Poor Man's 2 channel HT--advice sought


I am not interested in building a home theatre system at this time. But I am wondering if can upgrade the two-channel sound from my 13-year old 27" Proton TV, especially but not exclusively for DVD playback. Can I, for example, get a pair of PSB Alphas or Paradigm Atoms and drive them from my TV? Or use the TV's audio outputs to drive an old Harman Kardon receiver I have and use that to drive the speakers? Purely two-channel, no subwoofer, no AV receiver, no new formats, just upgraded stereo sound. I'd like it to be suitable for day-to-day TV watching as well. (TV is in a different room from my stereo system.)

Is this a dumb idea? If not, can anyone offer advice about how to proceed? I want to spend next to nothing on this project, by the way.

Thanks. /dan
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If you have an old integrated amp (Harmon Kardon) Run the audio signal directly from your DVD player to the pre-amp and out to the speakers. Take the video signal from the DVD player directly to the TV assuming you have a video input on the TV? I wouldn't go so far as to say this is a dumb idea, just the first step on your way to H/T Nirvana.