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Would a Fabric Room Divider Interfere with sound?

ok, I want to spruce up my HT and the TV with the center channel laying on it and the speakers on the side may be ok to audiophiles, but it is not much to look at from a room aesthetic point of view.

I have a Toshiba 40” projection TV with an Innersound ribbon (not out yet) center channel lying on top of the TV, a pair of Innersound ISIS sitting to either side.
I was thinking about making some kind of cloth partition thingy to sit in front of this with an opening just for the TV monitor to show through. I figured that I could make a simple frame and stretch some cool fabric across to “cover it all up”. My gut tells me “NO! You’ll screw up the sound of those gorgeous ISIS!” (or is it ISISES? anyway...), but I have no scientific point of view to base that on. Is my gut right? Is there anything else that I could do to “bring it all together” that wouldn’t interfere with the sound?
I’m serious, guys, so please help!
-aj
angela100
lugnut
1,190 posts
 
If your choice of fabric was grille cloth and the grilles were removed from the speakers it should work. You never know, you might get lucky and find fabric (for the non-speaker portion) that looks like the grille cloth you selected in order to keep costs down.

Happy listening,
Patrick
p.s. Let us know what happens with the project.
bob_bundus
1,834 posts
 
Lug's idea sounds possibly realistic; the only way you're really gonna know however is to experiment, as is the case with so many of our sonic exploits. However, my gut says the same thing that yours does Ang.
angela100 OP
435 posts
 
GGTA, bob! anyway, to clarify, these are ESL's - no "grill" cloth and the TV is a projection with a 4 ft center channel plopped on top, so grill cloth and cabinets don't apply.
I am thinking about making a frame that fits around the TV only that the center channel fits in and just enclosing around the TV and center channel, leaving the ISIS sitting along beside... I need to watch a few more episodes of trading spaces to get a full idea.... hell, that's what got me into this mess to begin with... :) -aj
dbrambrink
2 posts
 
-A-
"Guilford of Maine" sells acousticaly transparent material which would work well for what you are hoping to achieve. Make the framework out of wood, staple "Wedgy", 30# roofing felt, or a neoprene rubber to any floor mount frame members in order to isolate them from the floor. Use 2 1/2" screws rather than nails to mount to the floor
You can get material samples from GOM at www.GuilfordofMaine.com/samplecenter
angela100 OP
435 posts
 
thanks, D! I went out to their site. So would I be looking at fabrics that are labeled "directional" as opposed to "non directional"?
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