Customer Ratings & Reviews

Got it for the low refurbished works great but the sound could be scratchy at times the annoying parts come in when you have to manually connect to tv. Can’t complain much because it was older and refurbished . If you live in apartments though keep the bass off

For the price i can’t complain. Sounds better then my tv with a nice small boom booms.

My husband loves his sound bar! Especially when watching movies!

Great product with a very nice sound!! Easy to install.

It's a beautiful and clean setup! Love it so far. Would recommend it!

The sound is great and I can here what is being said on the TV now.

Seamless operation with Sony Bravia TV. Use HDMI cable for best audio performance and coordination with TV (powers on automatically and you can use TV remote for volume)

Overall this product has been very superb. I have not encountered any issues so far

Work very good as expected. I always enjoy it when watching movies and playing music. Nice one.

The product was delivered in best condition. Enjoying my watching experience :)

Perfect product, it came as described. My family really loved.

Great soundbar/woofer combo. It was very easy to install, the subwoofer is wireless, so it connects to the soundbar seamlessly. All I had to do was plug an HDMI cable on the ARC enabled HDMI port on my TV and to the Soundbar's only HDMI port (ARC enabled too). A con is that they do not include a HDMI cable (only an optical one), so you must provide your own. Since its connected to the ARC enabled port on my tv it passes all audio from any device that is connected to the other 3 free HDMI ports on my TV, that's the beauty of ARC (if your tv doesn't have an ARC enabled port, they also include an optical cable in case you want to plug an older device, like a dvd player or original PS4). They include a basic remote, however the bar is CEC enabled so my tv remote and my Fire TV remote can control its basic functions like volume, mute. More specific functions, like enabling the surround effect or bass level can be done using the included remote (they include batteries). I mounted my bar on the wall and they did not provide the necessary screws to do so, I had to make a quick run to my local hardware store for them. They do provide a piece of paper with lines and measurements to make it easier to wall mount it. Sound is great, has great stereo separation, and dialog is clear. It also has a surround sound function, that kind of fakes surround sound, its pretty convincing, I keep it on for movies and games. You can also connect to the bar via bluetooth and stream music to it, very convenient. The woofer is powerful, I had to lower the bass level otherwise my neighbors my complain. Highly recommend it if you don't have much space to place a full on 5.1 or more bar, even if its not a discrete 5.1 one, the sound is miles greater than my TV's puny speakers!

The Sony HTS400 is a 2.1 soundbar and subwoofer setup with a max output of 330W. I recently put it into use in place of my 2.0 receiver and bookshelf speaker combo. I’ve had a good chance to explore its features and use it in my home. To start out the HTS400 comes with the soundbar, a wireless subwoofer, remote, an optical TOSLINK cable, a quick start guide, and operating manual. The soundbar has 3 ports – USB for updates, HDMI, and optical. It has a row of touch sensitive buttons on top for power, TV input, Bluetooth input, and volume up/down. To fully access the features of the system you must use the remote. The remote has buttons to adjust the input, sound field (simulated surround), volume, bass, night mode, and voice mode. Design The soundbar itself has a nice look to it. The top surface has some texture in its plastic as well as some sparklines. I didn’t expect the sparkle/glitter type finish, but it looks nice and gives it a cooler black/dark grey look. The front of the speaker bar is a solid mesh that wraps the entire face and around the curved ends. In the middle of the face is a small OLED screen behind the mesh that can display some helpful info – current input, volume counter, bass counter, sound feature, etc. The overall size of the bar works out great with my wall mounted 55” TV. Dimensions are 35.5W x 2.63H x 3.5D (55” TV is 48” wide for reference). The soundbar also has a couple of nice design details for hooking it up and mounting. The backside of the bar has a keyhole mount setup for wall mounting. Sony included a template with the documentation that makes wall mounting a lot easier – no mounting hardware is supplied. Another thing noticeable when setting it up are the angled cutouts in the bottom/rear where the connections live. This allows the cables plenty of room to connect and not getting smashed when wall mounting. The subwoofer looks as I would expect – squared off black enclosure that easily blends into the surroundings. It is a front firing front ported setup, which I prefer over down firing subs (especially if you have downstairs neighbors). It has a single LED hidden behind the speaker mesh that gives a wireless connection status. Straight out of the box the sub was linked up to the soundbar. I have it located about 12 feet from the bar with no issues. The sub itself appears to be a 6” woofer with a 130W output. Setup Setting up the soundbar was easy enough I used the provided TOSLINK cable to hook into my TV, and after changing some settings on my TV sound was coming out of the soundbar. I wasn’t able to use an HDMI connection for this TV due to a limited number of inputs, and too many things connecting. I have to keep my receiver in place to handle the connections for all of my components, and that needs the HDMI ARC input on my TV since that’s the fastest speed port which my game consoles need. I know a lot of newer TV’s that are supporting HDMI 2.1 are tying the ARC (or eARC) channel to the 2.1 input (most TV’s that have 2.1 only have it on 1 or 2 input connections). So, if you have a PS5 or Series X/S that needs to connect to a 2.1 port you need to check to see if that is also the ARC port or if you have multiple 2.1 connections. There is also the option of connecting the soundbar to your TV via Bluetooth, but this only applies to TV that support this connection (Bluetooth A2DP support). Connecting to the speakers via Bluetooth from my phone was also very easy. I pressed and held the Bluetooth touch button on the bar, until it entered pairing mode. From there my phone could find it and I was all connected. One thing to note is your phone can control the volume as well as the soundbar remote. However, your phone volume control makes much larger level jumps than what the system remote does, so it can easily get too loud too fast if you use your phone for volume control. Sound First of all I went from a 2.0 system with a Yamaha RX receiver and older Klipsch bookshelf speakers, which was a nice setup but somewhat lacking without the sub. Upgrading to the HTS400 soundbar was a noticeable bump in sound quality and immersion. I want to comment that I am not usually all that impressed by the subwoofers bundled without soundbars. They tend to be present in the soundscape, but lacking in the real low end or in bump/rumble scenarios. The paired sub here was beyond my expectations – it sounded really good. Good low end rumble for movie or video game explosions. It performed great on music as well and really added some depth. The bass was loud enough to be heard/felt around the house. It never felt overblown, and the crossover point that Sony has used worked well. It didn’t feel like the sub was trying to reproduce any mid-range frequencies. The soundbar itself produced a nice, rich balance of sound. The sound modes included with the soundbar are a default preset, sound field surround, night, and voice. With voice the soundbar is supposed to elevate/isolate the ranges that dialogue typically lives in and lift it above the rest of the sounds. In practice I thought this worked well – drama shows that are dialogue heavy benefitted from this setting in a household of noisy kids and pets. Night mode has a somewhat similar effect as voice with some tweaks. In night mode all of the sound levels are toned down – bass level is cut, and dynamic range seems to be reduced. It also bumps up the sound for dialogue so you can still hear what you are listening to. Again in practice this worked well – we were watching Starship Troopers at night and toggled to night mode during a loud scene (there are lots of them). The bass and explosions were quieted, but we were still able to hear what the characters were saying. The surround field can toggle on or off (off is the default sound mode). With surround field on the soundbar simulates a multi-channel setup like a 5.1. Is it as good as an actual 5.1? No, but it sounds great, and it is certainly easier to setup (and cheaper). I liked the surround option for movies – it made for a rich sound stage. With it off the sound quality is still great but it loses some of the depth of field. Watching movies/TV I really liked the surround field mode because it just didn’t sound like I was listening to a 2.1 system. However, toggling over to music listening I turned off the surround field mode and found I liked that more for music. Sound reproduction for music is again really well done. The soundbar never felt overstretched or close to clipping/distorting when the volume was really pushed. The sound was clear from the lowest volume levels up through the loudest. Sometimes people focus on the loud part too much, but being able to produce good sound at low levels is tough. A lot of times you lose some of the frequency range at low levels due to poor speaker sensitivity, but I just didn’t find that here. Overall I am very impressed with the HTS400 setup. This isn’t my first soundbar – I have had some cheap, mid range (where this one sits), and high end sound bar setups. This is easily the best sounding mid-range priced soundbar setup I have had or have listened to. It was easy to setup and configure. It is loaded with great sound field effects, and a competent subwoofer. My only drawback is the connection setup – I really would have liked a pass-through setup on the HDMI, but I know that adds more cost so its not a huge loss.

