Acoustically transparent projector screens? Anyone had any experience of them?

[Jon Spencer]

I am looking at building a false wall in my new home theatre room with a large acoustically transparent screen to place the centre and front speakers behind, I can also build in stotage for the electronics and blu rays/DVD's which would keep the other half happy.

Has anyone had any experience of the screens and what effect they had on the sound? The one I have been looking at is a 2.37:1 143" screen which is 3.34m x 1.41m so should give a decent separation for the front speakers and the volume of the recess shouldn't cause too much speaker boom as the space will be totally open behind the screen.

I know it will always be swings and roundabouts with home theatre design and often convenience and other halfs win the day.

 

[TheHomeCinemaCentre]

As with most things in home cinema it is down to the quality of the products. With a good quality screen you should not have any real deterioation of the sound. We use Screen Excellence for this application and the results are always very strong. If I have the choice this is how I plan a dedicated room from scratch.

That is a decent size of screen do you have a projector strong enough to give you a good image at that size?