#DOLBY 5.1 SPEAKER SYSTEM FULL#
Each features a 19mm front-facing tweeter with a full ranger-balanced driver. The individual speakers are designed so that they can go flat against a wall if you room layout requires that. Sony’s HT-A9 Home Theater System doesn’t depend on speakers being placed equal distances from each other, or even at the same height. All connection and dropout issues disappeared the system has been rock-solid since. I repeated the network setup until the Sony connected with a node that delivered a 100-percent signal and then moved the node a few inches away from the HT-A9 speakers.
After experiencing dropouts, I checked the network settings and found that I was getting low signal strength and was likely connected to a router node in a different part of the house. There was no way to know which node was closest to the Sony transmitter. During setup, all the individual Google router nodes appeared on the Sony setup screen, but each showed the identical SSID. I tested the HT-A9 with a Google WiFi Mesh Router system. Some users have reported issues with audio dropouts.
It’s a minor issue, but if Sony tweaked the setup process to ask if a subwoofer is being used before having the HT-A9 scan for it as it simultaneously scans for the four included speakers would elevate the setup experience to near perfection. The SW5 subwoofer didn’t connect as automatically as the others but it was a simple process to go into the advanced settings and add the sub to the array. Setup for the four included speakers was seamless and the audio tuning process doubles as an impressive demo for the sound field created by the combination of real and phantom speakers.
#DOLBY 5.1 SPEAKER SYSTEM TV#
SonyĪdding Sony’s 300-watt SA-SW5 subwoofer to your HT-A9 Home Theater System will add $700 to your bill, but you should consider a subwoofer an essential component.Įach speaker is labeled left or right and front or rear for easy placement (RL, FL, RR, FR) and each requires its own power cord plugged into an outlet.Īrrange the speakers, plug in the transmitter box to an eARC or ARC HDMI port on your TV and followed the guided on-screen setup using the included remote. I set up the system with a couple of different rear speaker placements and overall performance didn’t suffer when the rear speakers were at different heights and not aligned with the front speakers. If you can arrange your speakers in a perfect rectangle with each speaker at an identical height, the mapping technology reads the room and tunes each speaker to its location. One of the most impressive tricks in the HT-A9 bag is its ability to adapt to speaker placement. For that price, you get a flexible setup that can easily follow when you move house and an experience that’s closer to the one offered by an elaborate speaker array than what you’ll get from even the best soundbars. When you add in the cost of the subwoofer, Sony’s asking for a $2,500 commitment for an optimal home theater experience. The rear panel of Sony’s HT-A9 control box (left) and an exposed illustration of one of the system’s four matching speakers (not to scale). The Dimension is an outstanding soundbar but there’s just no way it can match Sony’s immersive listening and viewing experience. We tested with and without the SA-SW5 and concluded that the subwoofer is an almost essential addition to the system.Īfter a week of using the HT-A9 system with the subwoofer, I switched back to a Focal Dimension soundbar and subwoofer just for some perspective. Sony offers an optional subwoofer-choose between Sony’s $400 SA-SW3 200-watt or its $700 SA-SW5 300-watt models. The HT-A9 features a transmitter box that connects to your television and four speakers that connect wirelessly to the transmitter via Wi-Fi. Sony’s HT-A9 speaker system creates a truly immersive listening experience, but you will want to supplement it with one of Sony’s subwoofers. Listeners who’ve experienced less-than-impressive results from soundbars promising a “virtual 5.1” surround-sound experience might have their doubts going in, but Sony has absolutely solved this challenge and delivered a system that effectively delivers an immersive experience that doesn’t depend on as many speakers, wires, and in-ceiling installation hassles. Users can enjoy streaming and physical media that include either Dolby Atmos or DTS:X sound mixes.
Sony uses a mapping technology it calls 360 Spatial Sound to analyze your room layout and create the illusion of 12 phantom speakers that will convince listeners that sound is coming from overhead and from virtual center and side speakers. Sony’s $1,800 HT-A9 home theater system finds a satisfying middle ground between the ease-of-use offered by a soundbar and the immersive audio experience created by a true multi-speaker surround speaker array.
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