Audio setup on your living room television

[rakeshagrawal]

What is the audio setup on your living room television? Do you get your audio through a stereo receiver and external speakers or do you the audio through whatever's built-in on your TV?

[MannyTC]

I do both depending on whats on. Much like I did before BTV. I use the surround sound through the stereo receiver for movies with the family but mostly just through the built-in TV speakers. I don't have to change any settings to do this. Just mute one or the other.

[rakeshagrawal]

I edited the poll choices to include that scenario... I don't know if you can change your choice but at least that choice will be there for others.

[Eric3a]

Well.... Mine is yet another choice: Both but I don't mute anything.
Eric

[rakeshagrawal]

Originally Posted by Eric3a

Well.... Mine is yet another choice: Both but I don't mute anything.
Eric

Your wish is my command. Another option added...

[Keith]

Well might of miss-voted, I don't mute I just don't turn on the receiver if I am not wanting sound from it.(I voted on using both) Most listening is thru the TV as the sound in the newer RPTVs are very good. And I use the receiver if want a little more sound. I use a Toslink connection between PC SBLive and JVC 5.1 receiver.

Keith

[walts81]

Originally Posted by merrypig

All my sound comes via the receiver+ speakers. Recently added ac3filter to upmix stereo to 5.1 ac3 so it's ALL my speakers now not just the front left/right.

Merrypig, is there an easy way to do this? I've read a couple of threads dealing with the ac3filter and upmixing but they were very confusing.

- Josh

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sorry, I guess I should post my setup as well. Currently running stereo out of SBAudigy to Sony receiver.
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[viguera]

Originally Posted by merrypig

it's a bit variable lately as they go thru the beta /rc's.

I just set 3/2+SW as my speaker output, enabled spdif and let ac3filter decode everything. I've yet to verify it with btv tho - last night it looked like it was ignoring ac3filter but I haven't got ac3filter set as the preferred decoder yet.. I'll try tonight

Don't mean to hijack, but this sounds interesting as hell...

I used to have AC3 out via SPDIF to my receiver from my Audigy somehow, and I had to rebuild my machine and it's not working at all now... and obviously I don't remember what I did before to get it to work...

I remember it had something to do with AC3 pass-through and the drivers... if I use ac3filter as you have, will everything go out via SPDIF to my receiver?

[Devious]

Audio out of Turtle Beach Santa Cruz to harmon/kardon AVR 230 5.1 surround sound system.

[Eric3a]

Wondering if someone will say "from my computer's speakers"....
Eric

[martyc]

Hello,

I now exclusively use an external 7.1 amp and speakers. When I just had a stereo amp I used to "blend" the TV speakers in aswell - this created a "centre speaker" effect and helped lock the dialogue to the screen. My 7.1 amp has many modes to create multi channel soundtracks from mono/stereo sources but they generally sound weird, the only exceptions are Dolby Pro-logic and DTS Neo (which both appear to work with normal stereo sources, not just those with a matrixed surround channel).

Martin.

[Terminal]

Everything goes to external amp and speaker system, TV speakers are turned off. When people are sleeping headphones come on.

[Eric3a]

Oh yeah:
3 sets of wireless heaphones to roam bout the house and garden also.
Eric

[noodleNT]

Currently I just use the speekers on my TV. Once the new HTPC is setup I will use the audio output from the PC to control some 5.1 speakers along with the TV speakers.

[btvfreak]

i split the audio out from my PC to my TV and a set of Altec Lancings. Not 5.1 sound, but at least I get a center channel and a couple of satellites.