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My home theater room in the basement was just completed about a week ago and now I am planning on adding some accessories to the room. I want to add a couple of 27" X 41" movie posters, but I am concerned about the reflective qualities of the glass or plastic. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to what I should look for in a poster frame in regards to avoiding sound reflection? Maybe I should just remove the plastic(or glass) from the frames?

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Sorry I'm not much help, my current HT equipment is sharing a room with:

- a large fireplace, coffee table, two end tables, a dvd cabinet, a small glass topped display table, a couch, a side chair, two wingback chairs and at least 20+ framed prints.

I suspect unless you are a piece of audio testing equipment the answer is ...."nothing"

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simply go with oil on velvet paintings, possibly a bullfighter theme

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I used to have one of those hanging in my room in the fraternity house. It was during my "kitchy" phase.

The more items you add to a room; pictures, furniture, etc. will help reduce the reflection of a room that has minimal items. Adding posters to the wall I doubt will harm anything, most likely they will help the situation.

I was looking at "poster hangers" rather than frames -- just a pair of 27" wide rods that clip on at top and bottom. The top rod lets you hang from one or more nails while the bottom rod is weighted to hold the poster flat. Should be a better absorber than the wall if anything.

Imho, having your home theater look and feel the way you like it, is right up there with the quality of sound and video. The ambience alone will go a long way in making up for anything that may or may not affect the sound.

Put a screen door mesh over them and call it your old plasmas. :P

From the listening positions sit down and have someone take a mirrior and move it along the wall. Find the largest area that will look nice that you CAN NOT see your main speakers from. Those places you can see your mains from are trouble makers regarding sound reflections. This way you can put what looks best over your posters with minimum sound problems.

Read a lot about this stuff lately.