Stupid question

lonwa

Ok, this is probably a no brainer, but I thought I would ask regardless.


I have a plasma monitor that has detachable speakers. The speakers it came with are not that great. Can I run the speaker wire from the TV to my Polk speakers simultaneously while my Polk’s are hooked up to my AV receiver too? (So two sets of speaker wires going to the same speaker)

I figure no, but maybe it will not be a problem? The two possible issues I see would be if both the TV and the receiver was sending sound at the same time, that this could damage the speaker, or, that even though the receiver (or TV) may be off, or not sending and sound to the speaker, that the device which is sending sound to the speakers could damage the speaker-out terminal on the other device (somehow the bridging of the two sets of speaker wire would allow the signal to also be sent the wrong direction on the other speaker wire)?


Any help would be great.

Thanks Guys! Happy New Year


Lonwa

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What brand of Plasma if we may ask?

lonwa

Pioneer Elite PRO-1120HD

tcrossma

Not sure why you'd need to do this. Not sure what type of Polk speakers you have, but the amp in the TV probably isn't up to the task of driving the Polk speakers. Just have all the sound go through your receiver and push the Polk's and you'll be in good shape.

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I have a Pioneer as well. They have better speakers than most TV's on the market.
Nice TV you have.
Lasareath is correct.
You may have already done this, but go into the menu options and turn all of the sound effects ON and crank up the bass and treble to your liking. Made mine sound a little better.

lonwa

Enough watts driven? You may be right, I didn't about that. I think the TV's speakers are rated at 23 watts, so yeah, the TV will not be able to drive the speakers.

The Tv's speakers are not that bad, I agree. I just thought my polk's are better. I will try changing the settings to get a little more out of them.

Yeah, I do have the Direct TV audio also going to the receiver, but the amount of power both the receiver and my amp draw is not small, and so if its not a DD 5.1 signal I usually don't bother with the receiver and amp and just use the TV's speakers. Trying to save some money on my electricity bill. although the amount of heat generated by the TV, receiver and amp combined make the room nice and toasty in the winter so maybe I would save some off of my heater bill?? =0)


Thanks guys.

apphd

lonwa wrote: »

Enough watts driven? You may be right, I didn't about that. I think the TV's speakers are rated at 23 watts, so yeah, the TV will not be able to drive the speakers.

The Tv's speakers are not that bad, I agree. I just thought my polk's are better. I will try changing the settings to get a little more out of them.

Yeah, I do have the Direct TV audio also going to the receiver, but the amount of power both the receiver and my amp draw is not small, and so if its not a DD 5.1 signal I usually don't bother with the receiver and amp and just use the TV's speakers. Trying to save some money on my electricity bill. although the amount of heat generated by the TV, receiver and amp combined make the room nice and toasty in the winter so maybe I would save some off of my heater bill?? =0)

Thanks guys.

I know it's not the same as DD 5.1 but PL IIX can provide some pretty good surround sound. Don't you care for matrixed surround, or really looking to save elect. that much.

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lonwa wrote: »

...the amount of heat generated by the TV, receiver and amp combined make the room nice and toasty in the winter so maybe I would save some off of my heater bill??

Mine stays toasty too! Great in the winter...bad in the summer:)