I wanted to upgrade my current 5.1 sound bar and this was definitely a worthy upgrade. I have amazing sound without the hassle of back speakers needed!
Pros:
Quality and Design: This quality of this speaker is really good. the subwoofer and speaker has a good heft to it, i would recommend if you're thinking wall mounting it, make sure to definitely find stubs to mount it! The design is very appealing, i found that I like having the individual speakers shown off without the speaker grill.
Easy to setup:
There was very little setup time, it was plug and play. once I turn on the speaker, it instantly paired up with the subwoofer. The actually setup part is based on the sound you want for the speaker such as the distance where the speaker is from the couch, how tall is the ceiling and how loud you want the speakers to fire. I found that i want the ceiling speakers to fire louder to get the best effects, out the box sounds great too.
Sound:
The sound is superior to what i was listening to before! I can hear every detail of dialogue to the rumbling of the engine to a car. If you are able to get UHD movies and able to take advantage of Dolby Atmos, do it! The combination of Dolby Atmos of the speaker with a Dolby vision TV like mines is a game changer, I have no need to go to the movie theater anymore if it wasn't for the stagger release.
Cons:
The UI
The UI for the sound bar is very clunky. In the time of easy to use and fluid UI, this is a pain point to this speaker. It is very manageable but I wish it was smoother and easier to use, they should ask Playstation for pointers.
Remote
Very basic and I wish i could have a better control on an app on my phone like my TV
Dolby Atmos
This isn't the speaker's fault, but to experience the best, you will have to search for Dolby Atmos content that has all the right codecs. I thought I hearing Dolby Atmos, but in reality it was dolby 5.1. Still great but I wanted to hear the best. Also setup of your room is key, it all depends on the acoustics of your room, the ceiling height, and where to position the speaker.
Verdict:
Very worth-wide investment in upgrading your speaker, once you set up the speaker and have the perfect content, its worthy of your living room.
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Sony ST5000 7.1.2ch 800W Dolby Atmos Soundbar
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From the manufacturer
Quality materials, optimal design
Coaxial Speakers
A woofer and tweeter work together inside a single speaker unit to deliver precisely aligned audio across frequencies.
Dolby Atmos enabled speakers
Optimized for Dolby Atmos, two built in speakers bounce sound off the ceiling to reproduce overhead sound.
Get connected
Keep adding to your Home Theater setup, with 3x HDCP 2.2-compatible HDMI inputs, 1x HDMI ARC output, optical SPDIF, analog AUX, and a USB connection
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Amplifier Channels
| 7.1.2CH | 3.1 CH | 3.1CH | 2.1CH | 2.1CH | 2.1CH |
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Center Channel
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3D Surround, Dolby Atmos/DTS-X
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Vertical Surround Engine
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4K HDR (HDMI HDCP2.2)
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Multi-Room Audio /Wi-fi Music
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Power
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HDMI In/Out(ARC)
| 3 in/1 out | 2 in/1 out | 1 in/1 out | 1 in/1 out | 0 in/1 out | 0 in/1 out |
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Bluetooth
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Vocal Enhancement
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| Price | — | $298.00 | -29% $998.00 List: $1,399.99 | -35% $648.00 List: $999.99 | -25% $598.00 List: $799.99 | $399.00 |
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| Sold By | — | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Electronics Expo (Authorized Dealer) |
| speaker size | — | 900 millimeters | — | 1275 millimeters | 42 inches | 2.36 inches |
| power source | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | AC | AC | Corded Electric | Corded Electric |
| connectivity tech | Built-in Wi-Fi | wireless, wired | wireless, wired | wired, wireless | Bluetooth | Bluetooth, Optical, USB, HDMI |
| speaker type | Subwoofer, Soundbar | Soundbar, Subwoofer | Subwoofer, Tweeter, Soundbar | Soundbar | Soundbar | Soundbar |
| mounting type | Wall Mount | Wall Mount | Tabletop | Tabletop Mount | Sound Bar | Wall Mount |
| weight | 23200 grams | 16.1 pounds | 8700 grams | 6.1 kilograms | 8.73 pounds | 19 pounds |
| control method | — | remote | remote | voice, remote | remote, voice | remote, voice |
