wanted to get to replace 2 frontspeakers +center one.From what I can tell this gets hooked to the tv,and I'd have no speakers for stereo??
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This system hooks up to your TV but, you have option to choose input between the Bar and the TV on the included remote.. This bar works very well with top quality sound from several format chioses in addtition to TV speakers. I'm very satisfied and would recommend the Visio Bar sound system.
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Dear Linda, as far as I know this cannot be connected as part of a surround sound set up, you or someone else may have. From what I've read you cannot connect this model to a sub woofer.The connection is done through the tv . If you should have a home surround sound and your two front speakers and the center are no longer working . You would be much better off with finding 2 front speakers and a center again. I don't think this bar can substitute for your needs. I am not by any means a tech guru. I do know some stuff by educating myself with the comment of others on consumer sites. I hope this helps by Bernard Dear Linda, as far as I know this cannot be connected as part of a surround sound set up, you or someone else may have. From what I've read you cannot connect this model to a sub woofer.The connection is done through the tv . If you should have a home surround sound and your two front speakers and the center are no longer working . You would be much better off with finding 2 front speakers and a center again. I don't think this bar can substitute for your needs. I am not by any means a tech guru. I do know some stuff by educating myself with the comment of others on consumer sites. I hope... » Read More Dear Linda, as far as I know this cannot be connected as part of a surround sound set up, you or someone else may have. From what I've read you cannot connect this model to a sub woofer.The connection is done through the tv . If you should have a home surround sound and your two front speakers and the center are no longer working . You would be much better off with finding 2 front speakers and a center again. I don't think this bar can substitute for your needs. I am not by any means a tech guru. I do know some stuff by educating myself with the comment of others on consumer sites. I hope this helps by Bernard « Show Less
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The sound bar is a completely independent speaker system controlled by a seperate remote. When connected to your tv using the supplied optical cord your surround sound will still function normally as wiill the built in tv speakers
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Agree with the previous reviewer, you will need a separate amp to use external speakers with this TV. Some TVs will have external speaker jacks (usually just for left and right) and they take RCA plugs to connect...but all you are really doing is moving the sound from the TV to two remote locations (usually about six feet apart) and the volume control remains with the TV controller. The center speaker is useless since it can't be connected. However, if you purchase a separate AMP, you can then run the TV and the speakers through a control unit and it by-passed the TV speakers. Good luck.
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I just received this TV. There is one connection on the back that will accept a headphone connection, but it is for PC input, so you won't be getting anything out of it. So far I've found two options for using headphones, and they both need an adapter such as Cables To Go 03182 - 3.5mm Stereo Female to RCA Male Y-Cable (Discontinued by Manufacturer)1. Hook to the TV and change the speakers option to "audio system" instead of "TV speakers." Even with the volume maxed, the output wasn't very loud in my headphones.2. Hook to my DirecTV box, which gives me louder output with no way to control it. I just received this TV. There is one connection on the back that will accept a headphone connection, but it is for PC input, so you won't be getting anything out of it. So far I've found two options for using headphones, and they both need an adapter such as Cables To Go 03182 - 3.5mm Stereo Female to RCA Male Y-Cable (Discontinued by Manufacturer)1. Hook to the TV and change the speakers option to "audio system" instead of "TV speakers." Even with the volume maxed, the output wasn't very loud in my... » Read More I just received this TV. There is one connection on the back that will accept a headphone connection, but it is for PC input, so you won't be getting anything out of it. So far I've found two options for using headphones, and they both need an adapter such as Cables To Go 03182 - 3.5mm Stereo Female to RCA Male Y-Cable (Discontinued by Manufacturer)1. Hook to the TV and change the speakers option to "audio system" instead of "TV speakers." Even with the volume maxed, the output wasn't very loud in my headphones.2. Hook to my DirecTV box, which gives me louder output with no way to control it. « Show Less
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you need some sort of amplification in between ( receiver etc) or powered speakers such as audio engine Also not sure what you would be feeding the Bifrost from the TV if it is a digital output may be tough to make it work with any surround signal , it is not a home theater pre pro only for I think it is designed for two channel feed I would email the Schiit guys on their website and ask they are pretty responsive hope this helps
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You will have to go through some sort or preamp and amp to provide enough power to drive these speakers. Or a new/current day video receiver is the best match to give you fullest capabilities between your TV and stereo system.
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A quick visit to the Audioengine web site (hint!) shows (since I'm at work and cannot look at the back of my speakers at home...) that the system has two input modes: the four RCA (+/-, LR) connectors, and a 3.5mm stereo mini-jack. However, if your TV has only digital outputs available (which would seem odd, to me), some kind of converter would be required, I should think.
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Your two front speakers are still playing because they are driven by your receiver, not the subwoofer. They are just connected through the subsoofer.
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It depends on what your home stereo has for outputs my friend. If you are using the standard RCA left and right audio outputs you will need a RCA to TRS adapter. These speakers arent typically going to be connected to your home stereo though as they are marketed as studio monitors which are typically going to be attached to a DAC since each speaker is powered individually.
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If you already have speakers, get a receiver or amplifier. Amazon should have an assortment to browse.
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these are designed for front and back channels. Would sound better if you had a center speaker. these make good surround sound speakers
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No, you would need a separate amplifier. Your other option is to return the Control 1 speakers and get the C2PS Control 2P speakers instead.
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If your receiver can handle 7.1 its just a simple matter of adding two additional speakers. I would recommend adding to floor speakers to your front channels and using the DefTech speakers as your center, side, and rear surrounds.I hope this helps.-Dex
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This unit has no speakers, if that is what you mean. You will need to attach it to a receiver or something equivalent.
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You would need some sort of volume controlled amplifier to hook the output from the converter to your speakers, such as a stereo receiver or integrated amp.The audio output from the converter is a low level signal not capable of driving speakers.Hope this helps.
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Everyone on here talks about the fluff. Like how pretty or ugly the speakers are and what they use them for. But the elephant in the room is what are the connectors on the back of the base station? There are zero pictures of the back of the base station and calling many distributors no one has a clue. There are no online user manual pdf's either. I awesome there is an electrical outlet and 2 audio in/out connector holes? Does anyone know? Thank you for helping me as I want to hook this up to my Home AVR Surround Sound system to use for listening to the radio.
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Did you find a solution? I'm facing the same dilemma now. Have the turntable, trying to figure out what I need to buy to go with it and am a novice at this. Besides speakers, do you need the stereo receiver or anything else?
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The extra tweeters should be fed from a crossover from the front channel speakers as a "component" set. The wiring from the head unit wouldn't be affected by this, it'd wire up to the source or the amp as if it's a 4-speaker system.