noob question: receiver: Hi All, Do you really really need a receiver with this productEnergy Take Classic 5 Pack 5.0 Home Theater Speaker (Black) or can you connect it to your DVD player?
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The speakers require amplification which very few DVD players provide. You'll need some sort of amplifier (such as a receiver) to use them. Make sure the receiver you get has at least 5.1 channel amplification (as opposed to only stereo). I would ask around in a forum dedicated to audio/home theater such as avsforum.com (search the forum to see if others have already asked and been answered).
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You will need to connect the output of the 5-disc player to a separate amplifier or receiver module input to hear the music. The 5-disc player does not have the ability to attach speakers directly to the unit itself. Amazon has a great selection of receivers in all price ranges that will suit your needs perfectly.
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It's not very practical to buy speakers, test them and then return them and repeat until finding the best solution. I'm sure going to stores and listening is good but it might sound different when you get it into your home setup.Do you have any suggestions on a good 5.1 setup for the onkyo 606 that doesn't break the bank?
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Actually, I bought an old Sony home theater receiver from Craigslist for $20. These older receivers (the ones with Dolby Prologic but not Dolby Digital and/or DTS) have A and B speaker outputs, which can both be run at the same time for a total of four speakers in stereo. If you're not put off by the idea of buying things from Craigslist, this might be the best and most affordable option (affordability being, I assume, the biggest criterion if you're buying these speakers, as was the case for me).I hope this helps. :)
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I run the cable/dvd player straight into the receiver and my receiver will output to the tv and can use the tv sound system as opposed to the receiver. If I want to use the receiver for better quality sound, I just turn it on...
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Absolutely! The instruction booklet that comes with the receiver takes you thru all your options and it's pretty easy to follow. I don't have a CD player hooked up to mine, but I don't need it. I do have a complete home theater set up, a Wii system, and a Blu-Ray player hooked up to it. The sound is great! I'm running about 750 watts worth of speakers off it and it still has enough OOMPH. Hope this helps.
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Thanks for your question. You will need a receiver for these. It is a wonderful sounding speaker system.
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You do need a receiver. I went with a Sony receiver. They are well priced and are good quality. These speakers not being wireless sort of ages this system now. Might want to keep that in mind. There are good all in one (receiver included) surround systems out there now. Do your homework.
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The receiver needs to connect to your sound system and, yes, needs to be physically connected to a power source and your speakers. I use mine at school through our soundboard, so don't know if it hooks directly to the speakers.
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Hello- Yes, you would need a home stereo receiver to work with this speaker system, you can not hook them directly to your tv. With the receiver, they should be louder, and much better sound quality, than what you get with your TV's built in speakers. Good luck-
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There is an analog out and an optical out... either running RCAs or optical cable. The unit doesn't have enough power to run speakers on it's own... that is why a separate receiver is needed. If you have a set of powered computer speakers with a volume that is also another option as long as it has RCAs or optical in!!
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At my advice DO NOT but this unit. I was on the phone with Yamaha for over 3 hours. A rep told me that Yamaha receivers need to be hardwired - not at all true. If your DVD player has wifi you dont need any additional hardware. For your receiver buy the TP-LINK TL-WA801ND Wireless N300 Access Point, 2.4Ghz 300Mbps, 802.11b/g/n, AP/Client/Bridge/Repeater, 2x 4dBi, Passive POE like I did from Amazon; it works perfectly and no Yamaha issues. Good luck!
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Honestly, buy a new receiver. You need this, and then you can continue using the speakers you have. Trying to do this any other way is not a good idea, and will end up costing you the same amount of money and continued frustrations on lack of HDMI inputs and outputs.
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My sound system receiver fried. I would like to hook this directly to my tv or dvd system. Neither of them have speaker jacks. They both have one rca out or multiple s video/audio spots. How does this hook into them? I do not see any outlets other than speaker wire.
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Not sure I will be of much help, as I am not certain what you are asking. However, the speakers simply function/act as any other speakers that you would hook up to your receiver.
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I have a receiver that runs all sound. Use the outs on your tv (not the HDMI which carries sound and video) and run the audio into your receiver and the video to the projector. I use RCA cables that come out of my xbox and a Dvi to VGA that comes out of my laptop. You can use the RCA video out of your DVD player and there should be some kind of audio out on your direct tv box. There are multiple source inputs on the projector which are easy to switch using the source button on the projector receiver. You might need some adaptors.
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Paul - what do you mean by "receiver" - I would be connecting the DVD player directly to my Samsung LCD TV (Samsung LNS3251D 32" LCD HDTV) using the 2nd HDMI input. Am I good ?Also I found this comment about my Samsung: its HDMI connections still support version 1.0 and I cannot connect my Toshiba DVD player which supports Ver1.1 HDMI specs - Is this a problem if I get the A20? Thanks in advance....jon battle