect as far as sound goes.  I have been reading here and other sites trying to learn about treatments. Never heard the TV thing before. A few people responded to the guy's post that they hang drapes over the TV. I would think since current TV screens are not glass but whatever they are made of now they wouldn't cause a problem. Looking forward hearing from the experts here.

golden210
facten
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Trust me millercarbon my question was asked without really looking for a factual response. If one is worrying about if their cell phone is influencing the sound of their system I suspect they have bigger problems. Likewise, I'll leave the morphic field reading to the obsessive and simply enjoy the music.
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don_c55
1,025 posts
 
If you mount the tv on the wall the audio soundstage will be in front of the tv screen.

Mount the tv on a stand about a foot or so behind the speakers and the audio soundstage will blend with the video picture.

This will give a more realistic movie experience.

For audio only listening turn off the picture on the tv.

Some tv’s have a picture off button on the remote to block the video and let the audio through for Tidal, Amazon hd music etc. I do not like to view album art and other crap for music only playback.

Covering and uncovering the tv is a PIA IMO.
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
I’m with @mijostyn on this. I’ve listened to my system (two separate systems, two separate rooms) and in both settings preferred the sound with the TV (wall mounted) left uncovered.

My speakers are pulled out, in case that’s a factor.

I’d go as far as to say that covering the TV is not only a PITA, but was also detrimental to sound quality...in my room/setups.

It’s a simple A/B...which you should do, because your setup / room is unique to you.
rbstehno
1,455 posts
 
You don’t want anything reflective in the middle of your speakers. Glass, tv, table, are the worst but even a high audio rack isn’t good
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