If your fireplace is anything like mine, and you USE it, I would be far more worried about heat damage to the drivers and cabinets of your speakers than the way it will affect the sound. If that was the only concern, you could use a large absorbent panel in front of the fireplace, but I think that the heat will kill those speakers.
Speakers near fireplace
I’m moving and in the new house it seems the best speaker position would be to have them on each side of the fireplace. They’re Vandersteen 2CE Signatures. I want to put them about a foot or so to the right/left of the fireplace and about 1-1/2 feet in front of the wall with the fireplace.
There are glass doors on the fireplace but I’m thinking of replacing that with a screen.
I would plan on putting the amp, etc. further to one side of the left speaker. The only real problem I see is that there will be a cable running across the floor (in front of the fireplace) to the right speaker. That and I will have one speaker close to the amp. In the past my rig was basically in the middle of both speakers, what’s the best way to handle 12’ of cable with only 2-3 feet needed on the one side?
There are glass doors on the fireplace but I’m thinking of replacing that with a screen.
I would plan on putting the amp, etc. further to one side of the left speaker. The only real problem I see is that there will be a cable running across the floor (in front of the fireplace) to the right speaker. That and I will have one speaker close to the amp. In the past my rig was basically in the middle of both speakers, what’s the best way to handle 12’ of cable with only 2-3 feet needed on the one side?