Roderick Stewart wrote:

I *think* all the TV and AV audio still goes through the TV set
before going back along several metres of phono cables, but there's
such a tangle of wiring which has been changed and added to over the
years that I'd have to check out the details, but certainly lots of
very ordinary cable.

Well, that just about says it all really.

The audio stage in most TVs is pretty poor, and if you're routing the AV
audio through the telly then it's going to sound bad.

The audio on my AV system goes nowhere near the TV, indeed the audio in
the SCART cable isn't even wired up. I've heard systems that were wired
up in this way, with all audio from AV (VCR, satellite box etc) routed
via the TV, and it sounded pretty horrible.

If that really is how you've got your system set up, and it sounds fine
to you, then don't waste your money on mains filters, interconnects,
silver speaker cable etc - as if you're happy with the way it sounds
like it is then you wouldn't appreciate the difference any of the
upgrades we've been discussing would make.

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