Has anyone ever tried creating a screen with built in speakers. Something like using Plas-Tex for the screen with a black border, but on each side of the screen is about 6" of black cloth covering up flat panel speakers? thoughts anyone
Thats not a bad idea. The way movie theaters work is they have the front channel speakers behind the screen. This way it sounds more real when people are talking. If you have dobly 5.1 suround sound, integrating speakers behind the screen would make for a real nice movie theater feeling.
That would be sweet. 🙂 I hadn't thought of that, but that's *major* style points if you do that imho. 🙂
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Would there be any way to build a sub woofer in there? I know it would be pretty shallow, but it would be pretty damn wide.
a pancake called woofer
would be kind of interesting to find a woofer about 2 inches thick. that's the sapce i have between screen and wall, ofcourse when we move next year, probably April/May, i wil make some kind of a stage, but more a 'trompe l'oeil' than stage.
beside, if i would put a woofer or for this matter any speaker behind the screen, that would not do any good to the sound, because the black out cloth with the thin vynil side will block the sound more that one would wish.
for a screen that let sound go through you will have to go for a 'more pro-approach.
would be kind of interesting to find a woofer about 2 inches thick. that's the sapce i have between screen and wall, ofcourse when we move next year, probably April/May, i wil make some kind of a stage, but more a 'trompe l'oeil' than stage.
beside, if i would put a woofer or for this matter any speaker behind the screen, that would not do any good to the sound, because the black out cloth with the thin vynil side will block the sound more that one would wish.
for a screen that let sound go through you will have to go for a 'more pro-approach.
Would be great to transport and setup though... all you have to do is hang the screen plug the speakers in and your set (almost 😉 )
There's actually a cloth for this
The large (commercial) theatres use a cloth for their screen that is actually perforated with tiny holes to allow them to place their speakers directly behind the screen. However, apparently they tear very easily. I believe I read about these in that guide that you had given us the link to before, Uvodee. I'll have to look that up and get the name of that screen material. Might be out of the $$$ range for us DIYers!
The large (commercial) theatres use a cloth for their screen that is actually perforated with tiny holes to allow them to place their speakers directly behind the screen. However, apparently they tear very easily. I believe I read about these in that guide that you had given us the link to before, Uvodee. I'll have to look that up and get the name of that screen material. Might be out of the $$$ range for us DIYers!
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