BRAVIA Theater Bar 9 Soundbar for TV Home Theater with 13 Speakers

The Sony Bravia Theatre Bar 9 is an exceptional standalone soundbar that delivers an incredibly immersive audio experience. Its 360 Spatial Sound Mapping creates a wide, three-dimensional soundstage that truly elevates movies and music. While it lacks a built-in display and the bass can occasionally feel a bit light without an optional subwoofer, its clarity, dialogue enhancement, and sleek design make it a top-tier choice for any home theater setup.

After some hesitation, I purchased the Bar 9 as a Black Friday bundle for $1500 with the SW3 subwoofer and RS8 rear speakers. I'm very happy with the full package -- in spite of some lukewarm reviews online (but those are mostly about the Bar 9 alone). The full package provides a fantastic surround sound for Dolby Atmos movies. I did quite a bit of comparing with the Samsung Q990F which is generally touted as the best package in this price range, but I'm not convinced that it sounds better. Especially with one of the new Bravia TVs (A95L in my case), I believe the Sony integration is worth it. Acoustic Center Sync is actually great -- dialogue coming straight from the screen as opposed to a narrow center channel underneath, and the difference is very noticeable. The SW3 bass is more than enough for me, but you are welcome to splurge on the SW5 and/or the RS5 rear speakers if you so desire. For me, this package is perfect. A note on the Bar 9 itself -- I'm not sure if it's the best choice on its own. The bass performance is limited, and the "phantom speakers", while a cool concept, cannot replace physical surround speakers. Based on my testing, and especially knowing what the full system sounds like, I would not go for it. My rating reflects the full package.

I’ve got the complete 5.1 set up with the new sub and rear 9 speakers. Easiest set up I’ve done in a while I purposely chose this set up against the Sonos or any other due to me having a Sony OLED. The center speaker option for tv works great. I just need to finalize the rear speakers with the wall mount they came with. I had no clue the wall mounts were included. I’ll check back in a while and update.

Sound great when you can get it to work. I use it on the TV and it works. However, when I try to open the Bravia app so I can play music from a iPhone or Mac, I have to reset it up EVERY TIME!. so say I want to pop run az play ba song or two, it takes me 1:30 minutes to set it up again if I can at all.

I wanted to share my feedback regarding the Bar 9 soundbar. Initially, I really enjoyed the soundbar, and it was a perfect companion to my Sony TV. However, after a week of use, it completely stopped producing sound. I attempted to troubleshoot the issue, including performing hard resets four times and verifying through the Sony app that everything was connected and calibrated, but nothing worked. When I contacted Sony support, they were unable to resolve the issue and recommended that I return the item, which I have done. During my time with the product, I also noted a few areas for improvement: 1) - Reliability and Value: The product lacks reliability, and the value for money is not there. 2) - Connectivity and Software: It needs more HDMI inputs, and the dedicated app requires refinements for Android devices (I was unable to test it with iOS). 3) - Design: The light indicators feel dated, and the physical buttons need a design change.

For the record I don’t like soundbars. I’m an audio guy with too many TV’s and surround sound systems. I’ve learned over the years that when it comes to audio bigger is generally better with regard to sound reproduction. But my wife just remodeled our family room and told me no big speaker systems and I could only have four little ones. I’m not sure what she was thinking So I decided to try this soundbar and matching sub and rears. “That’s only four speakers.” I told her. To make it simple, considering the size of the speakers, their low power output and the overall room size they were acoustically tackling, I was impressed. Does a nice job filling the room with somewhat of a surround sound experience and quality sound reproduction. It’s still a soundbar and there is no getting around the acoustic limitations that imposes but my wife’s happy because the system is unobtrusive and doesn’t require separate monoblocks weighing a ton each to drive massive power thirsty speakers that she says are unsightly. So to sum it up, Good quality sound, small package size, easy to set up with the app, good volume and compared to what I usually spend, it’s good value for the money. So if your wife tells you you can’t have eight speakers and two subs in your family room and you have to keep it small and you’re stuck using a soundbar, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed with this one.

I have had one of the high-end Sony Bravia TV’s for a couple of years now, which I really like. I have had this Sony Bravia theater bar 9 for all of four days now and every day I have had issues. Currently sitting here watching a baseball game and I cant turn the sound up or down. It wont even let me mute the sound. Not even with the remote that came with the sound bar. From my phone, the app just says unable to connect and I have repeatedly attempted unsuccessfully to reconnect, for the past hour. As for initial setup, I had to reboot my phone before I could get the app to connect. Shortly after having it setup and working, the sound bar audio just stopped working and it took me about 40 minutes to get any sound back. Sometimes, I lose both audio and video. Disconnecting power doesn’t help. Everything seems to be reliant on the app. Also be aware that Sony has all these lengthy terms of agreement that you are supposed to sift through and agree to during setup. Most people are probably like me and don’t read through all that legalese. No telling what kind of information they are collecting. For the price of this sound bar, I really expect better. I will be reaching out to customer tech support and unless a miracle happens, this one is going to be returned. The only positive I can say is that when it does work, the sound is pretty good.

I don't hear any life changing sound from this, I have the rear speakers and sub woofer and Meh!!

Amazing crispy clear sound. Highly recommend. Easy to install via the app.

تجربتي مع SONY BRAVIA SOUNDBAR 9 خرافية وصوت محيطي 360 درجه باحترافيه .. كما انني املك الباقة المكملة وهي سماعات خلفية عدد 2 تحت مسمى Sony SA-RS5 Speaker System - 180 W RMS - Black (SARS5) وأيضاً أمتلك مضخم صوت يدعى Sony SA-SW5 300W Additional Wireless Subwoofer وأخيراً تلفزيون SONY BRAVIA 9 بحجم 85 بوصة .. انه افضل اختيار لخوض حساة مليئة بالانتعاش والحيوية سواء لمتابعة الأفلام والمسلسلات أو لعب PS5 Pro

If you read online reviews, this Bar gets mostly stellar reviews and is recommended. In my experience though, the soundfield was distinctly underwhelming (for my ear). It doesn't have Chromecast which the previous model did (a requirement for me), and it lacks any form of display. You would be surprised inconvenient that is when trying to establish inputs and what audio format is being detected. Sony appears to think that using their App is the answer, not for me I'm afraid. For a premium product and given the glowing reviews, I was personally seriously disappointed and underwhelmed. I returned it.

great sound quality.

Tiene gran calidad, da un sonido increíble. No he tenido ningún problema con ella. No es barata pero vale cada peso. Le conecté el PS5 en su puerto de entrada y al ser HDMI 2.1 funciona al máximo de su capacidad con VRR, HDR como si la tuvieras conectada directamente al TV. O sea que para consolas de la actual generación no tendrás inconvenientes. La conecté a mi TV LG C1 y se configuró automáticamente, sólo tuve que cambiar uno que otro parámetro a mi preferencia. Respecto a la barra, debes descargar la aplicación de Sony para configurarla, pero es algo muy sencillo y totalmente asistido. Estoy muy contento con el producto. Siento como si estuviera en el cine al ver una película y puedo aprovechar el sonido de 5.1 canales, Dolby Atmos, etc. Incluso la he probado con otros formatos como el DTS y el Digital Pro Logic II, por ejemplo, desde un PS2 conectado a la barra con un escalador y es totalmente compatible.