Converting Sony CRT to flat screen TV
Been shopping today for flat screen to replace the old girl (1996 vintage Sony CRT TV). In my MH the theater sound system was original equipment and the Sony TV, I'm told, used a variable audio out j...
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I went through this, wanting to hook a new TV to a stereo system that was working well for me, rather than moving on to surround sound.
I've found lately that most new TVs have only digital audio out (usually optical but sometimes also a wire) to feed a surround sound system. As long ago as eight years it was getting hard to find TVs with line level analog stereo outputs, so shop carefully. The extra outputs are more often on higher priced sets.
You can come off a headphone jack, if the TV has one, but it is not the same thing as a connection for an amplifier. Levels and exoected impedences are different, level might be controlled by TV volume control, and output is likely equalized for headphones (or whatever sound mode is selected for TV speakers) rather than being level across the frequency spectrum.
You can always add a sound bar to the TV, if it doesn't match to your stereo system.
I've found lately that most new TVs have only digital audio out (usually optical but sometimes also a wire) to feed a surround sound system. As long ago as eight years it was getting hard to find TVs with line level analog stereo outputs, so shop carefully. The extra outputs are more often on higher priced sets.
You can come off a headphone jack, if the TV has one, but it is not the same thing as a connection for an amplifier. Levels and exoected impedences are different, level might be controlled by TV volume control, and output is likely equalized for headphones (or whatever sound mode is selected for TV speakers) rather than being level across the frequency spectrum.
You can always add a sound bar to the TV, if it doesn't match to your stereo system.
