Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Watching tv with receiver/speakers...good idea?

The quality of the source that comes from tv broadcasting is pretty poor so the benefits of using external speakers is not that great compared to well engineered/produced CD's, Blu-ray movies etc. Source/Quality of recording > Speakers > Room. I notice a lot more sibilance with voices with external speakers which bothers me. I don't have any trouble hearing voices with my tv using the built in speakers so I never have to turn it up loud. That is the problem with tv speakers is that they will compress and sound nasty when turned up. If you have to crank your tv sound up you will find benefits from external speakers.

The only time I enjoy multichannel sound for tv programming is with sports in HD and even then the mics can be mixed hot and speech doesn't sound just right.

I have 2 settings on my harmony remote: "watch TV" and "watch TV with speakers". I rarely use the second one unless I'm watching something that I really like (which is not often on cable).

The speakers in many flat panels are terrible so running external speakers for many is the only choice, myself included.

My inlaws have had their TV going only through their stereo for as long as I've known them. I always thought it was too loud and kind of pointless (volume is due to his hearing issues).

But then I got my distributed AV setup and wired it all in to the speakers instead of the TV monitor, which came with the house and didn't have speakers. And now that I have my Axioms, I'll never go back.

The sound is compressed and imperfect - on some channels more than others - but it's still nice to have crowd noise all around in sports. The occasional unexpected surround commercial is kind of neat too. That new Cadillac (I think) commercial is pretty cool.

My TV has built-in speakers? For me 6.1 all day, every day, especially with HD.

I am completely amazed that some of you on this forum do not use your Axiom speakers for watching TV EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ALREADY HOOKED UP. Seems like a complete waste to me. The TV sound is often not that great, but when you add real speakers to TV broadcasts, it is 1000X times better than the crappy TV speakers.

I even set up a stereo set on my TV in my bedroom and it makes a HUGE difference.

I watch a lot of TV. Some is badly done, some is very well done. ALL of it is improved with my Axioms hooked up.

I truely can't believe it. Makes me wonder if people actually care about sound here, or just like to admire their equipment.

Tut, tut, tut! That's preprosterous.

We ALL care about sound here, AND we like to admire our equipment. Sometimes, we even look at our a/v gear, too.

Careful next time, or we'll send the spellcheck fairy after you.

Should I have capped 'spellcheck fairy?'

So is using TV speakers. I'm just trying to point out my complete amazement that half of the people who responded said they DON'T use their speakers for watching TV. It completely threw me for a loop.

I care about sound when there is actually sound to care about. I don't care about sound of TV commercials every 5 min which is one of the reasons I don't watch much TV to begin with, but that's just me.

I don't listen to anything without my M80's....period.

edit: including the wife... shuuuuuush