Sony HT-CT80 Soundbar Home Speaker

I bought this sound bar so that I could play music via Bluetooth for parties and to be able to get more sound quality out of quiet conversations in movies and more boom from bass for action movies. I got a lot more then I was expecting, your not going to get house shaking bass but the bass is a satisfying enough to get a good amount of surround sound for a cheap price. My ex-roommate had a Bose sound bar that was $200 and this one sounded much better then that one. I love that I am able to control volume and Bluetooth for music via the remote that comes with it along with controls along the side of the sound bar. The only negative thing that came from this sound bar was the first one I had blew and stopped working but Amazon provided an easy return policy where I just selected what the problem was and they sent me a return code and a new one before I even returned the one that wasn't working. Which for a first time amazon buyer I was very happy about because I was worries about how the online return policy would work. I would recommend this sound bar to anyone because I think it Is a very good value for the price!

As a generic soundbar, this might rate 2-star. The sound, while better than built-in speakers is nothing special. The big problem is that I paid about $50 more than generic in the assumption that it would integrate well with my newly purchased Sony KDL40R510C TV. That assumption turned out to be wrong. While the TV has a feature to sync with Sony soundbars, it doesn't work with this one. You will get sound, but the TV remote will not turn the sound up or down. So you have to used two remotes as you would with a generic soundbar. Add to that the fact that I have Direct TV and while the Direct TV remote will work with my TV, it will not work with the Soundbar. Admittedly, this is Direct TV's fault, but never the less I am left juggling 3 remotes and I am not a very good juggler. So I sent the Sound Bar back.One additional flaw should be mentioned: The Soundbar has a feature called "Auto-Standby" That is misnamed. It should be called "Auto-Off". The idea is that after 15 min of no sound being received, the Soundbar should go into low-power standby and remain there until a signal comes back. My subwoofer on my stereo works this way. With the Sony Soundbar, after 15 min the bar turns off and will not come back on if the signal comes back. It is powered off entirely and will not come back on unless you push the button on top of the unit or on the Soundbar's remote. Again, you are juggling remotes.

Good sound for a $98 sound bar. I think I have newer version because my speaker has 2 woofers and 2 dome tweeters. Original specs say only 2 full range drivers. Maybe the bad reviews were for the old version. Won’t get wall shaking bass from the subwoofer but it has deep clean lows with decent power for a medium size room. I keep the subwoofer volume one notch down from maximum. Only 2 inputs on this sound bar. I use the optical cable from my cable box and analog from the tv for Netflix. My tv has coax digital which I can’t use with this sound bar, but it has RCA analog outputs that I connected to the sound bar’s analog input with an adapter: 2 RCA male plugs to one 3.5mm miniplug. And Netflix sounds great! Sound level and quality are very decent and the Bluetooth feature is great. I think the sound is very crisp in clearaudio+ mode so I usually leave in that mode. This unit is well worth the price and has much better sound than my 46” tv.

This is no high end speaker system. The audio is not super incredible, especially when compared to audiophile-level speakers, and the subwoofer makes a minimal difference. That being said however, for its price, its totally worth it. The audio is definitely better than anything tv speakers could create, and its minimal design makes it easy to fit into an existing setup. I just wish the controls were a little more intuitive (theres no volume meter and toggle features are sometimes hard to tell if they're on or off).For music streaming, over all, this speaker plays nicely, but dont expect anything of superb quality.For tv, its excelent. No question

I do not understand how these people have had such a bad experience with this sound bar set up. It comes with the digital optical cable, two AAA batteries for the remote, and was such a breeze to hook up. I didnt even have to un package the instructions!! I use this in my master bedroom on my 42" Samsung smart TV and this thing rocks!!! Movies, Xbox one, Netflix, Spotify... Everything sounds amazing and my neighbors are bound to hear this through my bathroom window hahaha hahahaha. Sony quality product right here! Deep lows and the woofer is 3-4 notches from the top, crisp highs on either clear audio+ or surround... I can't say enough good things about this sound bar and I haven't even mentioned the price!! You can't beat this set-up for the price hands down!!