@naylor2006
Puts me in mind of my first ‘soundbar’ 😛 Set up on the evening of May 28th 1967.
It was actually one of my ‘speakers’ - being a tad impecunious in these days, my stereo speakers were repurposed radio cabinets with a big slab of chipboard on the front, and an 8” Wharfedale RS/DD bolted to each. Open back, as was one set of received wisdom at the time.
Coupling that to a TV, you took your life in your hands in those days; while the TV speaker might have been running off a few volts AC, you had no idea how far above ground it was floating DC. So a couple of capacitors in each lead (two for belt and braces in case one failed) to block the DC, and relatively safe to link to the RS/DD.
Good results, with sweeter treble, and much more ambiance, on a live broadcast. So a satisfactory first foray into eARC (extracted Alternating Residual Current), and I was hooked from then on.
I guess the Nakamichi might have sounded a bit better though…
(For extra credit; how come my recollection is so precise, and what broadcast was I enhancing?)
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