Sony HT-A3000 3.1 ch Dolby Atmos Soundbar for TV, with built-in subwoofer, 360 Spatial Sound Mapping, works with Alexa and Google Assistant

Wow just wow what a soundboard it is the sound coming from it sounds like your sitting in a Cinema. Very straightforward to set up and get working also the wall mounting is like hanging up a clock or mirror very straightforward. This soundboard is really for dummies in a good way that's not very gifted with Morden day technology. I'm glad that this was my first ever soundbar I've purchased knowing the struggles my friends have with different brand of soundbar they've purchased in the past. You won't be disappointed with this soundbar like I said its the best on the market in 2022 I don't think Sony could improve this soundbar well done Sony on this soundbar.

This unit came securely boxed but the packaging contained lots of polystyrene which is not recyclable. You get the unit plus a HDMI cable, a 3.5mm audio cable, remote, AAA Batteries and user guides. This takes a standard figure-8 power lead (supplied)There a few ways to connect this: optical (not included) or HDMI ARC (supplied). The latter will give you better sound quality via Dolby Atmos or DDplus. The optical will only supply DD.This is a 3.1 system with 3 front firing speakers and a sideways bass speakerYou can purchase extra wireless speakers to convert this from 3.1 to 5.1 and you can upgrade the bass speaker however these speakers are strangely expensive at 700 for the pair and the sub is the same price!Setup is simple via the on screen menu. Be mindful that you'll need to use the HDMI connector for the on screen display.The remote the small but functional. I think it's pretty old fashioned and not particularly well laid out.There's only one HDMI connection meaning that this really isn't to be used as a media hub....only as a sound system. This means this is only suited to smart TVs.The Update was 0.5gb and took 10 minutesThis is Alexa compatible and it was easy to setup via the Sony music app. Once you link your accounts so simply tell Alexa to play music on the soundbar. Note that Alexa isn't native to the speaker so you'll need an existing Echo Dot for this to function.So what's the sound quality like?I'm comparing this to my Marantz/Cambridge Audio Minx 3.1 set-up. The mindrange of this speaker is excellent and it is very musical especially at higher volumes. Voices are a little hollow sounding but clear. There's some bass and the internal bass speakers to this best but it's not replacement for a separate bass driver.The upgrade in sound quality from DD to DD+ and Atmos is really noticable. Listening to Altered Carbon on Netflix in Atmos was really excellent.Note that you can only use the spatial audio with the extra speakers.This is a great setup for a medium size room as I feel for bigger rooms you'd really need to push the small drivers.Overall at a current RRP of 500 quid this is a really nice purchase if you're after a neat soundbar for your smart TV with the latest codecs. Please note that speaker upgrades are far too expensive.

I was amazed. at the sound when I connected it to my new Sony tv .Definly made for each other. The spatial sound was.great. The ease of setting up.I like it.

It was a toss up between this and the Sony HT-S2000 soundbar, which seems to have good reviews with the likes of What HiFi magazine, so I assumed, this being the larger and more expensive of the two, it would be the better quality purchase.Well, I've not heard the HT-S2000 to compare, but I certainly wouldn't rate the sound of this product past 'adequate', and it's certainly not better than the Denon it was bought to replace.Connecting to my Sony Bravia A90K was easy, and the soundbar was up and running within minutes, but sadly, that's about as positive as it gets.Firstly, there's only three bass settings - Min, Mid and Max. Typically, Mid is just about OK, but Max is too much, so I would have preferred a finer setting to get something in between for 'normal' TV viewing.The volume is also an issue. The soundbar needs turning up to about 30% to get a decent TV volume (my old Denon only needed to be on 12-15), then when a Bluetooth device was connected to play some music, I was blasted out with it being too loud. I've no idea why the volume from the TV, connected by eARC, is so low, but I've tried every setting I can find to rectify it. Having the 'Auto Volume' sound setting switched On helps a bit, but then the sound volume is inconsistent and uneven, sounding like it's going through some sort of loudness compression process.Playing a Bluray with Dolby Atmos was more successful. The sound was full and meaty, but not as 'spacious' as I was expecting, and the sound didn't really project all that far from the screen, even with 'Sound Field' switched on. There was little definition of height, but then I wasn't expecting too much, as this bar doesn't have upward firing speakers, so any expression of height is delivered by sound processing. One thing good about this soundbar is that it supports DTS as well as Dolby sound formats.To be honest, I think I'm going to return to my Denon, despite its lack of DTS support. If the return window for this HT-A3000 was still open, I think I would have returned it, as I just can't live with the aforementioned anomalies.Overall, I personally find this Sony product disappointing, but others may not experience the same issues that I have with the inconsistent volume issue.

I bought the Sony HT-A3000 3.1 channel Dolby Atmos® Soundbar to pair with my Sony XR-55A95K – BRAVIA XR - MASTER Series – QD OLED TV I'd just purchased.The sound bar did not perform as I would have expected the audio quality was poor, thin, boxy and far below expectations, especially when viewing SD TV programmes. The overall sound experience as a whole was worse when compared to my built-in TV speakers.The Sony HT-A3000 3.1 channel Dolby Atmos® Soundbar has very few EQ controls or audio settings - and, it is not possible to adjust the TV equaliser to compensate or suitably improve a specific audio source for better sound quality. Was it just a one-off duff soundbar? I'll never know, returned for refund.

Easy to set up power plug one HDMI lead thay are both in the box very good sound quality top draw