Reviews with images
Crank Up The Volume
As soon as you unpack the box you know the Sony Sound Bar just screams quality.The sleek design will make a great addition to your home theater. The soundbar isquite heavy, about twenty pounds for the bar alone. The subwoofer adds another 30pounds to the system. You have 3 HDMI Inputs with a HDMI(Arc) option on the back.The sound bar comes with a magnetic grill, which can be on or off, either way the soundbar looks fantastic. The set up was quick and easy. It practically set itself up. A minuteor two to set up Wi-Fi, a few more minutes to do the obligatory software update and youare on your way. Full disclosure, I am not a sound connoisseur by any means. Myreview is not scientific; it is not being dissected by an engineer. I am an average guywho enjoys the movie theater experience. I am not sitting in a home theater, just aregular “family/living room”.My setup is simple, a Sony 55” Brava and a TiVo Roamio for this review.The soundbar has all the features I want and a whole bunch of features that I do notknow that I really want. To begin the sound is crisp and clear, you can feel thesound. You will notice how the soundbar by far exceeds your built-in speakers from theTV. The immersive sound makes this well worth the soundbar upgrade. A virtualsurround soundbar that combines digital signal processing and S-Force Pro FrontSurround to deliver amazing sound. The Dolby Atoms delivers a 360-degree surroundsound. The dedicated music service button allows me to pick up exactly where I left off,so, I never miss a beat. The NFC one touch connection allows me to stream instantlyfrom my smartphone. Connects to the internet with the built in Wi-fi. The soundbar has9- coaxial speakers built into the soundbar.The different built in sound settings give a good mixture for movies, music, sports,gaming and standard. Playing with them gives a nice variety of adjustments. Then hitthe 3D Sound setting and put your seatbelt on.The manual is quite thick and will join a lot of other stereo manuals in a drawersomewhere. The remote has plenty of buttons that I will probably never intentionallytouch. I want this set up perfectly the first time and hopefully never touch the remoteagain.I tuned in to some music from my cable company package, the sound was, to my ears,quite good at high and low volume. Switching to a broadcast HD movie and thesubwoofer came alive!! Thor never sounded so good. I was sitting @ 10 feet away,ears slightly above the soundbar and I felt sound all around me, literally bouncing offme! WOW!Bluetooth (LDAC), sounds a lot better than any Bluetooth speaker I have heard before,big fancy names included.I Have seen some reports about crackling from the subwoofer, nothing problems here.No drop offs either. Most problems I assume are from people who do not look at themanual AT ALL.I have not investigated rear speakers, but so far, I did see no reason for them (yetanyway).Bottom line, love it, great sound, excellent stereo (after all this is what it actually is).Will probably learn more about it over time, but for now I want to finish watching Thorsave the world.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2020
Style: SingleVerified Purchase
I wanted to upgrade my current 5.1 sound bar and this was definitely a worthy upgrade. I have amazing sound without the hassle of back speakers needed!
Pros:
Quality and Design: This quality of this speaker is really good. the subwoofer and speaker has a good heft to it, i would recommend if you're thinking wall mounting it, make sure to definitely find stubs to mount it! The design is very appealing, i found that I like having the individual speakers shown off without the speaker grill.
Easy to setup:
There was very little setup time, it was plug and play. once I turn on the speaker, it instantly paired up with the subwoofer. The actually setup part is based on the sound you want for the speaker such as the distance where the speaker is from the couch, how tall is the ceiling and how loud you want the speakers to fire. I found that i want the ceiling speakers to fire louder to get the best effects, out the box sounds great too.
Sound:
The sound is superior to what i was listening to before! I can hear every detail of dialogue to the rumbling of the engine to a car. If you are able to get UHD movies and able to take advantage of Dolby Atmos, do it! The combination of Dolby Atmos of the speaker with a Dolby vision TV like mines is a game changer, I have no need to go to the movie theater anymore if it wasn't for the stagger release.
Cons:
The UI
The UI for the sound bar is very clunky. In the time of easy to use and fluid UI, this is a pain point to this speaker. It is very manageable but I wish it was smoother and easier to use, they should ask Playstation for pointers.
