CrazyMonkey24

I'm sort of in the middle of downsizing, and remodeling the room to make it a little more of a functional living space than just a bedroom. As I was cleaning out the closet, I wiped the dust off and hated to get rid of it. I thought that I'd just take the desk I'm getting ready to make for the room, make it into an 'L' shape, and give it a proper place in the house instead of trying to sell it or leave it perpetually in storage somewhere. I've known it was impractical from the start, but I thought I'd give it a functional use, yet put it on display as a sort of vanity item to give the room a little more character. It was never necessary, but I'd thought it'd be a little neat to set up somewhere. The only thing I'm worried about is an absolutely horrid drop in sound quality. If- generally- it's going to be a better (or even just a pleasantly fuller) sound in the room than the built-in TV speakers, I'm perfectly happy pursuing road I'm heading towards. I'm just wondering if the about $25 is going to be worth the effort for what boils down to a decoration, or I'll end up disappointed in the end product- even as a person that's never been too interested in upgrading their home theater setup as a way other than to hear the television across large room.

Both of my Element TVs actually allow me to do so. I assumed this was the norm after the first one, but I just tested the one in my bedroom with the soundbar I use in the kicking room, and it worked great- TV speakers and all! My TV doesn't support ARC however, and I don't have a reciever. Of course I could always go buy one, but I could also spend in the ballpark of $25 on the converter and 1/4" jack adapters to use the hardware I already have. The use is going to be primarily for movies anyways. I'm the most concerned with any dramatic loss of quality by going from optical>converter> aux cord to plug into the mixer. This setup doesn't really alllow me much in expandability in the future, I could add a sound bar or a sub and that's it (and it wouldn't even allow me complete mixer control over it unless I find a way to the optical input into two audio channels), but that doesn't really matter to me. To expand the system I plan on finding a video reciever that might export the sound duties to the mixer (If such a thing even exists, it's not my priority to expand the system in any way in the near future). My solution works pretty good for me.

I pulled out a Behringer Eurodesk analog-style soundboard that's been sitting in the closet the other day, and decided I wanted to start a project to route a home theater setup for my small bedroom through it after recieving a couple bookshelf speakers. The plan is to run an optical cable from my TV to a digital/analog converter to input the signal to the mixer, then output from the mixer with a small amp to the two bookshelf speakers. The television itself is going to act as the center speaker. I just don't know if the signal will be strong enough after going through the converter to reach the mixer effectively, and if I'll need some sort of pre-amp or receiver to make it work. I don't have much experience with home theater systems at all, and what I would only describe as "just sufficient" understanding of operating the board. I've spent a bit of time the last couple days just figuring out how to choose an amp, so I'm probably behind the curve compared to anyone who's reading this post. Any ideas/input would be appreciated. I also want to acknowledge that I know this isn't really a practical setup, and I'm really only doing it 1) because I think it might be cool, and 2) as a sort of learning opportunity. The soundboard was given to me after a local church switched to digital, so I figure "Why Not?" After all, the upfront cost of the soundboard was free to me. What kind of outlook might I have in sound quality (or loss of) with this sort of setup, and what could I improve?