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if you're looking for an easy way to upgrade the sound on your TV adding a sound bar is almost a no-brainer it's just a matter of how much you want to spend hi I'm Ty Pendlebury and the Sony ATS t5 is on the high end of the spectrum with a retail price of nine hundred and ninety nine dollars as it expect from a high-end sound bar this is a well-built speaker with luxurious touches such as a real metal finish the st5 is a 7.1 channel sound bar with a separate wireless subwoofer like most sound bars of its type it's a Virtual Surround model and it's not as convincing as models from Yamaha or even Sonos this is a tall sound bar at almost 5 inches and if it blocks your IR port then this IR repeater on the back will help make sure your TV remote still works while most sound bars only offer digital optical connections so Sony also offers three HDMI ports including one with HDMI AARC for streaming your TV's audio the ports are also 4k compatible and will decode Dolby true HD as well as DTS master audio unfortunately there's no on-screen display and most menu changes are done with the LED on the device as well as with this tiny PEZ dispenser like the remote the Sony is Bluetooth compatible and you can also control the unit via the song pal app on your smart phone as far as sound quality is concerned it's better than most mid-level sound bars certainly but it's not the best we've heard near the price while it's decent with music it's best at movies where it's clear voice feature can enhance dialogue and the subwoofer can really dig in while not an essential piece of kit the HDS t5 looks and sounds just as luxurious as its price tag would indicate this is ty Pendlebury for cnet.com you