Hello,
I recently bought an HDTV (Sony Bravia KDL-40EX503) and a PS3 Slim console, primarily for playing blu-ray discs. The PS3 is connected to the TV through an HDMI cable, and sound plays through the TV speakers -- which, as the review on this site mentions, aren't great at all. The TV aerial will also (once I get it working) be connected directly to the TV.
I'd like to get some external speakers in -- the room is small so am limited to a 2.1 set-up. I spent some time reading about / researching budget receivers, but am just wondering -- the Sony TV has a headphone out (3.5mm jack), so could I not just get a pair of ordinary speakers and connect it to that? Apart from being connected to the TV, I'd probably only use the speakers for listening to music from a portable mp3 player / ipod now and then, in which case I'd just manually disconnect / re-connect the lead from the TV.
Just for the purpose described above, would there be any benefit in getting a separate receiver such as the Sony STR-DH810 (reviewed here http://www.whathifi.com/Review/Sony-STR-DH810/)? I understand such receivers can decode fancy multi-channel Dolby [x] audio, and the PS3 may not, but I imagine the bottleneck here is in fact the 2.1 set-up, ie there's no point using the potentially more advanced decoding features of the receiver as it'll be wasted with 2.1 anyway. I also understand that it may be less hassle to connect up multiple devices (control multiple using a single box / remote control), but in my case there's only 3 inputs (TV aerial, PS3, mp3 player), and two of those can be connected permanently to the TV (TV aerial and the PS3), and the other I would only play sometimes - and wouldn't be a major hassle to detach / re-attach the speaker lead.
Would appreciate any advice or guidance you may have! Finally - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
Thanks very much,
Anton
I recently bought an HDTV (Sony Bravia KDL-40EX503) and a PS3 Slim console, primarily for playing blu-ray discs. The PS3 is connected to the TV through an HDMI cable, and sound plays through the TV speakers -- which, as the review on this site mentions, aren't great at all. The TV aerial will also (once I get it working) be connected directly to the TV.
I'd like to get some external speakers in -- the room is small so am limited to a 2.1 set-up. I spent some time reading about / researching budget receivers, but am just wondering -- the Sony TV has a headphone out (3.5mm jack), so could I not just get a pair of ordinary speakers and connect it to that? Apart from being connected to the TV, I'd probably only use the speakers for listening to music from a portable mp3 player / ipod now and then, in which case I'd just manually disconnect / re-connect the lead from the TV.
Just for the purpose described above, would there be any benefit in getting a separate receiver such as the Sony STR-DH810 (reviewed here http://www.whathifi.com/Review/Sony-STR-DH810/)? I understand such receivers can decode fancy multi-channel Dolby [x] audio, and the PS3 may not, but I imagine the bottleneck here is in fact the 2.1 set-up, ie there's no point using the potentially more advanced decoding features of the receiver as it'll be wasted with 2.1 anyway. I also understand that it may be less hassle to connect up multiple devices (control multiple using a single box / remote control), but in my case there's only 3 inputs (TV aerial, PS3, mp3 player), and two of those can be connected permanently to the TV (TV aerial and the PS3), and the other I would only play sometimes - and wouldn't be a major hassle to detach / re-attach the speaker lead.
Would appreciate any advice or guidance you may have! Finally - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
Thanks very much,
Anton
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