Really dumb home audio question. Currently running Apple TV to TV by hdmi Archived Message Posted by meanjeans on September 16, 2022, 9:10:37 Looking to buy a new receiver (old one was 20 years old). New receiver has HDMI inputs. How does that work- I plug the Apple TV HDMI into the receiver? And then an HDMI out from the receiver to the TV? Or do I need some kind of HDMI splitter? Or is HDMI on the receiver irrelevant and I leave the Apple TV alone, but run audio from the TV to the receiver? Message Thread: Really dumb home audio question. Currently running Apple TV to TV by hdmi - meanjeans September 16, 2022, 9:10:37 audio sidejack: is it just me or is dialogue getting harder and harder to hear? - biclops September 16, 2022, 10:12:34 The Biclops Within - complainant September 16, 2022, 11:27:40 I’m probably the only one here who just uses the TV speakers? * - haighter September 16, 2022, 9:50:44 We’ve been doing that but the sound on GOT house of dragons has been really bad * - meanjeans September 16, 2022, 10:32:35 I feed all 8 tvs into my receiver* - JeffFrank September 16, 2022, 10:05:57 I did up until a year ago* - snipes824 September 16, 2022, 10:01:59 I do. - EffinIllini September 16, 2022, 10:01:42 Yea…I don’t need Scooby Doo in surround. The little amount of stuff I stream is… - haighter September 16, 2022, 10:05:16 I do as well* - opey8 September 16, 2022, 9:59:19 You own a TV? * - jdl September 16, 2022, 9:56:02 Prime day bay-bee! Got a 65in FireTV for like 450 bucks. * - haighter September 16, 2022, 9:58:21 I bought that exact tv* - Sounder September 16, 2022, 10:19:36 Given that we're a streaming only family. I dig it! How bout you? Did you mount it? - haighter September 16, 2022, 10:51:40 We replaced our existing tv with the new one - Sounder September 16, 2022, 12:15:29 Yes* - Sounder September 16, 2022, 9:52:47 I would ask do you really need a receiver? - Sounder September 16, 2022, 9:34:15 i need one for the phono input* - torinese September 16, 2022, 9:51:12 Yeah I’m a simple > best guy - snipes824 September 16, 2022, 9:45:47 Yeah my wife wants a sound bar. I prefer a 3 channel setup. Not full surround, but L center R - meanjeans September 16, 2022, 9:44:51 Sound bars have come a long way - jdl September 16, 2022, 9:51:54 My downstairs soundbar has two satellite speakers for the rear - ISeeDeadHawkeyes September 16, 2022, 9:51:31 We switched to a Sonos sound bar and subwoofer - Sounder September 16, 2022, 9:51:08 Klipsch 5 speaker surround sound for me* - JeffFrank September 16, 2022, 10:22:34 i would argue that you don't really lose sound quality - IlliniSax05 September 16, 2022, 10:08:38 Once you have everything setup, is there still a difference in convenience? * - meanjeans September 16, 2022, 9:52:18 1) there are no wires - Sounder September 16, 2022, 12:19:31 Nm* - meanjeans September 16, 2022, 10:01:39 There’s no receiver to turn on/off? - snipes824 September 16, 2022, 10:00:33 Ahh, got it. Yeah that’s big. How does the soundbar connect to the tv? Is that HDMI too? * - meanjeans September 16, 2022, 10:02:07 Yeah just HDMI directly into the TV - snipes824 September 16, 2022, 10:05:02 my tv doesn't have eARC but it has an optical output - IlliniSax05 September 16, 2022, 10:11:41 Ok perfect. Yeah not an expert on these things* - snipes824 September 16, 2022, 10:13:31 Sonos Arc w/ sub. it's amazing - IlliniSax05 September 16, 2022, 9:45:42 what are you, the GM for the Bears?* - Sammich September 16, 2022, 9:38:21 Yeah, go through the receiver - jdl September 16, 2022, 9:27:53 my eARC seems to just drop once a week - ISeeDeadHawkeyes September 16, 2022, 9:31:26 Yes, just plug appletv->receiver->tv. Receiver will handle swtiching* - gvibes September 16, 2022, 9:12:55 yes, you would run the Apple TV into the receiver along with any other devices - IlliniSax05 September 16, 2022, 9:12:47 Apple TV into receiver, receiver into TV. Any other HDMI sources into receiver as well. - Illiniphil September 16, 2022, 9:12:19 Thanks guys. Another dumb question, does that mean receiver has to be on for the TV to receive - meanjeans September 16, 2022, 9:28:15 Assuming you have external speakers connected to the receiver? - jdl September 16, 2022, 9:36:10 Yeah this idea would be just to keep it simple for MIL / babysitter / etc * - meanjeans September 16, 2022, 9:49:27 yes the receiver will need to be on unless it has standby/passive pass through - IlliniSax05 September 16, 2022, 9:31:03 Got it, thanks * - meanjeans September 16, 2022, 9:48:29   Searching