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Flat screen between speakers, again.

I know this has been discussed before, but after reading most of the somewhat recent responses to similar questions I still need to pick your collective brains.
To mitigate the TV's impact, I am considering building a panel that would cover the TV when it's not in use. The panel would be a 2.5' x 4.5' diffuser or absorber. Ideally it will hang above the TV when I am watching TV and would lower down to block the TV when I am listening to music.

My question is whether this is a viable solution and, if it is, would I be better served with diffusion or absorption?


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millercarbon
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Long ago way before the projection screen that mounts on the wall I had a TV. I mean a real vacuum tube TV. As thick as it was wide, which wasn't much, only 32" screen. Yet that was big enough to hear the improvement when covered with a thick blanket. Forget towel, THICK blanket. Think quilt.  

Forget diffuser, too heavy, cumbersome and expensive. What you want is absorption. A nice cheap and light, easy to move around panel.  

The stuff you want is called Owens Corning 703 acoustic panel. I would just get one, 1" thick will be plenty, and wrap it in some open weave (think speaker dust cover) fabric. 

Make something to hang it over the screen when listening, put it on top of the TV when watching. Easy peasy.
rego
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Diffusion ... tuned to a limited range ... to be determined ... 
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tony1954 OP
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Thanks for everyone's responses. What I should add is that this is only one aspect of my diving into "room treatment". Whatever the final solution ends up being, I do think I would prefer exploring an actual room treatment option, as opposed to throwing a blanket over it.Now that the good weather is disappearing and I am not spending 4 or 5 days a week at the golf course, perhaps I will finally get off my butt and get things fixed. One Covid byproduct is more time on my hands.
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oleschool
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two thoughts ,
sound absorbing curtains that cover tv when not it use.
or sound absorbing panels by I think ATS makes a clip that mounts to back of panel and the female part mounts to Wall and slides down into it . make a lightweight backer to push panel off wall whatever the tv is 4"? and mount that to panel grab the panels 24 x36 or 48 " or custom and side them down into slots and they would hang in front of tv covering it .( they may flex a little because they would be hanging but done right they would be fine . I use the panels in my dedicated room , if you pm me I can send you a pick and a scribble of what im saying 
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stringreen
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My neighbor had a carpenter fit a cabinet to his high ceiling with a motorized carriage that takes the tv into the cabinet when not in use.  
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