Yes, it appears it does do music services as well, as you say here Pete, so
another good one.
All the best
Steve
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of pete
gurney
Sent: 06 January 2019 16:30
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: soundbar recommendation wanted
hi alison,
i forgot to say this sony soundbar can also be controlled with alexa and
google home devices.
pete.
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On Sun, 06 Jan 2019 16:25:54 GMT
pete gurney <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
hi alison,
coincidently while following this thread over the last couple of days i have
been looking into soundbars with wireless capability that can cope with
anything you want to throw in their direction.
i've narrowed it down to a few models but one of these falls into the
catagory that you are looking for and within the price range you said you
want to be in.
it's the :
sony ht-zf9
this comes with a wireless sub woofer and is available for £483 from amazon
and slightly more from other retailers like currys, richer sounds, and john
lewis.
for this price this is very impressive, it has HDMI in and out, optical,
3.5, and USB inputs, has wi-fi and bluetooth and can be completely
controlled from a sony app on your smart phone as well as with the remote
control.
it handles every type of audio format you can imagin including dolby atmos
which like dts-x gives you sounds from all around you even over your head.
it supports 4k video pass through, HDMI arc for sending hi def audio from
the telly via the HDMI lead and even upscales standard stereo and 5.1 audio
into virtual dolby atmos sound.
it has various sound modes including movie, music, sport, news, and
standard.
you can also buy a pair of wireless rear speakers as an add on at a later
time to give full 5.1 surround sound, but adding these to the soundbar and
sub woofer package would take the price up to around £760.
the thing that attracks me to this one is the ability to do everything from
the smart phone which includes making any changes to the settings which you
would normally have to do visually via a menu on the screen.
the only other models i found that can do as much as this one cost 2 and 3
times as much.
hope this helps.
pete.
