Product Reviews

Recently bought to go with Sony X95L 85 TV. extremely easy to set up. Wireless connection resulted in frequent dropouts, though it is inches from Wi-Fi. I connected with ethernet, so far very stable Works best with ethernet. I am using TV speakers as centre speakers. Is it possible to add another subwoofer Firmware update?? overall great buy especially at great black Friday deal.

Simple to set up, suits my room set up with off centre tv watching position. Fantastic encompassing sound without the hassles of running speaker wires, connecting to amps etc.

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It might be expensive, but you can't argue with the sound quality from the HT-A9. The 360 spacial sound mapping will blow your mind. The speakers are so simple to set up, just plug them in and follow the instructions on the screen, it does everything else for you. It definitely sounds like you have a lot more than 4 speakers, it's a smart bit of kit. Although 'wireless' you obviously still need to plug the speakers into a plug socket, which can be tricky depending on where yours are located. I found the length of the power cord far too short for 3 of the 4 speakers, so ordered IEC C7 Figure 8 Extension Power Cables and this did the trick. For the cost of these speakers, I would expect them to come with the subwoofer and not sold separately. That, and the very short power cables, are the only reasons I've not given 5 stars.

Bought this a month ago. So far so good. Satisfy with the sound and surround. Just wonder why sound become softer during netflix 4k movie. Usually volume tune at 40 will be loud enough but during 4k netflix movie, volume need to increase till 70. Is there any fix or setting i can solve this?

Have had this for several weeks and extremely happy with my purchase. My wife say's it is the best system we've had and I have to agree. Love listening to music on it but the system really shines when watching dolby atmos content. Great sound with a smallish foot print.

happy with the purchase and satisfied with the sound quality

I've had this sony system for about a month and it replaces a Samsung system.the difference is very noticeable, the Sony is a great improvement over the Samsung.

An excellent set of speakers, i was worried at first by the lack of a centre speaker, but the sound mapping is so good that you do not notice that it is not there. The proviso - you really do need to add the optional bass speaker to get the best out of this set up.

I recently purchased a SONY HT-A9 Home Theatre Sound System & it’s amazing there are 2 issues that I was quite concerned about, the S Centre Speaker & the Pass Through which they recently did an update to rectify that Pass Through issue. The S Centre Speaker is a different issue altogether when connected to my Tv there was a loud continuous hissing sound & SONY had to arrange for an engineer to come out & change the TV’s Motherboard which rectified that hissing issue. You then had to redo the whole setting up of the TV again which I suppose was a minor in the whole scheme of things. My annoyance also comes from the cost of this premium product, I was lucky the price had been reduced but it still cost a considerable amount of money !. SONY need to do better, but the sound from that system is amazing & sublime it does what it says on the tin, & that’s why SONY are the very best at what they do.

I live in an apartment with a large number of wifi networks and devices nearby and these speakers are nearly unusable. I get drop-outs in the audio constantly, and from what I can tell, this has to do with network/radio interference breaking up the connection to the speakers. Initially, the system was completely unlistenable, with pops and drop-outs every few seconds. I was able to improve the situation a bit by re-locating my wifi router to another room, but I'm still getting enough pops and drop-outs that it's difficult to enjoy music or movies. This is really disappointing because the speakers do sound great otherwise. I suspect that in a house without other networks nearby, if you could turn of your home wifi, then they would be perfect, but that's a pretty big compromise.

Bought from Sony online, have a cathedral ceiling, the other atmos systems i had tried were pretty useless in such an environment. The HT-A9 set itself up in minutes without a single glitch. FINALLY, i have an atmos system that delivers atmos. Wonderful product! AAA+

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Bought as a easy way into the latest surround sound setups with easy configuration.

Very happy with the HT-A9. Took minutes to connect up to my PlayStation and projector, with a nice in built self-calibration system to optimise the sound. Great to remove the bulky speakers, amp and wiring from my old 4.1 set up. Audio is excellent, very immersive - although now planning to add a wireless WA5 subwoofer to complete the experience !

I’ve had other surround sound devices in the past, all connected by cables, not all have been great. The HT-A9 is great, I am so impressed by the quality of the sound and the immersive feel that it bring to films and gaming, just brilliant

Bought in early Jul 2023. All’s well except that the volume of the rear speaker is very low. Technician who attended to the issue on-site could not do anything to resolve it.

These speakers look great and sound great. I had the Sonos Home Theatre and these are so much smoother. Excellent highs and lows. These work so much better with my Sony Bravia TV.

Bought a month ago, haven't solve the dropouts issues yet, need help

These sound amazing but you do need the subwoofer to get good bass. I'm very pleased with these speakers.

I bought this about two months ago with a Sony blu-ray and subwoofer. It was the best purchase I've made in a long time. The sound quality is unbelievable. I really like the fact that the speakers don't have to be on the same horizontal plane, or specially placed to produce an accurate soundscape. Set up is very easy and the remote provided makes it easy to tweak adjust levels on an ad hoc basis. It is a totally immersive experience when listening to 5.1 mixes of my favorite music on blu-ray. The only issue that I have is that it occasionally seems to get "choppy" sound and I have to turn the radio connection off and back on, and then do a basic sound setup again. It only takes about three minutes, but it is frustrating if you just want to watch or listen to something and you have to spend the time to do a "setup". [Since this is still fairly new to me, I cannot blame the product. I am experimenting with some speaker placements and some transmitting devices that could be causing interference.]

I have been using it for 2 weeks. The sound is incredible, loud and crisp with clear dialogues. Decent bass even without a sub-woofer. Feeling of surround sound is ok though. OTT platforms on HD also do not sound like a proper surround.

I will be honest I truly have no idea how this surround sound is supposed to sound to me. This is the first surround sound system I have ever owned and so I have nothing to compare it to. I do have to say I dont know how I feel about the center channel out cable that makes the voices come out of the tv speakers so it sounds more directly in front of me. I kind of feel like that ruins the experience just a tad bit because I am connecting a low-grade speaker to a top-grade system and almost drowns out the quality of sound coming from the two front surround sound speakers mounted on the wall. But I will play around with it and see what I like better. As far as the subwoofer goes it is great truly is immersive vibration but if there was a way to connect a 1000W RMS or higher subwoofer (something comparable like a nightshade v5 2500W sundown audio subwoofer for a car) to this system I would highly recommend adding a new subwoofer to the Sony line up that is twice as powerful as this one or give me the ability to add a second subwoofer to the system. I can say I have never sat in my living room and watched an action movie and heard bullets zing past my head before. But with this surround sound that is exactly how it sounds and I can say with all honesty it is really an amazing and cool experience to have as my first one. Hope this helps with future bug fixes and tech updates. Please let me know if you add a new more powerful subwoofer or make it so I can add a second one to the system. Thank you!

im not happy with these speakers has the quality of sound is so poor i have unpluged them untill i can find about to fix the issue or get my money back

Super impressed with the deep sound quality and easy peas set up 👍🏾

I was looking for a home theatre system to replace my 12 year old system, having a Sony tv well what’s not to like or trust with this. They link together very nicely, great sound and I didn’t bother with a sub, was very happy with what I can hear. So far no Wi-Fi drop out and really pleased with my purchase