Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions TV Makeover??

Hey fellas, long time no see! Tom sent me one of those God-awful union emails and I thought, "Hey, the boys at Axiom would know what to do!"

Here's the deal: I bought a shiny new motorcycle, so I'm keeping the dull old TV.

I finally cleaned all the cobwebs out of it last weekend, removed Charlotte, dusted the light guns and mirror carefully - everything is cool. The picture has never been bad. The built-in speakers that came with the TV, however, really suck. For anything important (like O'Reilly, monster truck racing, or bass fishing), I crank up the surround on the Denon/Axiom/MA system, but sometimes I wish the TV speakers were adequate just on their own.

Anyways, I was thinking they could be easily replaced - and the dust screen material, as well. I was thinking 6x9s from a car stereo application, but the TV speakers are 8 ohms. There's plenty of room for installation, but the TV amp has got to be pretty weak. What would you do with basically no budget?

This is just in the kicking-around stage, so any input would be welcome. Thanks!

Hey Will nice to hear from ya. Do ya have some old computer speakers lying around? If ya do you should be able to use them.

I'd just be using the full system all the time, wait I do The all in one remotes make it so easy to do so.

Good to see ya back Bigwill!!!

Mark! My brother! Welcome back!

I'd buy a good remote and route everything through the Denon all the time. That's what I do. Just build some macros for your lovely wife and your boy, and off you go.

Absent that, I guess car stereo speakers seem like a good idea.

I hope you're enjoying your new bike! Stay safe, okay?

Hey wid. I've been rocking the SRV and JD Lane discs lately. Funny how stuff recirculates through the personal Top 40.

Computer speakers: I just donated some to Goodwill. But they seem kind of puny for this application - big TV, big room.

I suppose an in-wall speaker might work, but I'm guessing I could also figure out how to wire a cheap driver/tweeter combo to one set of leads?

Tom-Tom the Atom Bomb!

WTF are macros? You know I'm a simpleton.

New bike is in the shop getting a charging problem sorted out after 247 miles. At least it's under warranty, everybody keeps telling me.... PITA

It is beautiful though. A cute girl told me what a nice bike it was - as I was pushing it down the road.

Well they'd be better than most stock tv speakers. Then I would do as others said and get a good remote and use the main system.

Nice to see ya back.

What kind of bike did ya get?

Hey man, welcome back! I'm with Tom on this one--run it through the receiver all the time. You could use a Harmony remote if the macro ones are too much of a pain.

Mark, welcome back! I've got a couple hundred more classical CD suggestions for you since we last talked. I'm not very enthusiastic about going to the bother of changing the TV speakers, but if you want to put in the car speakers the TV audio amp should be good enough to drive them at moderate levels.