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Speaker directly off LCD TV

  • 04-07-2012 9:58pm
    #1
    grousedogtom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 463 ✭✭


    Hi i want to connect a good quality speaker directly off my flat screen LCD TV, the TV is mounted on a chimney and i have a speaker cable from the TV to the chimney corner at floor level and then ran to the back of the room hanging from the ceiling. My question basically is can i connect a good speaker directly from the TV or do i need to wire it through an amplifier first, if so what type of amplifier for one speaker or where could i purchase such an amplifier/speaker.
    many thanks


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  • #2
    andy1249
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭andy1249


    You cannot connect a speaker directly to a TV like that. All the audio out feeds on the TV are line level , and must be sent through an amp.

    Any other method can only be called Jerry rigging at best , and will almost certainly damage the TV to some extent.

    The solutions you can use depend on your budget , and also depend on the model of the TV and what kind of audio outputs it has.

    Its hard to advise without that information , but usually , for the kind of situation that you are in , most would go with some kind of soundbar, which should look well mounted under your TV and doesn't have to cost the earth.

    http://www.richersounds.com/products/hi-fi-separates/speakers/soundbars


  • #3
    Stratospher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭Stratospher


    Hi here's the easy way to sort audio for your tv.

    http://www.qacoustics.co.uk/q-tv/q-tv2.htm
    and
    http://www.qacoustics.co.uk/q-tv/mounting-options.htm

    Regards,
    Raphael.


  • #4
    WillyFXP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 833 ✭✭✭WillyFXP


    grousedogtom wrote: »
    Hi i want to connect a good quality speaker directly off my flat screen LCD TV, the TV is mounted on a chimney and i have a speaker cable from the TV to the chimney corner at floor level and then ran to the back of the room hanging from the ceiling. My question basically is can i connect a good speaker directly from the TV or do i need to wire it through an amplifier first, if so what type of amplifier for one speaker or where could i purchase such an amplifier/speaker.
    many thanks

    What do you mean by speaker cable? I'm not aware of any TVs with direct speaker terminals so I presume you mean a stereo phono cable or an optical/ coaxial digital cable. There are many options available but we need to know exactly what cable you've run and what sound you want ie. stereo or surround.


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