My expectation on HT-RT5 also not very high, just need some review or feedback here...

My current HomeTheater setup is century old Jamo Amp with Jamo speaker, rear speaker drop from the pasar malam speaker stand and replace with someone Aiwa minicompo hifi separate speaker to cover rear surround sound...

Ahahaha

I thinks its a time to change my current setup...

Went to Midvalley Sony centre, they had Sony HT RT5 on displayed, asked for best price and was quoted RM2250.00 (GST Included) for new set but need to wait around 4 days as they don't have physical stock. Told me to get display set for RM2150.00, rather order new set since only RM100.00 difference.

Twitted WhatHifi to do some review on Sony HT-RT5, but unfortunately, no reply yet by them.

You can always check here. One contributor "Thanley" had a lot of similarities as SSJBen, not sure if they are the same person.

https://www.avforums.com/threads/sony-ht-rt...e-have.1976283/

Looksimilar...ahahaha...

guys... sony RT 5 & sony NT 3 which one to recommend ?

My impressions is on the last page!
https://www.avforums.com/threads/sony-ht-rt...4#post-22907877




Anyways, after 2 weeks of usage the sub has gotten a little bit more smooth. It's less bloaty especially. It's unreasonable to compare it with my entry level SVS PB-1000 since that's like a whole different league above the RT5.

But otherwise, I think it's decent at best.

I know many people are always skeptical about the whole wireless thing, which is a legitimate concern. I'm always a wired guy, never wireless when it comes to audio. But damn, hats off to Sony. Not a single drop out yet despite me having 14 wireless devices in my home.
I even turn all of them on in the same room to stream a random vid on YT, not a single distortion, cut or clip in the wireless sub and rear speakers of the RT5.


If you only watch stereo sources, NT3. But at this point, I suggest going for the Philips HTL5140b instead which is even better.

Otherwise, RT5 hands down.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Dec 2 2015, 04:28 PM

hi ben, if we only watch astro hd movies/console games, which one will you recommend?

Still would go for the RT5 if you're going to play games. Majority of the games now a days do have their audio mixing done in 5.1. Not saying all games are mixed well, but generally most games are a lot more immersive in 5.1.

Obviously keep the expectations in check. Comparing a high-end 2.0 system to an entry level 5.1, the winner will always be the stereo simply due to dynamics alone, much less to say anything else.

But yeah, under a reasonable budget, the RT5 is the way to go. Astro usage wise, the last time I even watch a movie on Astro HD was like 3 years ago. I'm not sure if HBO HD or FOX HD or whatever has at least DD5.1 on the movies they air? If so, that's a plus.

Anyone purchased Philips CSS5530 and care to give some feedback or review?

This post has been edited by mujinkun: Dec 3 2015, 12:24 PM

im looking at the Zenit system as well. I went for the unit demo last month and are quite happy with the sound given the price. im no sound enthusiast to begin with anyway.

But the problem is i cant seem to find any review about this Zenit system. And its also not available else in those major Electrical store.

Yea, that is the main problem for Zenit series, no review can found on the net. Even for the HT-RT5.

SSJBen, please spend sometime to do some audition for us and updates here the 1st impression

I have requested Philips to loan me a unit for review, they haven't gotten back to me yet.
Thing is, I don't know that many people in Philips to help me get a unit. Sony different story.

Shortlisted candidates to date:

a) Sony HT-RT5
b) Philips CSS5530

Hope I can read a thoroughness review in a meantime.

I received my RT5 today. The volume is little bit slow even set to max. I already connect my TV to soundbar using HDMI ARC and be able to control using TV remote. TV has been set to use audio speaker instead of TV speaker. Any idea to increase the volume?

Previously, the demo set auditoned at the HN was quite loud.

1. Just bought Sony RT5 last night from Sunway HN for RM1999. RT5 sound great through phone bluetooth But until now failed to connect to my Samsung SmartTV (Anynet+ (HDMI-CEC) ) through HDMI ARC.

2. The only connection I can think of is through optical audio cable. Burn more money.

3. Read some articlr in internet that Sony soundbar wont work with Samsung TV.

Anyone can help or experience this before?

Wah. You get cheaper than me by RM100

This might be silly question to ask you but have you enabled the HDMI-CEC option on your TV as this feature usually turn off by default.

I forced my TV and soundbar to use HDMI output/output instead of using PCM/SPDIF

You might want to try to change the HDMI cable as well because last time I use HDMI cable given by Sony for PS4 to connect to a samsung TV and it doesn't work. If connect to Sony TV using the same cable to PS4 it works. I have to use third party HDMI cable to connect samsung TV to PS4 and then after that I manage to get the video and audio output on the samsung TV

I don't have much experience anyway. I just lucky TV brand same as the soundbar brand

Bro., Your RM1999 is 1 year warranty or 1+2 years warranty?

Cheers!

What source are you playing?

Also, have you done your calibration yet? Understand that the included mic isn't really very good, it's better to manually set the audio levels by using a sound meter.


1. I explained before not to rely on HDMI ARC/CEC. It doesn't always work and this is exactly the prime example of it. Are you very sure you connected to right HDMI port on your TV though? Not ALL HDMI ports on the TV supports HDMI ARC, so you need to make sure you connect to the correct one.

2. Or why don't you just connect everything to the soundbar via HDMI instead? It's much better as you won't have to deal with audio delay.

3. That was generally the case a couple of years ago. But like I said, don't expect or assume HDMI ARC to always work flawlessly because it doesn't. Applies to every soundbar and AVR out there.