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Sony is a creative entertainment company with a portfolio that encompasses electronics, music, motion pictures, mobile, gaming, and more.
For over 70 years, imagination has been the fuel of everything we do. From how people listen to music, to how they play games, to how they watch TV, our big imaginations have led us to create products that innovate and inspire generations.
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Ryan Erik –
I liked my old Sonos better for a while, but I’m really noticing the difference now. I had some games that were hard to pick out voices before, and the Theater Bar 9 makes it totally audible and I didn’t have to fiddle with the sound volumes to hear properly. It has good surround effects, and is a good standalone bar. Unfortunately, there are some volume issues related to using certain apps (some are super loud and some are quiet), but this isn’t the bar’s fault. Once modified, it sound wonderful.
PL –
Connected / synced perfectly with base unit, 2 rear speakers, Bravia television, and IPHONE APP ….. set up was seamless, volume control works in remote control or iPhone App. Wonderful enhanced sound from television and surround units. We love it.
Anton Cromas –
I have this soundbar and a wireless subwoofer hooked up to it, worked with out a hiccup for a year now.Would recommend it.
JV –
I got this speaker for my Sony TV and this speaker delivers extremely good surround sound. Also the sounds are realistic and the speakers add a lot the theater experience.
Kowbunga –
Sounds good!
Steve Robinson –
This sound bar was very easy to setup. The quality of the sound bar is really good.
Amazon CustomerAmazon Customer –
I used to be a Bose person. Now I love this.
Maddaddy –
Well worth the money
J –
I waffled back and forth between four and five stars. I tipped over to five stars because I thought to myself, what is this objects most important job. Deliver high quality sound. It does that in abundance. To the point that I’d recommend holding off on rear speakers or subwoofer until you’re sure that you need them. In my room, I don’t. I may get the rears as a splurge at some point, but I’m in no rush because this alone fills the room with more than enough volume, and crucially, more than enough bass. It sounds AWESOME.Now to the bad. Setup happens through an app on the phone, and it is far from painless. Can’t fathom why you need an account for a soundbar, but it’s the death of a thousand cuts of a data economy I guess. You have to hold the phone in like 3 different directions for it to calibrate the sound in the room. I cannot imagine how much difference this is making. What if your phone’s mic is cooked, is it calibrating on bad data? This feels like a placebo until proven otherwise.Now to the ugly, and it continues to be a persistent frustration. I don’t understand why the optical port is dying in the industry, because it’s a critical backup/alternative. The only input on this soundbar is HDMI ARC. During the summer, my power goes out a couple of times a week. Only for a moment, enough to turn everything back on and off, it’s an inconvenience, but a minor one. Except for this $%#!@ soundbar. The ARC settings just do not work properly. Its connected to a projector which has a PS5 and a computer on the other two inputs. If the power goes out in my house, and then comes back on, ARC does not work and does not receive sound unless I power everything back down, power on the sound bar, wait until it’s completely booted up, power on the projector, wait until its actively seeking a signal, and only then power on the PS5/comp. It’s nearly a minute boot time, that would be 5 seconds simultaneously with an optical port. It’s INFURIATING, and I expect much less resistance from such an expensive product. If you won’t give me an optical port, make sure your ARC works right at least.However, like I said at the jump. This things job is to sound awesome. And it sounds awesome. So with the important caveat that it is not a completely stress free product, it is an elite product, and it gets 5 stars.
Michael Birman –
I’ve never been a fan of sound bars, considering them limited in sound and quality. I own a nice 7.1 speaker sound system that’s fairly high end and that produces superb sound for both music and films. I am more than satisfied with my system. But times change and sound technology changes along with them. TVs change as well, and it is because I intend to purchase a Sony 42 inch OLED (or miniLED) TV for a relatively confined space that I ordered this fairly expensive Sony sound bar.The plan was to pair them easily and seamlessly: new stuff to new stuff, the holy grail of consumer electronics. So I have the sound bar but the hold-up is the Sony TV. There is no up-to-date 42 inch Sony TV of either OLED or MiniLED configuration planned for release in 2024. So the full rig is incomplete for the near term.I configured the sound bar with an older Samsung TV/Gaming monitor that I’ve been using while I wait for technology to improve. The set-up is pretty elemental through the HDMI port but it uses the full 13 speaker array. The sound is quite good spatially with nice transparency (I listen to mostly Classical and Jazz and good transparency is a major consideration when I evaluate sound).Although I’m using the sound bar by itself, without a wireless Sony Subwoofer or rear speakers, the sound bar provides a surprising amount of heft to music when listening critically. The 13 speaker array reminds me of the amazing 9 speaker array featured on the brilliant Bose 901 speakers of the 1970s. There is a similarity in clarity, life-like sound reproduction, and a visceral sense of movement as the BRAVIA 9 fills the room. I owned a pair of 901s and considered them revolutionary, so my praise of the BRAVIA 9 sound bar is significant.I’m using a pair of Oppos (203 and 205) to play music and film, and their quality and precision match quite well with the BRAVIA 9. It’s not my final configuration, but it is pretty good. As a one-piece surround system, this is a solid one. I recognize that I’m praising one of the more expensive sound bars out there, but if that’s what it takes to produce quality sound, then so be it. In electronics, you definitely get what you pay for. And if you’re looking for an exemplary sound bar, given the inherent limitations of the format, this is a very good one.