Remote
Very basic and I wish i could have a better control on an app on my phone like my TV
Dolby Atmos
This isn't the speaker's fault, but to experience the best, you will have to search for Dolby Atmos content that has all the right codecs. I thought I hearing Dolby Atmos, but in reality it was dolby 5.1. Still great but I wanted to hear the best. Also setup of your room is key, it all depends on the acoustics of your room, the ceiling height, and where to position the speaker.
Verdict:
Very worth-wide investment in upgrading your speaker, once you set up the speaker and have the perfect content, its worthy of your living room.
Pros:
Quality and Design: This quality of this speaker is really good. the subwoofer and speaker has a good heft to it, i would recommend if you're thinking wall mounting it, make sure to definitely find stubs to mount it! The design is very appealing, i found that I like having the individual speakers shown off without the speaker grill.
Easy to setup:
There was very little setup time, it was plug and play. once I turn on the speaker, it instantly paired up with the subwoofer. The actually setup part is based on the sound you want for the speaker such as the distance where the speaker is from the couch, how tall is the ceiling and how loud you want the speakers to fire. I found that i want the ceiling speakers to fire louder to get the best effects, out the box sounds great too.
Sound:
The sound is superior to what i was listening to before! I can hear every detail of dialogue to the rumbling of the engine to a car. If you are able to get UHD movies and able to take advantage of Dolby Atmos, do it! The combination of Dolby Atmos of the speaker with a Dolby vision TV like mines is a game changer, I have no need to go to the movie theater anymore if it wasn't for the stagger release.
Cons:
The UI
The UI for the sound bar is very clunky. In the time of easy to use and fluid UI, this is a pain point to this speaker. It is very manageable but I wish it was smoother and easier to use, they should ask Playstation for pointers.
Remote
Very basic and I wish i could have a better control on an app on my phone like my TV
Dolby Atmos
This isn't the speaker's fault, but to experience the best, you will have to search for Dolby Atmos content that has all the right codecs. I thought I hearing Dolby Atmos, but in reality it was dolby 5.1. Still great but I wanted to hear the best. Also setup of your room is key, it all depends on the acoustics of your room, the ceiling height, and where to position the speaker.
Verdict:
Very worth-wide investment in upgrading your speaker, once you set up the speaker and have the perfect content, its worthy of your living room.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2020
Style: SingleVerified Purchase
As soon as you unpack the box you know the Sony Sound Bar just screams quality.
The sleek design will make a great addition to your home theater. The soundbar is
quite heavy, about twenty pounds for the bar alone. The subwoofer adds another 30
pounds to the system. You have 3 HDMI Inputs with a HDMI(Arc) option on the back.
The sound bar comes with a magnetic grill, which can be on or off, either way the sound
bar looks fantastic. The set up was quick and easy. It practically set itself up. A minute
or two to set up Wi-Fi, a few more minutes to do the obligatory software update and you
are on your way. Full disclosure, I am not a sound connoisseur by any means. My
review is not scientific; it is not being dissected by an engineer. I am an average guy
who enjoys the movie theater experience. I am not sitting in a home theater, just a
regular “family/living room”.
My setup is simple, a Sony 55” Brava and a TiVo Roamio for this review.
The soundbar has all the features I want and a whole bunch of features that I do not
know that I really want. To begin the sound is crisp and clear, you can feel the
sound. You will notice how the soundbar by far exceeds your built-in speakers from the
TV. The immersive sound makes this well worth the soundbar upgrade. A virtual
surround soundbar that combines digital signal processing and S-Force Pro Front
Surround to deliver amazing sound. The Dolby Atoms delivers a 360-degree surround
sound. The dedicated music service button allows me to pick up exactly where I left off,
so, I never miss a beat. The NFC one touch connection allows me to stream instantly
from my smartphone. Connects to the internet with the built in Wi-fi. The soundbar has
9- coaxial speakers built into the soundbar.
The different built in sound settings give a good mixture for movies, music, sports,
gaming and standard. Playing with them gives a nice variety of adjustments. Then hit
the 3D Sound setting and put your seatbelt on.
