How well do these work in a living room, attached to a TV in a medium sized room? I don't really want an entire A/V set-up in my living room, anymore.
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I have them set-up in a medium-sized room (20' x 20') and they sound great.
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I use them for TV sometimes...my TV audio is connected to my surround sound amp, which has a headphone jack. I don't get "surround sound" through the headphones, but I do get wonderful, rich stereo at a nice volume without disturbing family or neighbors. The long cord allows me to sit on my couch while watching. So, yes, they do.
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I have been very happy with my "Home theater application". I am using 2 of these as my main left and right channels on a 100" projector screen. I did install them up in the ceiling so the sound is kind of straight down. I sit about 12-15ft back from the screen. I would maybe look into having a Pair of these on the wall and facing forward for a little better sound. Other than that, they sound real good in my 5.1 setup. I have been to several friends homes with sound-bars and surround setups. these still sound better.
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You can still watch tv well enough with these in as long as the volume is pretty loud. Hope it works for you!
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I use them to plug into my kindle, and they work great. So, if you plug into any headphone jack, they should work. Anything else, not sure. They are not high end, by any stretch, but just enough to increase the output well. It did have a Y-cord to convert headphone jack to RCA, so should work fine with a TV. Hope that helps
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I don't use these speakers with a TV. I use them only for 2-channel stereo listening for which they were designed. You can listen to your TV with these in 2-channel stereo if you have an AV receiver. You would need a center channel and satellite surround speakers for 5.1 audio.
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I haven't used these with my TV but I suppose you could as they have analogue and digital inputs. It might be a pain though as you have to adjust the volume from the speaker. Plus with these monitors it's garbage in, garbage out. They are supposed to be near field so the sound you get from your television might not sound so great and might not be worth the investment. They can get loud for sure though.
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They will not be powerful enough to give you any kind of quality sound from a TV. Good for a computer, not so good for a television.
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Yes, I have. I like them just fine for that. Don't know how they compare to a sound bar though, as I have never had one. I use mine with a 27" Samsung Monitor/HDTV in my office. Sounds great.
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They are on the back of the TV, which doesn't seem like a very good design. So I plugged in some speakers (which I had on-hand from an old computer) and it sounds much better. It was easy to do. I have heard that other TV's, including Vizio (which were in my price range) have their speakers on the front, which makes a lot more sense to me. I wish I had researched this more myself before my purchase....good question!
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We have a surround system with our tv. It doesnt need to have a seperate speaker so the tv speakers should be ok
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Pretty decent overall. as another reviewer commented you might find it too much at times and Bose has a solution for that as well. http://worldwide.bose.com/productsupport/en_us/web/solo_tv_sound_system/page.html
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We are using them with Dell laptops and Samsung TV;'s and the work great. I don't know why they wouldn't work with your equipment. What ports do you have on your TV's. That may be the only issue, you have to connect the signal device to the TV somehow.
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You can see from the photos of the back of the pedestal, an optical audio in. If you have optical audio from your TV, then yes. I didn't keep these. These work okay if solo. On my Samsung tv, if someone else is watching, the TV sound comes through fractionally earlier, making an echo effect for the headphone wearer. I got that both digital and analog.
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You mention that you are going to "hook up" to your tv. There will have to be an amplifier in the loop...tv out-to amp in, to which the speakers are connected.Sure, they will work indoors. You might even like the way they sound indoors which, btw, actually is not too bad.For a starter home theater, not a bad way to go and since they come with brackets for wall or ceiling mount applications, easy to install.
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I have been using these for the same purpose in the same size room. They work well for this as long as there isn't a lot of additional sound going on around you. My big room is the shared family room next to the kitchen, so sink, dishwasher, and stove fan can be quite loud. I'm switching to a soundbar with subwoofer instead for almost the same cost.
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See cnet's review: http://www.cnet.com/products/monoprice-10565/ I have them in a 13'x15' room and have zero complaints. I can not imagine that they would have trouble in a larger room.