I need better sound for my samsung hd LCD TV can you buy single speakers for them? if yes where?

Question

I need better sound for my samsung hd LCD TV can you buy single speakers for them? if yes where?

Answer 1

You might get some improvement from external speakers (assuming there is an external speaker connection). If so, almost any 8 ohm speaker could be used ... you don't need something specific to the TV.

BUT, given the limited power and relatively poor specs on most TV audio amplifier circuits, the best way to get better sound is to take the audio output to a home theatre receiver and power speakers from that.

You can get surround sound this way (from the increasing number of broadcasts that support it) if you connect using an optical or digital coaxial cable.

Finally, for people with hearing difficulty -- particulalry regarding speech -- a dedicated centre channel speaker (connected as part of the external setup descibed above) may help, since with surround coded sound the speech is heavily weighted to the centre channel.

Answer 2

You need a receiver and 5 speakers.

The sound standard for HDTV is Dolby Digital 5.1 (5 speakers and a subwoofer).

Televisions usually do NOT have amplifiers to drive all these speakers so you buy a AV Receiver and a set of tone-matched speakers and a self-powered sub.

These do not need to be thousands of dollars. Dennon and Yamaha have Home Theaters in a Box that do quite well for $500-$900.

Save for a bit if you need to - but dont buy  a cheap all-in-one system. These usually are limited and not expandable.