@susie fosi has amps from 50-100$ and the audiophiles love them. have to mail order though.

i don't mind powered speakers per se but modular rigs are camfy. non-modulars you run in to issues like i do like the drivers from the earfun, but they are hard wired to play from the battery so i cannot hardline it.

same as with soundcore stuff. i would like to just hardline it to the TV, but not an option.

i would rather have a boombox type thing than a "sound bar," and just mount the handle to some generic grips. but the boom boxes like that are marketed to like.. beach party folk, so its a real bear to ensure it has AUX IN as well as can be hardlined.

i did see that there are just random slop pc speakers for 20-40$ and idk those are probably miles better than what a cheapo TV uses but ehhh.

i dunno. i feel like an :blobcatalien: i have a rather low set of asks, but its a set of asks that very few people fulfill