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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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https://www.theanalogdept.com/c_miller.htm
This was a long time ago. (2004) Small TV, far away, just a blanket, yet it made a difference. The bigger and closer the TV, and the better (more absorptive) the cover, the bigger the improvement. Mostly in terms of a more solid center image. Not a huge improvement, but worthwhile for the SQ obsessed among us.
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twoleftears
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You may be surprised to discover that the best improvement may not be made by covering/damping close to and directly in front of the TV screen, especially if the screen is not absolutely flush to the wall behind it.  Invest in a couple of these

https://www.gikacoustics.com/introducing-freestand-acoustic-panel/

and you can experiment with different symmetrical positionings in front of and to the sides of the screen.

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jtcf
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Any flat surface no matter what it's composition will reflect sound.Experimenting with a few Rockwool panels from Home Depot is an inexpensive way to figure out what you need and where.Then decide to diy or go with professionally made treatments.
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geoffkait
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TVs do interfere with the sound in a number of ways. All electronic devices interfere with the sound whether they’re plugged in or not. Ditto for cell phones. Sorry to be so mysterioso. ‘Tis best to have a separate “home theater” room if you’re into the whole sound quality thing.
facten
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Curious, what have you found to be the measurable impact of a cell phone , or a plugged in tv while listening to your system?
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