I've just been experimenting a bit to see how much of an affect the reflections off my 60" 16:9 Runco RPTV is having on my audio set up. My speakers, Dunlavy Cantatas, are about 10 ft apart and 2 ft in front of the RPTV. All walls and ceiling are treated acoustically with various absorbing, relecting and diffusing panels that are stretch covered with cloth. So I began to wonder how much an affect the acoustic anomolly is having on the audio. I had some firm 1" fiberglass insulation left over from the room construction so I cut it into two panels that I could lean on the RPTV and cover the screen in similar fashsion to Bufus.
Well, the difference in a short listening test is noticable but not enormous. It seemed that the biggest affect was clarity. Vocals were less constrained and solo trumpet seemed ever so clear and not muted. Is this consistent with eliminating early reflections would predict? Maybe it's due to the distance that the speakers are in front of the RPTV so that there are no or few direct reflections ased on the geometry on my set up. I'll experiment a bit more and if I can figure a convenient way to make the panels easy to apply I'll probably use them regularly.
Right now I'm considering building two frames that would be connected with a piano hinge and then bifold up and back to lay flat on top of the RPTV. This would work great if only I could build something that looked good and would mount to the RPTV without screwing it up. Some kind of bracket screwed to the rear of the set seems to be the key.
Well, the difference in a short listening test is noticable but not enormous. It seemed that the biggest affect was clarity. Vocals were less constrained and solo trumpet seemed ever so clear and not muted. Is this consistent with eliminating early reflections would predict? Maybe it's due to the distance that the speakers are in front of the RPTV so that there are no or few direct reflections ased on the geometry on my set up. I'll experiment a bit more and if I can figure a convenient way to make the panels easy to apply I'll probably use them regularly.
Right now I'm considering building two frames that would be connected with a piano hinge and then bifold up and back to lay flat on top of the RPTV. This would work great if only I could build something that looked good and would mount to the RPTV without screwing it up. Some kind of bracket screwed to the rear of the set seems to be the key.