The main concern is lip sync. The latency in wireless digital speakers is long. An AV Receiver with passive speakers or using analogue active speakers presents little problem. The line level output on most TV is perfect for stereo. The headphone 3.5mm can be used but the DAC is not usually very good. The optical cable to an optical to line level RCA L/R is lossless. Speakers with HDMI ARC or HDMI eARC (if the screen supports those) work fine - but most powered and active speakers will not scale up to surround. e.g. Kef LS50 II wireless or Kef LS 60. B&O use powerlink inputs RJ45 cables or wireless (WiSA). Wi-fi has 336ms latency and that applies to 3.5mm analogue, fibre optic. Apple 4K TV will work in stereo as Airplay controls the audio latency. You need a TV with WiSA or a WiSA transmitter such as Soundsend. WiSA (powerlink) is under 36ms latency. Beolab 28 have a lower bass than Beolab 18 and previous tower speakers (6000, 8000 etc). Sub-woofer is not really needed unless you want the 14Hz of Devialet Phantoms. They have more bass than most speakers in this price bracket. They can be connected to most TV with a powerlink adapter (trigger) so that the remote on the TV powers the speakers up. Sounds Heavenly (UK based) can supply the right cables. Beolab 28 can be floor standing or wall mounted (preferably not on a stud dry wall but brick). Buchardt A500 and floor standing A700 with the stereo hub look more conventional and are wireless (WiSA). Dutch & Dutch 8c, Dynaudio Focus 30 & 50, Kii Audio Three, ATC SCM40A. Seamlessly however still might be an issue. Analogue active speakers are the simplest way no fancy digit conversions, delays or room corrections needing further correction to work with video/TV.

@@geraldmcmullon2465 Yeah, I'm thinking about going with the PS Audio FR20s. Seem like extraordinary value & I love the aesthetic too. Plus, within my budget.

this old thing? couple years or so. stick with it!

@@ThatHomeTheaterDude where is the acendo sm50 excursion test?