Sony HT-SD35 Bluetooth 2.1 Sound Bar with Wireless Subwoofer, 320 Watts, Black HTSD35.CEK

I spent weeks researching sound bars, different brands, different speaker outputs different peak powers, ARC vs optical, 2.0 vs 2.1 etc etc etc but in the end I went for this as it was a nice balance of price, speaker power, a reputable brand, had a sub and had several connecton options in optical and HDMI ARC...and I must say, it has not disappointed at all! Looks superb, very smart and sleek looking mounted under my TV, they have even put little spacers on the back so when you mount it, there is a gap between the unit and the wall to allow room for cables to fit behind so all my cables from the TV can be neatly tracked down behind the bar with conduit above and below to hide everything. Sounds fantastic, when this arrived I was playing GTA5, I plugged it in and immediately noticed the difference, I turned the sub up and just by coincidence crashed a car....this nearly blew out my lounge window!! Even the different layers added to the sound experience are class, so many low range and high range sounds start to poke through that you wouldn't have a chance of hearing through even a decent TV speaker. It also only get clearer the louder you crank it, unlike cheaper speakers that distort at the high end, this comes to life when you give it some juice! The ARC connection is a god send, it fully intagrates the speaker with the TV so no faffing about with 2 volune controls trying the get a balance with tv and speaker, the speaker takes change and is one single, some volume option. This also allows me to fully control the bar through my TV remote. Power on the TV and the bar comes on, power off the TV and the bar goes off, volume control and mute from the TV remote etc, no need for several controllers. This is a mid range sound bar from Sony at £180(RRP £240), they offer different bars from about £100 up to £400+ but I have to say I have been pleasantly surprised with this and didn't expect it to be as good as it was. On paper it is only 50% more powerful in terms of speaker output than the TV speakers (not including the sub) but it blows the TV speakers out of the water with the 320watts of power running the bar. The sub is a game changer for films and gaming also it really balances the whole experiance!! Highly recommended!!

Very good sound system for the price I paid. Amazon delivered this badboy quickly and efficiently aswell which was great ☺. The sound on the bar is incredible for being only one bar with two speakers built inside it. The sub woofer is nice and punchy and when your gaming on this beast you can hear the quality of the sounds coming through the speakers 🔊 I am very impressed. Occasionally there is a bit of interuption and outside interference but it's not very often. I will say that If you have your phone to close to it then you will get noises and interference so my suggestion would be to keep your phone well away from the system if you want the max sounds and effect from this. I put mine on a table away from this and have no issues from it. But all in all I'm impressed with how this sound system holds up for the price, set up is easy as you only need optical to plug into TV and power cable from system. No wires are needed for the subwoofer except its own power cable but other then that no wires or external connections needed as it is a blutooth connection strait to the speaker. Also the beauty of this system is you can use it as a music centre for your phone. I tried the blutooth connection and its really easy to connect. You can then play your music 🎶 strait through from your phone to the speakers. Sound is excellent and very top quality. I was really impressed when taking this out the box and testing it.

This came with an optical cable in the box, and 2x AAA batteries for the remote control. I would give this 5 stars except for these two points: 1) When setting the unit up, you really should setup the "Secure Link" to the subwoofer. That is quite easy to do (see the instruction book, rather than the quick setup guide), but I really don't understand why they don't do this in the factory as the default out-of-the-box setup. 2) Similar to the above but even more important, HDMI ARC is not enabled by default. To get my HDMI cable to work from the TV so that the TV remote control switches the soundbar on and off, and so the TV remote control adjusts the volume, I had to enable HDMI ARC. That is quite easy to do (the instruction book is fine) but again, why oh why isn't that enabled already - if it were, I could have just plugged it all in and it would have worked fine, but I initially (wrongly) thought ARC wasn't working so I'd have to use the soundbar remote as well as the TV remote. Now I've enabled HDMI ARC, the soundbar turns on and off with the TV remote and the TV remote does the volume too. Surely that is what everyone wants, so that should be the setting from the factory, i.e. enable these two things by default.

Fantastic sound & the blue tooth is great no wires. The subwoofer gives a really nice crisp deep tones while the sound bars got excellent sound quality.

Brilliant for the price. Using with a Hisense TV in the bedroom and a Panasonic in the living room and I can control the volume with the TV remote on both. Great that you can place the subwoofer anywhere in the room with a wireless connection. Just dont make the mistake I made in not connecting by 'secure link'. This will stabilise the connection and stop any disconnections. Only took 30 seconds or so to do. I have two of these cant cant complain for the price. Great sound and that sub kicks in nicely with movies. If the bass gets too much, you can lower it. My only gripe with this is i would like the ability to adjust more than just the volume and bass. There are some pre setting buttons i.e Cinema, Music, Night etc. But it would be nice to have more control (see attached picture). Overall, a great buy at an affordable buy.