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Empty canvas: recommendations on blending audio and moving watching

I am in the process of finishing my basement, including a room approximately 20' x 25'x that I plan to use for both TV/movie watching and audio listening.

I enjoy an occasional streaming program on HBO or Netflix and in my current TV room I have the TV connected to a set of stand-mount speakers driven by a small amp - more than use the TV speakers, but not a big 5.1 surround sound set up (something I've never been that interested in).

For the new room I am excited to finally move forward with a tube-based system (my prior years have all been SS) with speakers such as Devore O/96 (or Gibbon Super 9).  My question is, if this is the audio configuration, what to do with the TV audio?  Running TV audio through sensitive speakers like Devore doesn't seem like a good idea.  Would a speaker bar for the TV suffice?  Or is there another configuration for the TV sound that would be better.

Recommendations welcome!
kba_8040

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kba_8040 OP
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Thanks all for the continued good discussion.

-I share the concern over messing around with splitters, and the likely compromises this would bring.  Seems like the least desirable option.
-Good points about putting hours on the tubes for TV watching (not just my own, but my teenage kids as well), hadn't considered that
-A hybrid amplification approach is also an interesting thought, I have not looked into these much before, I'll see what might be a good option 

kba_8040 OP
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Thanks all for the helpful comments. It sounds like the consensus is that the speakers selected for vinyl/digital audio could/should be connected to the TV no problem - good to have confirmed.

Should I go down the home theater route, any problems with blending front audio speakers like Devore with other speakers in a 5.1/7.1 set up (e.g., front two speaker are the Devore, with the other speakers being...something else)? And if I do, sounds like the best bet would be to drive the 5.1 set up with a different amp designed for home theater (as Nobel100 suggests), with presumably an input splitter for the front speakers to toggle the input from the tube amp set up (for audio listening) and the home theater amp.

Am I on the right path? Thanks again all!
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