Sony HT-A9 7.1.4ch High Performance Home Theater Speaker System with Sony SA-SW5 Wireless Subwoofer

I love this thing. This is the best purchase I’ve made in years. I can’t imagine having any other sound system at this price. It’s barely had any issues or whatsoever. I have tons of electronics in my room and sometimes it’ll kind of disconnect a little bit, but not even one percent of the time. Not even 0.1%. This is an awesome speaker system you can hear things behind you going left and right and it’s really amazing

The speaker system is flat and unappealing without the big subwoofer which needs to be even bigger. Don’t waste money on the smaller 200w subwoofer and don’t buy the refurbished woofer. They link and setup very easy. Make sure the Sony TV has the EARC volume turned up 100%. Took a while to figure that out. The system would play Bluetooth music and DVD but no TV sound. The speakers cannot be to close 36” or more apart and not angled at close distances. The area above the speakers needs to be open and not in a corner or against a wall as it has to bounce the sound. It does sound like a larger system. It will not go extremely loud. It can get fairly loud, but if you want to hear and feel like you are next to a rocket launch or airplane takeoff I suggest a different system with a 1,000watts as the 300w subwoofer not included and the 7# speaker are not strong enough. If you like normal listening music and normal romantic movies or a thriller, this will work well. It has not astounded me but the system simplicity and ease of use works well. The power cord for the speakers are crazy short like 5 feet, I had to buy 10 footers right away to get to an outlet. Although wireless, there is a power cord hanging down the wall on each speaker unless you hide them some way. I suggest a speaker stand with a cable management system. The Bluetooth works really well and once setup, you can forget needing to touch it again. It turns on flawlessly with my Sony XR- 55A80J and adjust the sound with the TV remote. Recommend Sony everything (Blu-ray, DVD, Play Station, TV) so only one remote is needed and not 4 or five. Is it worth the expense, I would say not unless you can get it on sale. Do not get refurbished, we tried that and the product was broken and terrible, it appears all they do to refurbished is make sure it turns on (powers up). Best of luck to you.

I was very skeptical on this system but I didn’t want to run wires or deal with charging wireless speakers.I had outlets right where the speaker would be placed so that already was worked out.Setup:Easy peasy they setup themselves practicallyAnd linked right away.Ran the calibration and boom welcome to spatial soundSpeakers:Well constructed I don’t mind the color tho some may wish it came in black. They all syncd with no issue. Also I have not experienced any drop outs.Keep in mind having a wireless router near these can cause issues I’d suggest moving it out of the area to another room.Sound:I have to say these thing do as advertised.Sony has always been a top tier brand and this is a reminder why.This witchcraft of audio is truly revolutionary.Now with that said no it’s not going to be as loud as a home theatre but if you dont want to run wires and deal with that nonsense this is for you.I’ve never had to go above 50 it’s plenty loud.As far as configuration my room is odd and have the tv in the corner so the speakers are also at corners and let me tell you it still does the spatial and atmos thing beautifully.I will advise you should get the subwoofer I opted for the sw5 and it shakes the house amazing .Highs and mids are covered very well.Streaming:You can stream to the device (hta9)With Spotify or Amazon music sounds awesomeEspecially if you do some spatial sound musicListening to music is def an experience with the “special effects”Cost:This is expensive yes I got this during a sale subwoofer and hta9 for 1800 which wasn’t bad in hindsight for how the system sounds.Is it worth it over a sound bar. Yes!I’d pick this system over any soundbar.Cons:Pass through of vrr is not supported yetNot really a deal breaker as I would only use arc connection and have hdmi straight to the tv.Overall:Very nice top quality home theatre system.Atmos and spatial sound are awesome.Get it and forget about the money