DolbyAtmosDemoDownloadSony HT ST5. Dolby Atmos 7. 1. Soundbar Review. Welcome to the wonderful world of lifestyle oriented home theater. Its a realm where TVs and soundbars deliver compelling AV experiences in the comfort and family friendly confines of the living room. Its also a world where gear is easy to install, easy to use, and easy to live with. Here, you will find the Sony HT ST5. Dolby Atmos Demo Download' title='Dolby Atmos Demo Download' />Dolby Atmos soundbar 1. D immersive audio with fidelity beyond what you might expect from such a compact system. Sonys flagship soundbar is one of a new breed that defies the notion you need a room full of speakers to have 3. D audio immersion. Discover the latest features and innovations available in the HWK850 Soundbar w Dolby Atmos. Find the perfect Home Theater for youPrice 799. Availability In stockhttp hIDSERP,5161. Dolby DeveloperYou must have a Dolby Developer account to access that content. Log in below to continue. Dont have an account Fear not Creating an account is free and easy Dolby Atmos ist angekommen. Und zwar nicht nur im HeimKino, sondern mit der LG SJ9 Soundbar auch zu Hause im Wohnzimmer. Wir machen den Test. I first heard the HT ST5. CES 2. 01. 7, where I designated it a Best of CES badge without hesitation. At that show, it managed to overcome the noise of the crowd and fill a large demo room with rich and enveloping sound. Dolby-Atmos-3.jpg' alt='Dolby Atmos Demo Download' title='Dolby Atmos Demo Download' />Because Im a huge fan of immersive audio, I leapt at the chance to get my hands on the HT ST5. I spent the past week listening to the soundbar play a variety of movies, music, and video games. Read on to find out how it performed. Features. The marquee feature of Sonys HT ST5. VUOBVfEuilY/0.jpg' alt='Dolby Atmos Demo Download' title='Dolby Atmos Demo Download' />What is Dolby Atmos Complete threedimensional surround sound Effects are fired from all sides, including above Sound mixing is more true to life, with. Dolby creates audio, visual, and voice technologies for cinemas, home theaters, PCs, mobile devices, and games. Dolby Atmos. This is a 7. This soundbar features up firing drivers for Dolby Atmos 7. Photo by Mark Henninger This soundbar combines three 2. It uses DSPSony calls it S Force Pro Front Surround with wavefront technology, the companys name for beamformingto create a virtual surround soundfield. For Dolby Atmos and upmixed content, the HT ST5. Information, tools, documentation and resources you need about Microsoft Edge and our team. Thats nine drivers total One of the three 2 way concentric drivers used in the HT ST5. Photo by Mark Henninger. Sony offers the choice of exposing the soundbars drivers or covering them up with a magnetic perforated metal grill. I happen to like the look of the soundbar without the grill its very high tech. Despite its 3. D immersive audio capabilities, this is a low profile soundbar that measures 4. It looks and feels well made, and its quite substantial at 1. Air Canada 727 Aircraft more. Dual keyholes on the rear let you wall mount it, but youll want to make sure those mounts can hold the weight. The 3. 1 pound wireless subwoofer is large for a soundbar system and sports a 7 front firing driver paired with a down firing passive radiator. The sub looks and feels like a serious piece of gear thanks to an attractive designas far as black boxes gowith a rounded edge cloth grill and a black aluminum top plate. Three HDMI inputs and one output all support 1. Gbps bandwidth and feature HDCP 2. K HDR content. It also has optical digital, USB, Ethernet, and 3. As for wireless connections, theres Wi Fi and Bluetooth with Apt. X support. The HT ST5. Spotify built in and offers Chromecast compatibility. The Spotify integration lets users pick up where they left off when listening on another device by simply pressing the Music Service button on the soundbar or remote. Meanwhile, Chromecast support lets this Sony work directly with many apps. The Wi Fi connection also supports Miracast, which lets you share whats on the screen of your Android mobile device or PC. The HDMI output supports ARC Audio Return Channel with various forms of HDMI control including Bravia Sync and CEC. Dolby-Access-app-windows-10.jpg' alt='Dolby Atmos Demo Download' title='Dolby Atmos Demo Download' />You