Been there, done that. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367
Been doing it this way since the 1970's. Back then the TV had a small 1/8" jack for audio out. Plugged into an an RCA on the Kenwood integrated gave me the best TV sound of anyone back then.
Not much different today. Everything always has some way of getting stereo sound out of it. Might have to use some kind of adaptor for it but it is there. Probably the biggest thing you will do is to mentally separate video and audio. Then you figure out a way to send the video where you want it to go, and separately send the audio to your stereo.
That is what I do with everything. Why? Because I tried for years to get surround to sound right. Or even not bad. But the problem with surround, it always involves a processor. These things are death to high fidelity. Absolutely horrid. So bad they mess you up even in bypass. So I gave up on that and now enjoy much better sound quality for less money.
Surround is a gimmick used to sell movie tickets anyway. The holographic sound stage presented in my stereo system is no gimmick, it is for real. The one tradeoff is the screen takes up space that it would be better to have a diffuser panel there. But, compared to the alternatives, this is a pretty good trade off. So we go with, merger.
Been doing it this way since the 1970's. Back then the TV had a small 1/8" jack for audio out. Plugged into an an RCA on the Kenwood integrated gave me the best TV sound of anyone back then.
Not much different today. Everything always has some way of getting stereo sound out of it. Might have to use some kind of adaptor for it but it is there. Probably the biggest thing you will do is to mentally separate video and audio. Then you figure out a way to send the video where you want it to go, and separately send the audio to your stereo.
That is what I do with everything. Why? Because I tried for years to get surround to sound right. Or even not bad. But the problem with surround, it always involves a processor. These things are death to high fidelity. Absolutely horrid. So bad they mess you up even in bypass. So I gave up on that and now enjoy much better sound quality for less money.
Surround is a gimmick used to sell movie tickets anyway. The holographic sound stage presented in my stereo system is no gimmick, it is for real. The one tradeoff is the screen takes up space that it would be better to have a diffuser panel there. But, compared to the alternatives, this is a pretty good trade off. So we go with, merger.