Flatscreen between speakers

I have a 100" flat screen between my speakers. I was very worried about the effect it would have but I use a Lyngdorf processor with their seriously amazing "room perfect" correction software. I know purists will balk at that but the system is not complete to me without a TV. My favorite use of my dedicated room is watching concert videos (on disc). The Lyngdorf, unlike most lesser processors, allows the main speakers (Focal Sopra 1's) to retain their unique sonic character instead of trying to force them to bend to the processor's will.

I also have a very large rectangular ottoman in the room and I found that even without processing the signal if I push that up between the speakers and right in front of the TV it helps with quashing the undesirable reflections.

I once read right here on Audiogon that a member claimed that the flatscreen didn't hurt his sound nearly as much as he feared. In fact, he said it actually helped preserve the center image. Since I don't use a physical center speaker (processor has 16 channels, configurable to whatever you like, I have a 8.2.6 configuration) this helped assuage my worries. I just don't think about it anymore and my room sounds like a dream. Literally. I've been dreaming of having a room like this for 40 years.

@mihorn. Thanks for the feedback. However, I am not fighting any sonic irritation. I just want to push the envelope as far as it can go. In all honesty, I cannot point to any weakness in my hardware, I have addressed them already. I am not sure I understand your point about natural sound in the video. Sometimes my wife and my daughter try to talk to me at the same time and I have difficulty understanding them. Is one of them NOT a natural sound? I am actually looking for "small differences", having addressed the larger ones successfully already. Like I mentioned in my original post, I can hear differences when I cover the TV with towels. Thanks for chiming in.

@shooter41. Glad you don’t have this issue. Could it be that my TV is glass (plasma TV) and yours is LCD? I had a Lyngdorf processor and loved it. My system is like yours: a hybrid. I don’t have an extra room and let’s be honest, I like watching TV with the wife. Try this for fun and giggles, cover the TV with a couple of thick towels and put on some vocal music like Diana Krall. See if the soundstage high doesn’t improve and the image better defined. It’s nothing drastic and that’s why I want to keep this project under budget, but it’s definitely there in my setup.

@elliottbnewcombjr. Nice quilt (but the girl is prettier). Do you have a choice of the images ’cause I am into jazz.

@spenav. That could indeed be a factor as my TV is a mini LED and does not have the slick glass surface.

@spenav where did you buy that wall of acoustic panels behind your tv? I think I need them…. Thx.