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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.

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millercarbon
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It helps facten to not rely too much on or take too seriously everything everyone posts. Do your own due diligence. You might, for example, want to search a name like machina dynamica and learn about morphic fields. You know, the information fields that emanate from things like books and cell phones. Then ask yourself why a guy with no system is a serial poster on an audiophile website. DYODD.
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geoffkait
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The stalker floodgates are now officially open! 😱 By the way it’s not difficult to demonstrate that cell phones are bad for the sound. No expensive equipment or controlled blind tests are necessary. Scout’s honor ✌️Just take the cell phones outside and listen to the system again. It’s not rocket science, guys. Don’t let mc scare you. He’s a little bit superstitious sometimes about things he didn’t learn in high school or 4 H. 🍀 🐄
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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geoffkait
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Hey, guys, I’m not trying to set the world on fire 🔥 just start a flame in a few hearts 💕 So simple. So effective. So uh, Free! What are y’all afraid of? Don’t tell me you’re superstitious too? Boo! 🤗
don_c55
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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.
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