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Digital Music sounds too bright?

If you feel your digital sound is too bright - I suggest you place a lightweight blanket over your tv screen or computer screen, if you have it placed between your main speakers. I did this and immediately heard a less edgy sound and improved separation between left and right channels.  I have a 55 inch screen between my mains (Tyler Acoustics). This easy and free tweak made a noticeable improvement for me. Hope it will for you too. 

(It makes complete sense that this will reduce some reflected sound. No one would ever recommend placing a mirror or window between main speakers, but a screen has the same effect. If you have a coffee table in front of you when listening, it also could reflect sound that undermines your speakers. Try covering it or moving it away). 
philtangerine
erik_squires
16,122 posts
 
Randy,

Try stand-alone panels next to the TV, parallel to your side walls, like this one:

http://www.gikacoustics.com/product/freestand-acoustic-panel-gobo/

Best,

E
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toddverrone
840 posts
 
@erik_squires I bet if you marketed an audiophile TV cover, made from artisanal Chilean wool and sewn into a special geometry based on quantum photon entanglement, they'd listen. But a blanket over the TV? That's far too easy just to test and, by God, it's a blanket, not a specially designed and manufactured audio product!
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hifiman5
1,832 posts
 
Make sure you are using effective vibration absorbing footers under your digital as well as all other gear.  Vibrations/resonances are enemies to be defeated!
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tomic601
12,914 posts
 
My guru says Quark entanglement is better...

since the blanket is nearly free, why not give it a whirl

getting those speakers out from the wall might do wonders for depth of image...

and for that science kills the guru
unless you bought the steep crossovers...


paul8060
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Putting a blanket over the TV screen won't work, if you want to watch TV.
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