What about Sharp soundbar ?

Currently they have the ht-sb300 wich sells around RM 600++
I am waiting for the latest version ht-sb500
Both model does not come with a sub-woofer thou


Sony too has it own version of soundbar but unfortunately it is not available in Malaysia.

New Yamaha YHT-S400 in Harvey Norman

around RM 2 K looks and sound nice



This post has been edited by mdmee: Feb 8 2010, 05:06 PM

sony malaysia is now selling ht-ct150 for RM 999 !!!!

I just bought the sony ht-ct150 and loving it !!!! It serve my purpose of having a small room and not wanting cables running around the room

I'm using a sharp LCD and surprisingly I can have limited control of the soundbar using the TV remote e.g. volume control & on/off (the soundbar will automatically goes to standby whenever I switched off the tv and automatically turned it on whenever I turned on the tv. Unfortunately it will always goes to “tv selection” instead of the last selection I switched off the tv. I guess I need a Bravia tv to have full sync capabilities)

The sound is excellent and loud enough for my small room, in fact it rattle all my stuff in the room including the door at 80% volume. I usually set the volume at 50-70%. I do think the volume might not be sufficient for big room thou

Listen to music is good too; but the sound is more like listening to a hifi system than a true audiophile system with amps & 2 speakers.

It also has 3 HDMI connections and 2 optical audio connections.

All of this is for RM 999 … its a bargain IMO !!!!!

Lastly .... Sony HT-CT150 looks good. The soundbar sits unnoticed in front of my tv but the subwoofer is huge !!! Fortunately the subwoofer look slick with all black & minimalist design.

This post has been edited by mdmee: Jun 16 2010, 04:51 PM

3 input & 1 output

the length is a bit shorter than my 37" tv .. It should be ok unless u want the soundbar to be exactly the same length as ur tv

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Added on June 16, 2010, 9:16 pmJust a word of warning thou .. This is not 5.1 or 7.1 system ... It is 3.1 as I never hear any sound behind me

This post has been edited by mdmee: Jun 16 2010, 09:16 PM

need to pre-order from any Sony outlet.

Frankly .. I never "audition" the system ... I bought it based on reviews in the net on the older ht-ct100. Luckily it's meet my expectation and worth every sen I paid for it.

I dunno how to compare with yammy thou... But I'm on a budget and that's the reason I got it as the price different is huge.

So far no problem with byond .. I'm using one of the hdmi ports for byond. My tv optical audio will not process the sound, if I change the byond audio to " dts 5.1 only"

This post has been edited by mdmee: Jun 17 2010, 06:44 AM

its your choice .... if you want 5.1 ..pls don't go for ht-ct150 .. you will dissappointed.

New updates ...

I notice the sound is excellent for for DTS but AC3 is so-so only

The sound for Astro byond is not as good as DTS or AC3 but way better from my tv speaker.
Although Astro byond claims to be DTS 5.1 for its HD channel, it does not register as DTS in my system.

Sorry if i'm posting a lot on ht-ct150 but hey ... i'm really excited about this product.

salam03 ... u r right ... byond is Dolby Digital 5.1

Below is my setting

Level CNT -3
Level SW +6
Tone Bass +6
Volume at 60%

My whole room will rattle from watching ASTRO HD .. WoW
My neighbour will start complaining if its DTS !!!!!

My normal setting is

Level CNT 0
Level SW +6
Tone Bass +6
Volume at 46%