Sony HT-X9000F
The claims for Sony’s HT-X9000F soundbar+subwoofer combination are significant — “Vertical Surround”, and Dolby Atmos and DTS:X compatibility for these object-based height-enhanced soundtracks that can send sound elements wherever the processor thinks is most effective with the speakers available. Yet it’s so small! The bar has only two drivers in it! Can it be another miracle soundbar?
Equipment
Mechanics first. As the model number indicates, Sony’s little soundbar is clearly designed with the TV range in mind — the bar is just a little shorter than the width of the 55-inch X90F’s splayed legs, with its sides angled back to nestle within its thighs, as it were (as pictured above).
The socketry lies within a single cut-out section to the rear: it has 4K HDMI, though only one input and one ARC-equipped output, then there’s an optical digital audio
