Need help on ext. tv speakers

[Shrimpman]

Bought a couple Samsung 860 LCD's. Sound is terrible with built in speakers. I want to get an external speaker or speaker bar. They both sit over fireplaces so I can put the speaker on the mantel. Is there a good speaker that just plugs into an audio out rca? Do they need to be powed through an AVR or is there a self powered one that can plug in to the wall? Not clear at all on my options. What I can say is that the picture is brilliant, but the sound in all the diiferent options sucks and cannot even be customized to make it pleasurable. I do already have full surround in the room but over kill for general viewing. Price not really object.

 

[jostenmeat]

Yes, there are self powered monitors.

The annoying thing could be controlling volume, unless you had a rarer TV that can actually control preamp volume via remote.

the other option is indeed using some sort of stereo receiver. there's a sherwood at $100, and had as low as $60 from rat shack a few months ago.

I just can't get myself to give the ok on a soundbar, but YMMV.

 

[alexwakelin]

Behringer and M-Audio both sell some good quality powered speakers.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836196005
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836127004

Volume control might be an issue, but the sound quality improvement would be worth it. My LCD was a huge step up in image quality, but the built in speakers were a huge step down even from the built in speaker of my old Philips CRT.

 

[phlakvest]

I do already have full surround in the room but over kill for general viewing. Price not really object.

Why is your surround system overkill?

 

[alexwakelin]

Oops, didn't notice that you already had a surround system. One option would be to use the A/B output of your receiver to power some speakers for simple TV watching.