The manual is quite thick and will join a lot of other stereo manuals in a drawer
somewhere. The remote has plenty of buttons that I will probably never intentionally
touch. I want this set up perfectly the first time and hopefully never touch the remote
again.
I tuned in to some music from my cable company package, the sound was, to my ears,
quite good at high and low volume. Switching to a broadcast HD movie and the
subwoofer came alive!! Thor never sounded so good. I was sitting @ 10 feet away,
ears slightly above the soundbar and I felt sound all around me, literally bouncing off
me! WOW!
Bluetooth (LDAC), sounds a lot better than any Bluetooth speaker I have heard before,
big fancy names included.
I Have seen some reports about crackling from the subwoofer, nothing problems here.
No drop offs either. Most problems I assume are from people who do not look at the
manual AT ALL.
I have not investigated rear speakers, but so far, I did see no reason for them (yet
anyway).
Bottom line, love it, great sound, excellent stereo (after all this is what it actually is).
Will probably learn more about it over time, but for now I want to finish watching Thor
save the world.
The sleek design will make a great addition to your home theater. The soundbar is
quite heavy, about twenty pounds for the bar alone. The subwoofer adds another 30
pounds to the system. You have 3 HDMI Inputs with a HDMI(Arc) option on the back.
The sound bar comes with a magnetic grill, which can be on or off, either way the sound
bar looks fantastic. The set up was quick and easy. It practically set itself up. A minute
or two to set up Wi-Fi, a few more minutes to do the obligatory software update and you
are on your way. Full disclosure, I am not a sound connoisseur by any means. My
review is not scientific; it is not being dissected by an engineer. I am an average guy
who enjoys the movie theater experience. I am not sitting in a home theater, just a
regular “family/living room”.
My setup is simple, a Sony 55” Brava and a TiVo Roamio for this review.
The soundbar has all the features I want and a whole bunch of features that I do not
know that I really want. To begin the sound is crisp and clear, you can feel the
sound. You will notice how the soundbar by far exceeds your built-in speakers from the
TV. The immersive sound makes this well worth the soundbar upgrade. A virtual
surround soundbar that combines digital signal processing and S-Force Pro Front
Surround to deliver amazing sound. The Dolby Atoms delivers a 360-degree surround
sound. The dedicated music service button allows me to pick up exactly where I left off,
so, I never miss a beat. The NFC one touch connection allows me to stream instantly
from my smartphone. Connects to the internet with the built in Wi-fi. The soundbar has
9- coaxial speakers built into the soundbar.
The different built in sound settings give a good mixture for movies, music, sports,
gaming and standard. Playing with them gives a nice variety of adjustments. Then hit
the 3D Sound setting and put your seatbelt on.
The manual is quite thick and will join a lot of other stereo manuals in a drawer
somewhere. The remote has plenty of buttons that I will probably never intentionally
touch. I want this set up perfectly the first time and hopefully never touch the remote
again.
I tuned in to some music from my cable company package, the sound was, to my ears,
quite good at high and low volume. Switching to a broadcast HD movie and the
subwoofer came alive!! Thor never sounded so good. I was sitting @ 10 feet away,
ears slightly above the soundbar and I felt sound all around me, literally bouncing off
me! WOW!
Bluetooth (LDAC), sounds a lot better than any Bluetooth speaker I have heard before,
big fancy names included.
I Have seen some reports about crackling from the subwoofer, nothing problems here.
No drop offs either. Most problems I assume are from people who do not look at the
manual AT ALL.
I have not investigated rear speakers, but so far, I did see no reason for them (yet
anyway).
Bottom line, love it, great sound, excellent stereo (after all this is what it actually is).
Will probably learn more about it over time, but for now I want to finish watching Thor
save the world.
Images in this review
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Peter T
This is a full blown audio/video receiver as well as an incredible sound bar!
Reviewed in Canada on February 11, 2021Style: SingleVerified Purchase
Amazing customer
Dramatically improves sound
Reviewed in India on August 21, 2019Style: SingleVerified Purchase
Naveed
it's a wonderful product, highly recommend it.
Reviewed in Canada on August 7, 2019Style: SingleVerified Purchase
