Hi!
EDIT: apologies, I went full boomer and mixes up my tabs, so wrong forum section. I an admin would be kind enough to save me from embarassment and move this to the right place, I would be most thankful.
My TV audio setup is a bit silly - I am using one of those DVD player/amp combos that came with a 5.1 plastic satellite speakers and a bad subwoofer. At some point I just hooked a pair of actual bookshelf speakers and a DIY 10" subwoofer to it, and.. while not good, it works surprisingly well. The LG amp has rudimentary crossover adjustments (you just choose the main speaker size - large seems best) and per channel gain adjustments.
I just run the optical out from the TV to that thing and it works fine.
The power and distortion levels of the amp must be comedic, but it is enough to watch the news and have some bass rumble when the sport section music theme starts.
I would like a budget 2.1 amp with adjustable HPF and LPF for the still passive 2.1 speaker setup. I am looking at the SMSL A50 Pro, but are there new alternatives in that price range?
It really only needs to have optical in, give me a few watts of power and have the adjustments I stated before. My new TV has some eARC thing so if I can use HDMI to move sound, to control the volume from my TV remote that would be a plus, though. The A50 Pro apparently does that.
Thank you!
EDIT: apologies, I went full boomer and mixes up my tabs, so wrong forum section. I an admin would be kind enough to save me from embarassment and move this to the right place, I would be most thankful.
My TV audio setup is a bit silly - I am using one of those DVD player/amp combos that came with a 5.1 plastic satellite speakers and a bad subwoofer. At some point I just hooked a pair of actual bookshelf speakers and a DIY 10" subwoofer to it, and.. while not good, it works surprisingly well. The LG amp has rudimentary crossover adjustments (you just choose the main speaker size - large seems best) and per channel gain adjustments.
I just run the optical out from the TV to that thing and it works fine.
The power and distortion levels of the amp must be comedic, but it is enough to watch the news and have some bass rumble when the sport section music theme starts.
I would like a budget 2.1 amp with adjustable HPF and LPF for the still passive 2.1 speaker setup. I am looking at the SMSL A50 Pro, but are there new alternatives in that price range?
It really only needs to have optical in, give me a few watts of power and have the adjustments I stated before. My new TV has some eARC thing so if I can use HDMI to move sound, to control the volume from my TV remote that would be a plus, though. The A50 Pro apparently does that.
Thank you!
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