Kitchen wall mount TV with flush speakers?
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Hi. Need a bit of advice on the new kitchen system.
Currently running optical off the sky box to my lounge AV system.
I will need to switch sound to hdmi and run cat 6 network to the kitchen
So I can have the Tv linked to my AV receiver.
I'm guessing it will have picture and audio over the Neet Hdmi converter.
I then need to find a decent sound bar that will sit flush under or over the wall
Mounted tv as I we will walk past it and dont want it jutting out.
However it seems all the good soundbars are quite deep (built in subs).
I'm hoping the 2 cat 6 cables will carry picture and sound.
Also the sound bars usually require optical to connect so once the TV takes the HDMI
Signal I can plug the sound bar into the Tv with optical to get sound out if it?
Currently running optical off the sky box to my lounge AV system.
I will need to switch sound to hdmi and run cat 6 network to the kitchen
So I can have the Tv linked to my AV receiver.
I'm guessing it will have picture and audio over the Neet Hdmi converter.
I then need to find a decent sound bar that will sit flush under or over the wall
Mounted tv as I we will walk past it and dont want it jutting out.
However it seems all the good soundbars are quite deep (built in subs).
I'm hoping the 2 cat 6 cables will carry picture and sound.
Also the sound bars usually require optical to connect so once the TV takes the HDMI
Signal I can plug the sound bar into the Tv with optical to get sound out if it?
I have a similar setup: Sky HDMI out to a matrix, dining room TV takes HDMI from that and outputs via optical to a Cambridge Audio TVB2 (slim, great, wireless sub) while main living room TV takes HDMI from the matrix and ARC's to a full surround amp. Both systems can run in full simultaneously.
Obviously this isn't HDMI over CAT5/6 but one would hope valid once "some" signal gets to your TV.
If you want a slim soundbar (which I guess might dictate a separate amp) I'd recommend the TVB2 if budget permits.
Hope this helps or provides some reassurance.
Cheers, Steve.
Obviously this isn't HDMI over CAT5/6 but one would hope valid once "some" signal gets to your TV.
If you want a slim soundbar (which I guess might dictate a separate amp) I'd recommend the TVB2 if budget permits.
Hope this helps or provides some reassurance.
Cheers, Steve.
AM-BM said:
Hi. Need a bit of advice on the new kitchen system.
Haha, you considered a radio? Could you not put up a stud wall and mount the screen and sound bar flush?
Or better still just fit in wall speakers?
I did this at our last place, I used a Loewe TV (Sonys have variable outs too on most of their sets) as they have variable outs on them, I then ran the speakers with a small old Cryus amp that was also in the cavity. This meant I only had one remote to deal with, worked well.
Just kept it all extremely neat and sounded great, the cavity asks as a speaker cabinet and they gave off a surprising amount of bass for their size.
They were Kef Ci200s.
Why do you want the TV connected to the lounge system?
Why don't you install a kitchen radio system like this; http://kitchenbathroomradio.co.uk/systemline-e100-...
You can connect your TV to it for TV sound, you can listen to radio with one button press and then you can use the Cat 6 to send the Sky audio/video to the TV for playback over the new system. And you can stream your phone/tablet/computer via bluetooth.
If you're not worried about bluetooth then the E200 is cheaper - http://kitchenbathroomradio.co.uk/kitchen-ceiling-... - it does come with a bluetooth receiver, but it only has one aux input so you can't connect TV and bluetooth at the same time (unless you use a switcher)
Otherwise you'll have to turn your AV receiver on in the lounge to listen to TV in the kitchen.
Why don't you install a kitchen radio system like this; http://kitchenbathroomradio.co.uk/systemline-e100-...
You can connect your TV to it for TV sound, you can listen to radio with one button press and then you can use the Cat 6 to send the Sky audio/video to the TV for playback over the new system. And you can stream your phone/tablet/computer via bluetooth.
If you're not worried about bluetooth then the E200 is cheaper - http://kitchenbathroomradio.co.uk/kitchen-ceiling-... - it does come with a bluetooth receiver, but it only has one aux input so you can't connect TV and bluetooth at the same time (unless you use a switcher)
Otherwise you'll have to turn your AV receiver on in the lounge to listen to TV in the kitchen.
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