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Room Acoustics

I pushed my 34" widescreen TV back more towards the front wall yesterday, getting it out of the way of the 2 speakers thinking of improving the sound. The soundstage did expand, but the imaging was less defined. Does putting a television between a pair of speakers actually improve their imaging? Are their any advantages as to put a big object between the 2 speakers?
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rdean
7 posts
 
I don't watch TV, so haven't tried it. But everything I've read says putting a TV between speakers is a major no no. Do a search on Audio Asylum.
stehno
1,453 posts
 
I'm sure it depends on all the ingredients, but if you move your speakers far enough out from the back wall, you should minimize any negative impact.

In my case, when I had a 50 inch rear projection back and between my speakers, the only noticeable affect was that the soundstage was raised about 3 or 4 feet. Which I kinda' liked.

FWIW, my speakers were about 5.5 ft from the back wall to the front face of the speaker cabinet.

-IMO
beavis
272 posts
 
A TV does affect soundstaging dramatically due to acoustic reflections from the screen. But everyone seems to agree problems can be made less noticable by moving TV forward/backward in relation to speakers.
geoh
48 posts
 
I went from a big monster RPTV to a 50" wall mount plasma between my speakers and everything about the sound improved big time............
Imaging, Soundstage, bass response, etc...
It was like my speakers (B&W N802) were set free.
I will never go back to the big box.
Regards,
geoh
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