Sony Ht-A9 High Performance Wireless Home Theater System With Sony Sa Sw3 200W Wireless Subwoofer

I had a lot of random drop out issues to a point where using it became more of a problem. Now I changed the locations a bit and it seems to be better, no dropping so far.

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

I would have given this five stars, if the speakers were just simply wired or had a connection at all times. When they speakers are all connected and working the sound quality is the most amazing home theater system I’ve ever heard! By far!!! But when the priority setting is set to sound quality, the speakers literally disconnect every single day. I got tired of going through the rigmarole of trying to get the speakers connected every day so I finally called Sony and they showed me how to set the priority of the system to connection instead of sound quality. No, the sound quality is not as good, but the speakers stay connected very well. They said the reason why it has connection issues is because I have a Wi-Fi router within 20 feet of the receiver box. So my next option is to try to move the Wi-Fi router into another room and see if that fixes the connection issues and to be able to see if I can keep it in sound quality mode, and still have connection. I find this highly inconvenient obviously since the only cable I have for the Wi-Fi router is in the room with the sound system. So that means I either have to have wires laying about in the house to put the Wi-Fi router in the next room, or I have to have somebody go under the house and professionally install a wire into another room. Either way it’s extremely inconvenient and I wish that with all the technology and money that is spent on this system that it would just work!!! This is the second wireless soundsystem I have bought from Sony and I thought that they would have fixed this problem by now. Maybe the next system will cost $5000 and might actually work properly.

I have read a few of these initial negative reviews, mainly due to unique setup and fine tuning necessary to get everything working in sync. But wow. Once this system has been properly setup, is placed in areas without wireless interference, in a room properly balanced through its automated technology......no words. My entire adult life I have been looking for a simple, affordable (comparatively) sound system that delivered at every frequency with ease. This is it. I have been stunned with its sonic clarity no matter the content, but ATMOS for the first time feels atmospheric with this system, and I have a VERY complicated room with vaulted ceilings, odd angles, a kitchen, and other complexities that must be difficult to solve for. No issue. Once I solved the "cut out" issue by optimizing the frequency through a bit of trial and error I have simply just put Apple Music on, with lossless Dolby Atmos recordings like On the Nature of Daylight by Orchestra of the Swan & Daniele Rosina, turned up the volume, and simply soaked in a sea of beauty. This is not hyperbole. 25 years of searching through a multitude of systems, from Denon to Bose to Samsung, to Harmon Kardon, to Polk and Klipsch, Definitive Technology and more. This is it. Thank you Sony for such a gift. Well, well done.

I have gone back and forth several times on my feelings on this system. When I first took it out of the box, I felt like it was the best sound that I have ever heard from a surround system. It was super simple to set up. Then I played with it a bit and felt like it lacked bass.l, even with the SW5 sub. Then it started having little connection issues and dropping out for a fraction of a second or worse stuttering for multiple seconds. Plus, I felt like it just wouldn't get loud enough. I was ready to take it back but then I read some other reviews and watched some YouTube videos with people singing this system's praises. Still, I had the order queued up for return and was going to do it today, but then I called Sony because a full surround sound system would take up much more room and be way more complicated to set up and based on the reviews, it would cost at least as much or a lot more for similar sound quality. The help desk told me to try putting my sub in the corner. Holy crap, what a difference. Literally moving the sun 3 feet further away and putting in a corner is a whole different world. Probably 3X or more bass feeling. Then I moved it to another corner and faced the front directly toward the side of the couch. That felt like it 2-3Xed the bass again! I played with some more settings and now it's got all the bass and volume I need and then some. No, it's not as loud as a traditional system, but definitely enough for a small to mid-sized room. I'm still having connection issues throug. I did all of the recommended troubleshooting things, including moving my mesh node to another room, but I still get sound skips. I have to say that this system holds it's own against systems that cost twice as much, and absolutely crushes some of them. The skips completely throw me out of the immersion though and ruin the experience. If Sony figures out how to fix the connection with software, I would 100% recommend the system. Until then, I would advise you to pass. Also, I don't advise buying it with the potential of returning it. It sounds too good and you might end up as torn as I am.

Love this system but was very expensive! To be able to place the speakers anywhere was the reason I bought this system. Pretty dang good. It's probably been a couple of years since I got this and have had no issues.