Sony - HT-A7000

"The lowly soundbar system sounds so amazing that I can't bring myself to commit to buying another AVR and then spending the time on wiring/install again. It's literally a daily struggle trying to decide. ... it sounds so freaking good. Its soooo close to what I had that it's hard to remember what it was like before. ... if you come over for movie night and start off blindfolded, you won't be sure what you're listening to. I saw a similar video in a room with both the Sony soundbar system and a full set of 5.1 speakers (unplugged) and the listeners picked wrong at first."

"I took it head to head with the Sonos Arc system and the Q990C, and the Sony system blew them away."

"if you live in an apartment or have a small room the bar on its own creates an amazing bass response and overall sound quality from the drivers that Sony has put in this are simply just top notch for a soundbar unit."

"the rears provide 2 additional channels, where, along with the Sony 360 Spatial Audio and front soundbar, create a sound bubble that makes it sound like there are speakers on the side walls smack dab in the middle of the action. You really think there are two side speakers on the wall with newer mixed content."

"the A7000 was already so good at it's width and height."

"my Sony setup is light years ahead of it with its 360 spatial sound mapping."

"I have the A7000 with RS5's and a dual setup with the SW5 and a basic Klipsch 10" sub. It's insane. ... The main reason I didn't look harder at the new Bravia Quads is because of the A7000's (and A5000) ability to use 3rd party dual subs. It changed everything. ... Yep that's right. The SW5 is connected to the A7000 like normal. I'm using an SVS wireless transmitter connected to the soundbar for the Klipsch. ... In terms of crossover, the SW5 obviously takes care of itself. For the Klipsch, I just use the crossover dial on the sub (I'm not too fancy). I think I have it around 70-ish. What I did was set the volume on the SW5 first (located in back right corner), then adjusted the Klipsch (left front corner) volume to blend in with the SW5. No perceivable delay. ... The A7000 volume controls both subs with no issue. ... But otherwise, I'm still totally satisfied"

"PLUS....you can use 3rd party dual subs. That's a game changer. ... The Samsung has a really nice sub...for a soundbar. But it doesn't compare to my Sony setup."

"I've heard that sub attached to the A5000, A7000, and A9s and it sounded great for all of them, in a medium to large space. All of those systems sounded far better with the sub than without"

"I took it head to head with the Sonos Arc system and the Q990C, and the Sony system blew them away."

"The lowly soundbar system sounds so amazing that I can't bring myself to commit to buying another AVR and then spending the time on wiring/install again. It's literally a daily struggle trying to decide. ... it sounds so freaking good. Its soooo close to what I had that it's hard to remember what it was like before. ... if you come over for movie night and start off blindfolded, you won't be sure what you're listening to. I saw a similar video in a room with both the Sony soundbar system and a full set of 5.1 speakers (unplugged) and the listeners picked wrong at first."

"if you live in an apartment or have a small room the bar on its own creates an amazing bass response and overall sound quality from the drivers that Sony has put in this are simply just top notch for a soundbar unit."

"Old Reviews discredit it because of the early poor software, now its an absolute beast"

"the Sony Outperforms the others by a significant margin, in terms of immersiveness and reliability."

"The Sony won out by a large margin in terms of dynamics, immersion, and reliability for my 85x90L and then 85x95L."