Sony ST5000 7.1.2ch 800W Dolby Atmos Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer (HT-ST5000), Surround Sound Home Theater experience Black

As soon as you unpack the box you know the Sony Sound Bar just screams quality.The sleek design will make a great addition to your home theater. The soundbar isquite heavy, about twenty pounds for the bar alone. The subwoofer adds another 30pounds to the system. You have 3 HDMI Inputs with a HDMI(Arc) option on the back.The sound bar comes with a magnetic grill, which can be on or off, either way the soundbar looks fantastic. The set up was quick and easy. It practically set itself up. A minuteor two to set up Wi-Fi, a few more minutes to do the obligatory software update and youare on your way. Full disclosure, I am not a sound connoisseur by any means. Myreview is not scientific; it is not being dissected by an engineer. I am an average guywho enjoys the movie theater experience. I am not sitting in a home theater, just aregular “family/living room”.My setup is simple, a Sony 55” Brava and a TiVo Roamio for this review.The soundbar has all the features I want and a whole bunch of features that I do notknow that I really want. To begin the sound is crisp and clear, you can feel thesound. You will notice how the soundbar by far exceeds your built-in speakers from theTV. The immersive sound makes this well worth the soundbar upgrade. A virtualsurround soundbar that combines digital signal processing and S-Force Pro FrontSurround to deliver amazing sound. The Dolby Atoms delivers a 360-degree surroundsound. The dedicated music service button allows me to pick up exactly where I left off,so, I never miss a beat. The NFC one touch connection allows me to stream instantlyfrom my smartphone. Connects to the internet with the built in Wi-fi. The soundbar has9- coaxial speakers built into the soundbar.The different built in sound settings give a good mixture for movies, music, sports,gaming and standard. Playing with them gives a nice variety of adjustments. Then hitthe 3D Sound setting and put your seatbelt on.The manual is quite thick and will join a lot of other stereo manuals in a drawersomewhere. The remote has plenty of buttons that I will probably never intentionallytouch. I want this set up perfectly the first time and hopefully never touch the remoteagain.I tuned in to some music from my cable company package, the sound was, to my ears,quite good at high and low volume. Switching to a broadcast HD movie and thesubwoofer came alive!! Thor never sounded so good. I was sitting @ 10 feet away,ears slightly above the soundbar and I felt sound all around me, literally bouncing offme! WOW!Bluetooth (LDAC), sounds a lot better than any Bluetooth speaker I have heard before,big fancy names included.I Have seen some reports about crackling from the subwoofer, nothing problems here.No drop offs either. Most problems I assume are from people who do not look at themanual AT ALL.I have not investigated rear speakers, but so far, I did see no reason for them (yetanyway).Bottom line, love it, great sound, excellent stereo (after all this is what it actually is).Will probably learn more about it over time, but for now I want to finish watching Thorsave the world.

I've had a handful of soundbars in my time but never one like this! The first thing that hit me when opening the ST5000 was how heavy it is! Not just the subwoofer but the soundbar itself. I had to order some brackets to mount it under my TV as it was too heavy for my existing mount. Just an FYI for those potential buys.This is a really beautiful soundbar. The grill for the front is magnetic so it's super easy to put it on or take it off. It really looks great either way. I kind of like it better without. The suboofer is massive and very heavy. It look sgreat with a shiny top and mesh grill on the front. Apart from that there's just an hdmi cable, manuals, and remote in the box. Pretty simple stuff.Upon first hooking it up I had no sound. A quick reboot fixed that as I had missed the initial setup. It has 3 HDMI inputs with ARC support. It supports 4k HDR so I have my Xbox One X and PS4 Pro connected directly to the soundbar. It also has bluetooth and Chromecast support for wireless connectivity and even has Spotify built right in. Super easy to get your media to this guy.I've had Atmos support for years through my TV & Xbox but never had the chance to experience it and man was I missing out! I downloaded the Dolby Access app and watched a few demo videos and was blown away. It really feels like you are enveloped in sound. I have a pretty nice Samsung soundbar in my living room and this thing really blows it out of the water. Music sounds amazing through the ST5000 as well. The sub is really powerful and really fills the room. I listened to a variety of tracks and all sounded amazing.If I have one nitpick it's that the UI can be a little sluggish. It makes it a little slower to switch inputs than I'd like but ultimately it's a soundbar and I'm not using the UI much. It's a pretty minor thing.Overall I'm super happy with this soundbar. It's a phenomenal upgrade over what I had previously and I can't wait to watch more movies!Edit -- After about a month and a half had some issues. After some troubleshooting turns out it was interference caused by my wifi. I guess after a reboot my router changed channels and it caused the interference in both my wireless subwoofer and my internet. After adjusting the settings on my soundbar (2 actually!) and my wifi it seems all is well again. Glad to have that one sorted!