Flatscreen between speakers

@rjinaz86323. Putting absorbing panels on the side wall might help. Where to put them is the question: you will need a helper and a small mirror. While sitting in your listening position, have the helper slide the mirror along the wall until you can see the tweeter on your speaker. That will the general area where the panel needs to be located. Look up first reflection online if you need more information. 

@kubla36. Great panel, that was my original plan except that I was thinking of splitting it into three panels to make it even easier to handle. I wasn’t aware that these existed on amazon. Yours looks really good. I might combine both designs, we will see. Thanks. 

I started out putting together a mixed use system. HT/HIFI after awhile I decided I could not “serve two masters” I took down my center channel and in its place I put up a temporary acoustic panel that I can remove while watching tv which I actually don’t do much of. Also, I discovered that the phantom center image that my speakers create is pretty strong for the tv watching that I do and is acceptable for me. Now, if you’re a HT enthusiast that may not fly. Good luck tho

@knownothing 

Blu-ray soundtracks sounded great pretty much from day one

I don't know what your set-up is, but do you have a centre-channel speaker?  If so, what do you do with it when playing two channel stereo?

If a flat panel TV interferes with your sound quality, surely a purpose-built resonator like a dynamic speaker would be worse?

@richardbrand do have a center channel and rear channels as well.  It has occurred to me that 7 unused drivers in the those three speakers were affecting the sound quality during stereo playback.  I have also covered those speakers to see if I can tell a difference in the sound quality.  I cannot.  For my system set up in my room, the TV screen is a much bigger factor.

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@samoh 

I discovered that the phantom center image that my speakers create 

I am getting confused here about the word phantom!  

I am happy to call the synthetic cente channel created by some processors from 2-channel sources "phantom" because it does not exist in the real source.

On the other hand, many multi-channel recordings do have a genuine centre channel.  For those like me who choose not to have a centre speaker, it can be added to front left and front right.  Our brain / ear system seems to have no problem recreating it - it is just part of what we call imaging.  To my mind, it is not "phantom"