Sony HT A5000
See price on AmazonOverall Score 5.9 Represents average audio ecosystem compatibility score.
The Sony HT-A5000 soundbar offers a powerful and immersive home theater experience with a 5.1.2 channel configuration, up-firing speakers, and Dolby Atmos and DTS:X support, delivering clear dialogue, rich mid-tones, and strong bass with built-in subwoofers.
It's a simple setup, connecting directly to your TV, eliminating the need for complex speaker wire configurations and a receiver. It supports HDMI, optical, Bluetooth, AirPlay 2, Chromecast, Wi-Fi, and 8K video passthrough.
The Sony HT A5000 is upgradeable, with optional rear speakers for a complete 7.1.2 channel setup. Since it's a large soundbar, ample space is needed beneath your TV for it to fit properly.
However, consider the potential additional cost for rear speakers and the soundbar's size before deciding if you need to buy a soundbar that comes with the 7.1.2 channel support.
Sony HT A5000 has a width of 1,210mm. The width indicates the horizontal dimension of a soundbar, soundbars are often designed to fit the width of television sets or slightly close. Sony HT A5000 has a height of 67mm.
The height represents the vertical measurement of a soundbar, soundbars are commonly designed to be as thin as possible to aesthetically fit in a space. The Sony HT A5000 weighs 6,100g. We prefer a lower weight better for the reason that lighter soundbars are easier to shift around the space.
A lower weight is also an advantage for home appliances, as it makes transportation easier, even say for many other kinds of products. Volume is the quantity of three-dimensional space taken up by the soundbar or, to keep it simple, the space the soundbar fills. Sony HT A5000 occupies 11,349.8cm³, it is a good thing to know the space that the soundbar occupies just so as to confirm that it would fit with ease into the available space next to your other gadgets.
The depth of Sony HT A5000 is 140mm, to know the thickness of the soundbar you divide its volume by the soundbar's surface area(length by width)
When it comes to surround sound channels, you’re going to run across numbers in such formats as X.X two-digit, or X.X.X three-digit the first number defines the sum of main speakers, the second number shows the number of subwoofers, and the third number if available defines the sum of “height” speakers.
NOTE: "Height" speakers are commonly placed on the ceiling of the room that has the soundbar, but they may also just be upward-firing speakers inside the soundbar itself.
The Sony HT A5000 having a sound output value of 5.1 indicates that it has 5 main speakers and 1 subwoofer
The Sony HT A5000 supports BLUETOOTH APTX, a codec used for transmitting audio wirelessly with Bluetooth.
Sony HT A5000 has an HDMI output port, soundbars with an HDMI or mini HDMI port channel high-definition audio. Sony HT A5000 has 1 HDMI ports, more HDMI ports imply that you can connect at the same time numerous devices, such as video game consoles and set-top boxes. Sony HT A5000 has Bluetooth, a wireless technology which enables you to easily transfer data between different compatible devices.
Sony HT A5000 has a Bluetooth version of 5
Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that allows devices such as computers, and mobile devices .i.e smartphones and wearables to connect and interact with other devices on the internet, the Sony HT A5000 can connect to Wi-Fi. Before you needed to connect an optical cable from your TV to the optical input of an audio device on top of the already connected HDMI cable to play all audio through a soundbar, now with ARC you can easily connect all these at a go from a compatible HDMI socket on your TV to an HDMI ARC socket on your soundbar.
HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) carries audio over HDMI.
ARC is only capable of carrying compressed 5.1 audio, but eARC has higher bandwidth and can carry uncompressed 7.1 audio, as well as formats such as DTS:X and full bitrate Dolby Atmos. It is available on the Sony HT A5000 Sony HT A5000 is compatible with Google Assistant, allowing you to use voice commands to control the device from other Google Assistant-compatible devices. Sony HT A5000 is compatible with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, allowing you to use voice commands to control the device from other Alexa-compatible devices.
Spotify Connect allows you to control the music playing on the soundbar from the Spotify app on another device when the devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. Sony HT A5000 has Spotify connect Dolby Atmos is a surround sound technology that allows sounds to be interpreted as three-dimensional objects. Sony HT A5000 has Dolby Atmos, which allows them to have immersive, 360-degree sound.
DTS:X is an object-based surround sound technology that allows filmmakers to place and move individual sounds around your listening space, giving you a theater-like audio experience.
More like Dolby Atmos as it aims to create a multi-dimensional sound that "places you at the center of the action", it differs from Dolby Atmos by the required speaker configuration. Sony HT A5000 has DTS:X
Chromecast built-in is a technology that allows you to stream entertainment and apps from your phone, tablet, or laptop, straight to the Chromecast-enabled device.
AirPlay allows wireless connection of Apple devices with external screens or speakers. You may stream computer screens, videos, and music from iOS devices, play games like on consoles, or present your slideshows easily on your device. If a device supports Dolby Digital Plus it can deliver up to fourteen (14) different audio channels (sides) with improved bitrates, for much better sound quality.
Sony HT A5000 supports Dolby digital plus Sony HT A5000 supports Dolby Digital meaning that it can deliver up to six (6) different audio channels (sides) for much better sound quality. There is a dedicated smartphone app that is designed to be used with the Sony HT A5000.