Had none of the packaging, no manual. The sub is scratched really bad, worst part is the metal grill on the front is dented. I knew i should have checked when the box was way too big.

Positive: "Great sound quality, powerful bass with the wireless subwoofer. Easy setup and sleek design!" Negative: "Sound quality is decent, but bass can be too overpowering. Lacks some clarity at higher volumes."

Supposed to be excellent condition, but all in scratches and dents!

I bought for my living room since I watch a lot of movies and the bass is great as well as quality I usually use it around 45 which is enough to hear through my whole house. Simple set up just plug both sound bar and subwoofer into the wall and the Optical Cable into the TV and sound bar. Dont forget to pair the subwoofer with the sound bar

After I started having constant connectivity or sound issues with my Vizio soundbar, I decided to go with a different brand. The Sony HT-S400 has been a nice upgrade. I don't have the same sound or connection issues. The audio quality and volume is great for our living room size, which is on the smaller side. It could easily fill a larger room because I can't come close to turning it all of the way up. The subwoofer puts out a lot of low bass and the soundbar itself has a nice room filling sound with . It comes with a simple remote that has all of the necessary functions to adjust the sound. We use the voice enhancement a lot and it works great. I have it connected to my AppleTV and it works great. I just use the AppleTV remote to control the volume. I'm very pleased with the soundbar system overall.

Easy set-up plug and play. Sub automatically connects. Sounds good. Looks good.

The SONY soundbar with wireless subwoofer has been a nice addition to my current television setup. The soundbar fits nicely on my TV stand console, but can also be wall mounted if you choose to do so. This sound system puts forth 330W of maximum total output and for my living room that seems to be a pretty adequate amount. Paired this up to my Samsung QLED TV, but wishing I had a SONY TV to truly see how seamless this sync would be. This soundbar offers a S-Force PRO Front Surround that helps to keep the size of the soundbar smaller, and allows me to have a cinematic surround sound experience. The wireless subwoofer helps to keep cables and connections to a minimum as it delivers a nice deep bass. The remote is small and compact along with being easy and intuitive to use. The soundbar is hooked up to my TV set with an HDMI cable and it works smoothly for consistent audio output. I'm liking the option to have the voice clarity option for moments when I'm watching a movie at night. I can easily hear the words of the dialogue without having to crank up the volume and get all the special effect sound into it. There is also an OLED display on the front of the soundbar so you can see the input or volume settings. Connecting to this soundbar with Bluetooth has been easy as well, which has allowed me to stream music and audio from my iPhone 13 Pro and iPad with ease. Sony has crafted the shape of the speakers here to help improve the amplitude of the audio and I can't say for sure that I notice it, but am happy with the overall speaker setup. This subwoofer and soundbar are both very nice for my needs and also my budget. I think the quality is very nice from a leader like Sony and the functionality is easy to use.