Way to do this?

[marketsons1985]

Hi all,

I recently inherited some Infinity small floor standing speakers from my GF's mom, who inherited some really nice Klipsch from my GF's grandma (you may remember my thread from a while back asking about putting surround sound in that house).

Anyway, the back of these Infinities has just positive, negative terminal for direct input of speaker wire. I was wondering if I can take the RCA plug outputs from the back of my TV, and put them into these speakers for a little bit more oomph.

Possible? Help!

Thanks.

 

[Slick5150]

No, the output from the TV is just a line-out, meaning its not amplified. So, you'd need to have, at minimum, some kind of 2 channel in between them there.

 

[marketsons1985]

Ah, darn. Thanks for the quick reply!

 

[Tiamat]

as mentioned, you need amplification for your speakers. The only way this would work is if you had powered speakers like professional studio monitors or computer speakers.

 

[krotchy]

You should be able to find a cheap stereo amp to boost your listening experience. Pretty much any stereo amp will sound better than your TV, though there is definitely a lot of range for the quality of stereo amps.

Something like this is a very cheap viable solution though 40W won't be excessively loud I suspect it will be plenty: http://www.parts-express.com/p...cfm?Partnumber=248-462

This is an even cheaper solution that should best your TV speakers but might be underpowered for getting any impact: http://www.parts-express.com/p...cfm?Partnumber=248-460

 

[rdp6]

Stop be a thrift store for a cheap amplifier.

 

[marketsons1985]

Hmm, what about using a car stereo amplifier or one with a DC input with an adapter? I scoured my local thrift stores today (at least those on the bus route) and found nothing yet. :-(

 

[rdp6]

Car stereo with AUX input would work, but now you need a DC power supply capable or handling the load of the stereo and speakers; you could use a PC power supply's 12V rail (ground the green wire to switch on an ATX supply). But that is... ghetto. I'd keep on the thrift store beat or better yet, raid the your (or elderly family's) attic, seems many in my family have old stereo equipment lying around. Garage sales (esp. community garage sales) are good, too, provided it is still garage sale season where you live.