The cheapest way of connecting a subwoofer to a TV?

[RoyMi6]

Thinking I might add one of my subs to my TV as it's currently just sitting in storage waiting on another project to be completed.

It's a XXLS400-DF, so built in amp as expected, and I'm just wondering what's the cheapest, makeshift, way I can get this working with my TV in the living room?

I've got literally not other sound equipment (i.e. no receiver or sound bar) and so the only output I think I can use is the Toslink connection.

I use a FireTV stick to watch everything so technically there's a HDMI cable going from that to the TV, but because I'm thinking of not having speakers and just "adding" a sub not sure about the best think that could work for me there...

If I use the Toslink optical out to some kind of phono splitter dooda, am I still going to get sound from my TV speakers?

I'm really just planning on doing this temporarily for the odd action movie before my other project is finished so just looking for something cheap and cheerful to get it up and running.

Thanks in advance!
Roy

 

[RoyMi6]

Yeah, I mean, obviously these are all issues if I was doing it long term, but really I'm planning on messing around for the odd movie over the next 2 months - so it's not a massive deal walking across the room and spending 30 seconds dialling in both to sound OK.

Buying an AVR isn't out of the question, but I don't have room for speakers. If I could still get audio out of the TV then that would be fine, but I'm hoping to keep costs down to like £50.

Again, this is purely an academic exercise with no intention of being run long term - just looking to mess around with some spare hardware I've got that's sitting doing nothing