can adjust settings, including channel levels, in the soundbars menu system. You can even dial in distances for the sub, soundbar, and ceiling. This degree of fine tuning is great for tailoring the soundbar to the room in which you install it. For those times when content with genuine Atmos sound is not available, Sony provides six Sound Field modes. They are 3. D Surround upmix to 3. D immersive audio, Movie upmix to surround sound with some added height effect, Music 2. Game Studio enhanced surround sound for gaming, Sports enhanced commentary plus stadium like ambience, and Standard ideal for TV watching where dialog clarity is the priority. Also, the Clear. Audio function will select a Sound Field mode for you, if you let it. Music lovers will be glad to learn that this Sony supports a ton of music formats and hi res audio. These include AIFF, ALAC, Dolby Digital, DSD, FLAC, HEACC, LPCM. MP3, MPEG 2 Audio, and WMA. When it comes to AV sound, the HT ST5. Hz PCM, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, Dolby Dual Mono, Dolby True. HD, Dolby Digital, and multi channel LPCM through HDMI up to 7. It does not offer DTS decoding. The full featured infrared remote control has a directional pad controller with four color coded buttons. It also includes dedicated buttons for various sound modes, source selection, Bluetooth pairing, menu options, volume adjustment, and subwoofer level adjustment as well as playback controls for streaming music. Conveniently, this soundbar includes IR pass through you can place it in front of a TV and not worry about blocking its remote sensor. The HT ST5. 00. 0 comes with a full featured remote. Photo by Mark Henninger. Setup. For this review, I paired the Sony HT ST5. Sony X9. 30. E 4. K HDR TV 2. 99. Its a perfect combo of Sonys latest premium living room friendly AV offerings. The system was set up on an 1. TV stand, with the soundbar resting in front of the TV. My seat was 9 feet away from the TV in an 1. All Atmos systems that utilize up firing speakers need a ceiling that reflects sound back to the listenerflat ceilings are ideal. If you have a vaulted ceiling, you wont get the maximum benefit from any Atmos system that takes the reflected sound approach. On the other hand, if you have a flat ceiling, its likely youll be able to make this soundbar work in your space. Because the HT ST5. Setting this Sony soundbar up was simple considering its many features and capabilities. I skipped the manual and found that the menus are self explanatoryat least to anyone familiar with surround sound systems. After opening the package, all you must do is find a good spot for the soundbar and subwoofer, connect the source devices, attach the display using the included 1. HDMI cable, plug the soundbar and sub into electrical outlets, and power the system up. I used the Speaker Settings menu to adjust distance, channel levels, and ceiling height. Using a laser measure, I entered the exact distances from my seat to the sub and soundbar, as well as from the soundbar to the ceiling. I then used an SPL meter app on my phone to measure test tones and set channel levels. A separate AV Sync feature lets you delay the audio to compensate for display latency, which I found unnecessary with the X9. E. The calibration options are akin to the basic setup options in many AVRs, but there is no EQ. Fortunately, the HT ST5. EQ. For this review, I used all three HDMI inputs One for a Play. Station 4 Pro, one for an Oppo UDP 2. Ultra HD Blu ray player, and one for a Roku Ultra. I also temporarily connected my PC to the soundbar via HDMI, so I could play Star Wars Battlefront with Atmos sound. The Oppo UDP 2. 03 and Sony Play. Station 4 I used as sources with the HT ST5. Photo by Mark Henninger. I also connected an Emotiva Big Ego portable DACused for test tonesto the optical digital input. Furthermore, I used Bluetooth to connect an Amazon Echo Dot to the soundbar. I did not use the analog connection in this review, aside from confirming it functions as expected. For those who are curious, I used Blue Jeans cable for all connections, aside from the one between the TV and the soundbar. Performance and Listening. Its a sure sign of progress that listening to a soundbar system offers many of the sonic pleasures typically associated with entry level AVR based systems.