I'm buying a plasma TV. Can I use my speakers?

I guess there must be 'source selector' just like speaker selector, but it's another gear in the way which is possible signal degradation.

The reason I am asking this is becuase like you guys said, the Plasma has little built in amp that connects directly to matching external speakers, and they usually don't come free, cost extra around $100-300/pr.

However, I already have much better set of speakers that I want to make use of it.

For everyday TV watching such as news, sitcom, etc... I don't really need the best sound, and want the simplicity of not involving other gears:pre/pre & amp, etc. and just turn on the TV and go. For the movies and main sporting events, I would make use of the line out from the TV to the pre/pro.

I guess I'll maybe just spend extra couple of hundreds and get those matching speakers for everyday TV watching.

So on my wall, I'll have the plasma with matching speakers as well as my main speakers.

Well, It's actually same setup with my regular TV connected to the pre/pro.

Just checking if there's better way and I can get away with not buying the mathing speakers...

Or would I want to turn on my pre/pro + amp everytime I watch TV...

Come on guy! That is LAZY!
Serious!

you make a rug look hyper!

-just kiddin buddy :)

Also, you need to deal with multiple, at least 2(TV and Pre/Pre) remote controls which my wife wouldn't like at all...

Well I have some thoughts on this....

I agree with what is said above; the splitter idea is not a good one. Also, using a pre/pro is the best way to do business.

Your plasma has a wattage for the amp at about 16 watts. Check it. Interestingly, you could drive the sat 5s with this, as their requirement is very low. BUT- since sound quality is less of a concern, an even more efficient choice and less expensive is a set of Klipsch RB-15s or RB-25s. Do I think these speakers are great for audio? Nope. Would they be fine for listening to TV? Sure. Could your plasma amp drive them? Yes.

But whatever you do, do NOT do that splitter thing you were mentioning. You are asking for some fiscally painful trouble, or a loss of functional use of part of your system.