Sony HTX8500 2.1ch Dolby Atmos/DTS:X Soundbar with Built-in subwoofer, Black

The Sony HTX8500 soundbar has completely transformed my home theater experience. The Dolby Atmos and DTS:X compatibility deliver an immersive, cinematic sound that fills the room. The built-in subwoofer eliminates the need for additional speakers, yet it still provides deep, punchy bass that truly enhances movies, music, and games.Setup was a breeze, and the compact design fits perfectly under my TV without taking up much space. Despite its size, it packs a powerful punch. Whether it’s action-packed scenes or subtle dialogue, the sound quality is crystal clear and balanced.If you’re looking for an affordable, all-in-one soundbar solution with premium features, the Sony HTX8500 is a fantastic choice. Highly recommend!

Product was ordered used like new. Works and sounds amazing. Only negative is the remote was not included in box, was missing but Amazon honored and gave a nice worth while credit to compensate. Very happy with this product. First I ordered the sound bar which was lower than this model. Was not happy. Then ordered this model. You can feel the bass from the soundbar. Great sound.

Our both our surround sound theater and our TV have "aged out", the equipment is fine, but the software cannot upgrade any longer, as the chips are too old and no longer supported by our streaming subscriptions. Therefore neither can work as our streaming source with our TV 😫. Since the industry is "stuck" with the chip shortages yada yada, it is not a good time to be replacing the entire system, so we need to limp along until the industry gets their act together. A new Roku box solved the streaming issue, but it won't send the sound through to the theater - again, age-compatibility issues - so, we needed something better for sound than the TV sound, which is pretty awful. The "promises" for sound bars is that they produce Surround Sound, without the wires and speakers everywhere, so this seemed a reasonable priced option to test that claim, and to get us by until the new system we plan to purchase is available.This came as expected, easy to install, and works. On installation, it claims that you only need the HDMI it comes with if you have an ARC HDMI on the TV. Ours did not work that way, possibly because the Roku is a separate box. If you have built in streaming on the TV, it may work, but with our configuration, even with the ARC port on the TV, it was necessary to install both the HDMI and the optic cable from the TV and HDMI from the Roku box to the speaker to get the streaming sound to the speaker. Since this only came with 1 HDMI cable, we needed to obtain an additional HDMI and an optic cable to make this work, but this configuration was shown in the instructions, and once we acquired the additional cables, it works as promised.The sound is better than the TV sound, specifically, with the TV, speech was difficult to hear and understand speech at low levels, but when we turned the sound up enough to hear the speech, the background sound was unbearably loud. The sound bar fixed that. We were able to tinker with the sound settings and now we can hear the speech without going deaf from the background sound, Yea!Is it surround sound? No. Not even close. If you are sitting VERY close, it tries, but in a normal living room setting, if you are used to 5-1 or 7-1/2 surround sound, you will be disappointed if you expect the same from this sound bar. I did not really expect that it would, so I am happy with this. It is better than the TV sound, and provides additional control for custom sound settings that the TV alone did not have, so it is a step up, which is a realistic expectation. I would buy this again.

Buy it nice or buy it twice is the saying. Feel like this is right in the sweet spot. Sure there is nicer/more expensive...but this is totally legit and will enhance your TV experience from the jump. Super easy to set up. Sounds great for a refurbished item and delivered super quick. Makes my TV in the living room so much more enjoyable to listen to. Easy bluetooth to play music off my phone. Great quality, HDMI to HDMI is the way I went and zero issues.

I had an OLD Sony soundbar with an external subwoofer, and finally realized it was time to upgrade due to being unhappy with the sound balance. After doing some research online, I settled on this soundbar as a balance between quality and value. Very happy!! Setup was quick and easy, no troubleshooting required. The bass is even better than it was with the external subwoofer and the audio is crisp and clear. The simulated surround sound is pretty cool, of course not as good as if you had an actual surround sound system but this is to be expected. I’d absolutely recommend this soundbar bar, very pleased especially for the price.

This sound bar is absolutely perfect for the money. Just buy it. I hope Sony never discontinues it. The only downside is that sometimes certain audio with movies or videogames sounds a bit like thin like it doesn't sound like it fits what your seeing. But I use it in combination with my tv's speakers so the tv speakers balance out if the audio sounds funny sometimes. This might be caused by me using the optical cable so the audio isn't getting the eARC. But that's cause when using arc it auto mutes my tv speakers which i don't like. As far as increasing your volume level this thing is amazing. It has excellent bass. I never really need it on full volume it fills up my room pretty well. And I leave my tv speakers on 60% for a really good stereo sound. Now when I play gta5 it sounds like there's a real car engine idling next to me. Literally! I can feel through the floor up through my bed a vibrating rumble from this trucks engine. So not only are noises loud. But they create vibrations you can feel. Which really immerses you in the environment making it feel much more live and real. Yeah the fact that I can not only hear the noises but FEEL the noises. It's exceptional quality