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Unregistered guest | Hi All, I have a Sharp Aquos 37" with integrated L/R speakers. The inputs for these are RCA L/R connections. I am planning on buying a Denon 3806 receiver that has 7 preouts (1 for each channel of a 7.1 surround system). My question is, can I connect the L/R RCA preouts on the Denon directly to the L/R inputs on the Sharp??? I want to do this so I can use the tv's built in speakers as the L/R of my surround sound setup. |
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Silver Member Username: ChitownPost Number: 519 Registered: Apr-05 | I doubt seriously that they will match with any real speakers. It will be a waste of all that fine power coming out of the 3806. |
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Unregistered guest | Yeah I was a bit concerned about that. . . all stupidity on my part aside though, do you think it would work? |
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Silver Member Username: ChitownPost Number: 520 Registered: Apr-05 | I don't think you will loose anything by trying it. In a HT surround your left and right are second only to the center channel (and in some mode the primary) in term of importance. So no I don't think it will be any good. What do you have as your other speakers? |
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Unregistered guest | I have niles in ceiling speakers for SR and SL and some cheap sony bookshelves for the front 3 channels. I haven't decided what upgrade to for the front channels yet. Any suggestions? |
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Unregistered guest | I have niles in ceiling speakers for SR and SL and some cheap sony bookshelves for the front 3 channels. I haven't decided what upgrade to for the front channels yet. Any suggestions? |
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Unregistered guest | I have niles in ceiling for SR and SL and some cheap sony's for the front channels that I still need to upgrade. Any suggestions? |
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Silver Member Username: ChitownPost Number: 522 Registered: Apr-05 | I think you will need to upgrade your front three speakers. Your rear's should be alright, especially since they are built in. You don't get a heck of a lot from them anyway, but a cheap sony set is not much of an alternative to the built in TV speakers. Take a look at the these for on-line speakers and they all have 30 money back guarantee. Depending on how small a speaker set you go with you may also need a subwoofer. I don't know what your budget is, but all these three have b-stock/returned speakes that are 15-25% cheaper. http://www.axiomaudio.com/products.html look at their bookshelves http://www.aperionaudio.com/products/product-overview.aspx?cat=5 http://www.ascendacoustics.com/ All these will give you a great deal for your money. You probably don't want to spend a lot, but it's a shame to let all that power in that fine receiver go to waste. |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 4433 Registered: Dec-03 | emodica, I highly recommend the Sonus Faber Cremona. Do you have a budget? We can suggest all we want but without a budget, it is pointless. Speakers vary in prices. |
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Unregistered guest | Hey Guys, First thanks you both so much for taking the time to answer my questions. I'm willing to spend up to 1K on the front channels. |
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New member Username: Htpro3324Woodstock, IL USA Post Number: 1 Registered: Dec-05 | I would say for the fronts to maybe stop by your local Best Buy or Circuit City. Best Buy carries the Klipsch Synergy Line and Circuit carries some nice Polk Audio and for just a fornt L/R and center you will be able to get some high quality speakers for right around a grand. Now where you trying to keep it small is the question. Looking at what you where trying to do by running ur left right out of a Sharp Aqous which probably runs 2 20 watt speakers with that receiver I thought maybe you where looking for small or out of the way sound. If you where I would consider some in-walls like the ones for your rear whcih can also be found at BB and CC. |
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Unregistered guest | Guys, One more thing for you both to consider. . . I have some asthetic concerns about this setup as well. The tv is mounted about 9 in over the fireplace mantel. I would like to keep this as clean looking as possible. . . I'm all for buying good speakers but I don't want a gigantic center channel on the fireplace mantel if I can avoid it. What about installing an in-wall center in the gap between the tv and the mantel? This center channel would need to be < 14 in wide to fit in between the existing studs (including the housing!). Think there's something that would work? |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 4469 Registered: Dec-03 | emodica, If aesthetics are a big concern you may want to look at this set up: http://www.definitivetech.com/loudspeakers/mythos/mythos_table.html |
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Silver Member Username: ChitownPost Number: 546 Registered: Apr-05 | Emodica FYI installing an LCD TV above a fireplace my not be such a good idea, nor would I put the center channel anywhere near the fireplace. For good looking speakers take a look at Monitor Audio. |
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Unregistered guest | Stof, It's done, looks and works great. . .so no worries there. |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 4497 Registered: Dec-03 | Emodica, What speaker set-up did you end up purchasing? |
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Unregistered guest | None yet Berny. Once I get my Denon 3806 (just placed order) I'm going to try driving the aquos integrated speakers as the center channel. The 3806 has line-level preouts so I can do this. I don't know how it's gonna sound but aesthetics is of primary importance. |