I use 2) into a NAD stereo amp --> decent speakers. Vastly better sound than built-in.


Seriously, very very few TVs have built-in speakers as good as even a very average stereo. Most of them don't sound as bad as they could in part because us humans are very adaptable and the art of making ordinary sound speakers sound better than crap is very well known.

(Myself, I use a full stereo amp with very high quality speakers... driven by a media PC and projector. :-) Big sound and big picture. But I have good hearing, too.)

Wade.