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Speakers behind Projector Screen

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OK I'm in a slight Dilema, the screen I have fits with about 6" on each side of the screen free between the screen and the wall, but my speakers are semi-blocked with this setup, the tweeter and part of the 6.5" mid is blocked.

Will pointing the speakers at an angle to the wall end up giving too much of a negative effect? or would it work well? or is it time for some shorter / home theater speakers and re-purpose my Paradigm Monitor 7s? Here is my awesome paint illustration.

Another option is to mount the screen 4" higher as well, but that would cause me some trouble when i finish the ceiling (currently its exposed ceiling)

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I have no clue if it will affect the sound to face them to the wall. Try it and find out.
 
Tweeters (high frequency audio) is VERY directional and as such having that projector screen blocking the tweeter is definitely going to lead to muddied audio. Will you notice it? Who knows? Try it and see... but if it were me it would probably drive me nuts.

Having the speakers behind the screen and angled is only going to make things worse. Your average pull down / motorized projection screen is anything but acoustically transparent. It would be even worse than just having them flat against the wall like in the bottom picture.

In your situation I would get some smaller speakers (mini-bookshelves or regular home theater type - whatever will fit in the 6" space) and use a subwoofer.
 
What kind of screen is it... Is it acoustically transparent? (I'm guessing not if you're asking this question).

If you can, see if you can get an acoustically transparent screen instead. This will solve your problem nicely (though will likely be more expensive).
 
If the screen was say 6-8" infront of the speaker would it still be bad :p?

There are 2 more options,

1: putting the speakers infront of screen, since the screen has about 2" of black border, I would be giving up 1-2" of actual screen space on each side.
2: return the 120" screen to costco, and go with a 106" screen instead. that gives me 12" more space horizontally.
3: Use my klipsch promedia satellites for their tweeters mounted on the side of the screen

What say you [H] Keep the speakers and lose some screen space? or lose the speakers in favor of screen space?
 
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1. I'd find this distracting. I vote no.
2. Depends on the room and your seating position, but of your three choices this one is the best.
3. Hell. No.

If you are considering replacing the screen anyway, why not just buy one with an acoustically transparent fabric? They really aren't that much more expensive than traditional screens.

http://seymourav.com/
 
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1. I'd find this distracting. I vote no.
2. Depends on the room and your seating position, but of your three choices this one is the best.
3. Hell. No.

If you are considering replacing the screen anyway, why not just buy one with an acoustically transparent fabric? They really aren't that much more expensive than traditional screens.

http://seymourav.com/
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I'm looking @ a draper 106" high contrast grey with a .8 gain on it for $200, AT screens are a fair bit more and sacrifice some video and audio quality I thought.

Plus the screens youv'e listed there start at like $600 ~.~
 
They make some sacrifices. But in your case I believe you would sacrifice more by shrinking your screen or moving your speakers to a less optimal position.

And honestly, even in some pretty high end setups calibration is often effective at mitigating any supposed sacrifices. (Keep in mind that those big beautiful IMAX screens in theaters use AT material as well.)

As for cost, I had no idea of your budget so I linked one of my usual recommendations for AT screens.

Accuscreen Soundscreen is a fairly good budget contender for AT screens, but they seem to only have screens up to 106" available currently, which won't solve any of your problems. As for other options? I'm sure they exist, but $2-300 is a difficult price point for an assembled AT screen.

Also note that SeymourAV has DIY solutions which can get you what you want for under $3-500:
http://seymourav.com/screensDIY.asp

Edit: After looking at your images above a second time, I'm going to change my recommendation. I would get the 106" screen unless the entirety of each driver would be behind the screen. You don't want half a driver behind the screen and the other half under it. And you especially do not want a driver bifurcated by your screen's frame.
 
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ahh, so for now I have moved the speakers infront of the screen, they block about 1" of actual screen space going in from the side and 3" going up, I barely notice it, I'll try it out while actually watching something when it's all setup then I'll decide. It's either this or a 106" High Contrast Grey screen!
 
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