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bldozier
03-20-2015, 12:05 PM
Its been suggested, ( hello by the way ) I use a phantom center in my audio stereo / ht build,
Wanted to heck, if anyone has done a internal tv driver upgrade.
Is this a mod worth the effort.
Thanks
brian.
hjames
03-20-2015, 01:58 PM
Its been suggested, ( hello by the way ) I use a phantom center in my audio stereo / ht build,
Wanted to heck, if anyone has done a internal tv driver upgrade.
Is this a mod worth the effort.
Thanks
brian.

Why bother? A tiny speaker in a bad plastic cabinet?
Put a nice speaker below the TV and shut off the internal cheesey speakers
martin2395
03-20-2015, 02:18 PM
Why bother? A tiny speaker in a bad plastic cabinet?
Put a nice speaker below the TV and shut off the internal cheesey speakers

+1

Replacing the stock speakers is pointless as you will have to:

a) Match the impedance
b) Most TV's use strong DSP processing to get the most out of those $.50 units.
grumpy
03-20-2015, 05:53 PM
When there's budget stuff like this available:

http://www.hsuresearch.com/products/hb-1.html

tweaking tv speakers would be a complete waste of energy and time.

(association? No. Heard them? Yes... I'm sure there are other such options)
bldozier
03-29-2015, 05:47 AM
I dont always use the external audio, so looking for some tweeks.
Lee in Montreal
03-31-2015, 05:00 PM
I dont always use the external audio, so looking for some tweeks.

Sell your TV and buy a better one. ;-)

Lee
Don C
04-01-2015, 07:23 AM
For a while, I had a RCA TV with speaker terminals on the back, and a switch to disable the internal speakers. I hooked up a pair of small infinity speakers, 6.5 inch two ways. The improved speakers were a big distraction, with the bass too much compared to the voices. Whenever a commercial would come on, it would make way too much sound. Fortunately the TV also had a three band EQ in it's settings, so I was able to turn the bass and treble way down to make it sound more like a typical TV. My new TV doesn't have speaker outputs, I don't miss them much.
hjames
04-01-2015, 09:08 AM
I don't always use the external audio, so looking for some tweeks.

Use the external audio, the factory speakers were not made for fidelity. Or use headphones.

"Tweeking" TV speakers is pretty pointless - use speakers that were designed for sound performance, not designed for minimal cost.