I have a 32-inch Samsung flat screen TV that plays well and has great color in the picture. The speakers in the television are adequate but I want a little more audio. I just like the big sound, something more of a studio quality. This is my first LED TV so I’m getting used to the connections in the back. I’m trying to find a simple way to get better audio from this TV.

I ordered a Y adapter. It’s a TV 3.5mm to RCA F/M cable. I was intending to hook this adapter to my mixer, but I didn’t observe if there was an audio out for this cable. After I had ordered the small adapter, I then discovered that there was no audio out. The Y adapter didn’t work. Oh well. It was a cheap price.

I had also ordered 3.5mm male to male cable (StarTech.com MU15MMS 15 feet Slim 3.5mm Stereo Audio Cable – M/M), about 15 feet of it. I experimented to see if this 3.5mm would hook up to the place designed for a digital cable, which is the correct cable.

I used an adapter (LE Quality Headphone Adapter Stereo Gold Plug 1/4-Inch (6.3mm) Male to 1/8-Inch (3.5mm) Female by efuture) to go from the 3.5mm jack to the 1/4 in. jack that fits into my mixer.

Guess what? It worked! I don’t think it is true stereo, yet the audio quality is not bad at all. This will suffice until I can obtain the proper cable (AmazonBasics Digital Optical Audio Toslink Cable, 6 Feet), a stereo receiver, and some nice shelf speakers.

I’m running the cable to a Behringer 802 mixing board, which gives me the opportunity for some modest equalizing, and the convenience of the little mixer is the sweet part. And audiophiles like knobs to play with.

The speakers I recently purchased sound great, so I am trying to make use of my small, casual studio. It’s not that expensive to install a nice sounding system. Nothing elaborate here, but way better than the standard factory quality. I am satisfied with the sound.

I know. Who watches television anyway?

I didn’t have the big audio with my Google Chromecast, while watching YouTube videos. The audio was from the television speakers and now it is channeled through my mixer and speakers.