It appears that most folk will not want to do what I would do and after LONG discussions the fix that most accept is...
Take the output of the headphone jack to a splitter then one connection is for the headphone (with it's own volume control) and the other goes off to an amplified speaker set.
I hope you understand that this one is well discussed and I'm offering the most accepted solution.
Bob
I have a Sony KDL 46EX 720 and because of hearing problems I need to be able to use both headphones and set speakers at the same time, can someone please recommend a way of doing this.

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