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while sound bars have been around for many years a new style of speaker has recently emerged which lets you place your TV on top of it solving the blocking issue of some sound bars these new sound stands tend to be inexpensive and if they're like the sony HT xt-1 surprisingly well featured hi I'm tai penile brief from cnet.com the Sony HD XD one is a $300 sound stand which comes with a lot of features including three HDMI inputs most sound bars only have optical inputs and having HDMI means it can also decode the high-res Dolby and DTS sound tracks from blu-ray discs this will also replay your TV sound with the one cable as well as do video pass-through for older systems the stand also has optical and analog inputs this sony has Bluetooth and NFC so if you have a compatible phone you can touch it to the stand to instantly pair it for music playback meanwhile the remote control is simple and offers more functions if you slide open the bottom the speaker features two subwoofers underneath the unit and two oval woofers on the front and claims to have up to 170 watts of power for such an inexpensive system it can definitely fill a room and without distortion music quality is the best with a clean slightly forward sound movies art is good but definitely better sound than you get out of a TV with a real thump during action scenes and clear dialogue if you're looking to upgrade your TV sound quickly and easily then the Sony HD xd1 is a pretty easy set and forget system with good sound and useful features for the price this has been ty Pendlebury foreseen it