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Solution for TV between speakers?

Like many of you my sound system is in the living room out of necessity. The speakers are well out in the room and the audio rack is set outside the speakers. Unfortunately, there is no place to put the 27" TV except between the speakers. Experimentation has shown next to the wall is the best spot. The stand is a C-stand which has a 5-legged base with a question mark shaped vertical post on which a shelf for the TV is attached. It was selected for its minimal mass and "art deco" look. Being at the point of tuning the room an idea occured to me and I'm curious if anyone else has tried it. The idea is to make a cloth "tube" lined with Sonex that would be wrapped around the TV and stand. This would make a floor length column ~4' high that would hopefully not only deaden any reverberations and reflections from the TV and stand, but also serve as a front wall treatment. Kind of like an oversized tube trap. Ideally it would open flat so it could be hung on the wall when the TV is in use. That way it would serve the secondary purpose of deadening the wall for HT (about 10% of the time). Anyone tried anything like this? Comments?
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I have a totally different solution to this problem. I too use surround sound incorporated within my stereo system and own a large screen Pioneer Television. My best sound is to remove the TV completely from between the speakers, and I do so by employing rollers on the bottom of the TV, allowing it to be placed against the side wall. In this position there is no negative effect in the stereo imaging, and with a long coaxial connected, the TV produces images from the DSS and DVD in either position (wall or center). Many manufacturers, such as Sound Anchors, can custom manufacturer stands to any requirement you have. This and rollers are a simple and inexpensive solution, and much more effective than trying to remove the imaging obstacle using acoustic treatment.
sol322
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A while ago a friend who has same situation aggravated with a entertainment center type of furniture to hold his TV (already moved the audio gear to independent heavy small racks... commented that he still had problems with sound. Since the furniture was a gift from his wife he got stuck with it... So I suggested to install drapes in the furniture (through brackets and creativity) and for his listening sessions he just pull the cord to close the drapes and his wife contributed by the drape selection. As you know TV's do not contribute too much to decor and partially this set up is an eye caatcher distracting attention from the audio gear.... Regards
1439bhr
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I have similar situation. It helped to pull the speakers as far as possible forward into the room and to move a far apart as you can while maintaining good imaging. I also bought a Tact RCS 2.0 room correction processor and that made a significant improvement in terms of better imaging and articulation of the sound.
fpeel OP
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Albertporter's idea of casters could easily be made to work (here's a picture of the TV stand: http://www.smarthome.com/8700.html). room Just have to find an office chair to sacrifice. Did try moving the TV out of the way, even out of the room entirely. Covering it with a blanket provided similar results, but there is no acoustic treatment on the front wall, so it wasn't a real test. The speakers are over 4' out in the room and 6' apart. The TV is right up against the front wall. I'm still curious what effect "the big tube" would have on the sound. It would easily be 8' in diameter and 4' tall with Sonex all the way around and on top. If no one has tried this with disasterous results I'll give it a go and report back.
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