I've inherited a Fisher MC708 Audio Component System from a friend of a friend who is moving to another state and didn't want it for whatever reason and was going to throw it out on the curb. I managed to get it for free (Which was pretty cool),although they seemed happy to get rid of it.
I'm looking to set up speakers for my TV in my room and am wondering whether or not I should get another amplifier (Such as a Pyle PFA300 Amplifier (On Amazon)) or not. I'm also looking for audio amplifier recommendation for under $30 (Preferably on Amazon) if using the component box isn't possible.
I performed some testing tonight to make sure that all the components work, and
almost all of them do. The only thing which doesn't function is the "Record" feature of the cassette player. The button appears to be non functional, although I don't plan on using this feature, as I almost never play cassettes now that there are higher bitrate digital formats. The component box is nice and has a few features such as dynamic EQ whith sliders and independent speaker volume control. The audio can be modestly quiet to deafening loud (It starts to crackle at the higher sounds as is expected with such high amplification),so at least the sound seems to be in order.
The speakers appear actually larger on camera than in person. I think they're about 2/3 of a meter high. Here is a picture with a 12" rules in the picture.
They appear to contain a subwoofer on the bottom and a tweeter at the top. I can't identify the middle speaker (Midrange Speaker?).
The real issue for me is that I want to use these speakers with a TV. The TV has audio output in L/R or TOSLINK optical format. As far as I know, I need an amplifier to drive the speakers and can't just throw the L/R cables into the TV jacks (Although I admit my ignorance in this regard).
If I'm going to keep the component system box (Picture below) to use as an amplifier, how would I route the TV output audio to the input of the box? The box itself doesn't contain any audio input jacks that I can detect aside for what appears to be a microphone input (Labelled Mic on the display) (I'm not sure what port type it is, it appears to be RCA, but I'm not sure, and I didn't get the manual that shipped with it when they bought it)
Mic Port:
Edit 0: To be clear, the reason why I was thinking of using the box as an amplifier for the TV is because there might be a chance I can use the Mic jack as an audio input. Although, that would seem to ignore the L/R divide, and just simply split the audio stream into two equal halves, thus losing the speaker parity.
