Amp and Symfonisks to create surround.

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Hello, apologies if this is treading old ground but I’m new to this and my head is hurting.

I’ve just bought an Amp, and I have two Symfonisk speakers.

I would like to plug my record player into the amp, and also plug my TV into the amp (HDMI ARC) to create a surround sound system using the Symfonisks.

My questions are:

Can I use the TV speakers as the front speakers, and the Symfonisks as the rear?

Assuming the answer to the above is no, then I am going to have to buy new speakers for the front or back. I’m a bit confused as to whether the best answer is to buy a beam for the front, or buy two passive speakers. Any recommendations for good, simple, low-cost solution gratefully received.

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John BAnswer

@jjb1975 . You were correct when you said that you had two choices:

Buy a Beam, return the Amp
Keep the Amp and get two passive speakers

In both cases, the Symphonisks can be used as rears

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John B

Yes that makes perfect sense.

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John B

It is up to you, but in the past I picked up all my traditional HiFi gear newish second hand, or ex-demo reconditioned. You can save quite a bit of money...or get much better gear for your budget, whichever way you want to look at it. Maybe I was lucky, but never had a problem.

melvimbe

Agreed. Not to overcomplicate things, but the Port and Sonos 5 also have aux inputs for your turntable. So you could return your amp and get a Port and Beam, for example. That could be cheaper overall, when you factor in the cost of passive speakers (if that’s over $200), or if you prefer a soundbar to speaker wires, want to put the turntable in a different room, etc. The Five is a good option if you want a Sonos speaker for another room.

Danny