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I am installing two in-wall speakers (myself) and running a 14guage cable inside the wall to a wall-mounted LG 32inch 1080p flat screen TV. Do I just connect the individual wires to the speaker's clip connector and attach a banana plug to the other end to insert into the audio out jack on the TV? Is it more complicated than that?
That will not work. The Audio out jacks on your TV are RCA connections, and are outputting line level audio (low level). You are going to need a receiver or an audio amplifier to run from the "audio out" jacks, into the amp/receiver, and then to the speakers.
Connecting speakers to line level outputs will give you close to no sound at all because it takes a much hotter signal current to drive speakers. Typically, any audio gear with RCA connections will be line level. Receivers and amplifiers have specific outputs for speakers, and note that these are hardly ever RCA jacks.
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Answers by Expert:
Wayne Tapia
Expertise
Home Theater Audio Cabling (from HDMI to speaker cable). DO NOT ask me car audio questions. It is not my forte, and I will not answer them.
Experience
I am a Certified Audio Engineer that also works in the A/V cabling industry. I would like to dispel the myths and outright lies about the cables that connect your home theater systems together. Here's a hint - many of you have been misled out of hundreds of dollars for cabling systems.
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ASCAP
AES
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Audio Recording Technology Institute
Vancouver Film School
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Post Magic Studios
Khaos Studios
Glass Forest Entertainment
Funkbuddha Productions
The Capital Playhouse
Art In Music
Global Music Project
University of Washington
Belle and Wissel
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