New TV, Old A/V Receiver

mark090852
mark090852 Posts: 996
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I have a Sony GX808ES receiver from back in the 90s that still works perfectly. I would like to attach it to a new bedroom tv and use it to power two bookshelf speakers so we can listen to the sound from the tv using the bookshelf speakers. However, the tv only has HDMI and optical connections. No analog right and left audio outs. Will this work to allow me to make the connection I need?

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McIntosh MA252 Integrated Amp, LUMIN D2 Network Music Player, Yamaha Aventage RX-A840 receiver, Emotiva XPA Gen3 2 channel amp, Polk LSiM 703 speakers. Oppo UDP-203 Blu-Ray player, Polk LSiM 705 speakers. Polk Signature S20 speakers.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    Connect all Video sources to the TV and run a long Optical from the TV out to one of the inputs of your AVR. This way you can have full resolution from your video sources.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • Legender
    Legender Posts: 478
    Yep.. your Sony receiver is old enough it does not support optical inputs, only analog. As long as the TV supports optical out then you can use that device or similar to convert from optical to analog and then plug into your receiver.
    Music: Oppo103 - Parasound JC2 - Parasound A21- SDA 3.1
    Theater: Denon 3808 - B&K 7500/Emotiva XPA-3- RTi12, CSi5, RTiA7x4, PSW505
    Sleeping: Marantz 70005 - Harman Kardon 2400 - SDA 2
    2 Channel: Cary 306 SACD - Canary Audio 906 - Pass Labs x250 - PS Audio Perfectwave DAC, Polk LSiM705, SVS SB13 Ultra
    Office: Dell Optiplex, Emotiva XDA-2, Adcom 5500, LSiM 703
    Spares: Yamaha CA-810; LSi 15; Kenwood Basic M2a, Yamaha M60/M80, Polk Monitor 7, SVS SB13 Ultra
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    I've been using one of these for 2 years without a hitch:
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009346RSS/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499904772&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=fiio+dac&dpPl=1&dpID=41XxS0L762L&ref=plSrch
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1     Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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