Sony S100F Compact Bluetooth Soundbar

Service was excellent, only hiccup need a international conversion power point.

se conecta super bien, muy buen sonido.

I am giving this sound bar 5 stars, but with reservations. It is compact and not overly large. It fits on my mantle under the mounted tv. This is the second sound bar sent to me. The first one only worked a few days before I had to call Sony and troubleshoot it to find out it was defective. The price was good, however I had to pay UPS to return it to Amazon. I was told I would recoup the loss but as of yesterday that credit had not shown up in my account. First: pros- sleek, lightweight, good sound, good pricing, several ways to connect, seamless hookup with remotes, TVs, streaming devices, good sound. – Cons: I turn my tv off at night and then when I want to watch again, the sound bar won’t work. I am forever having to unplug the bar, tv, and fire stick to have any audio. This does not make sense. There is notations of the bar going into mute when you turn the device off, and it depending on what configuration you start up again, ie: tv first, sound bar first, streaming device, etc., it can go into mute mode. This is ridiculous. You want, or at least I do, one remote for everything so you don’t have to keep up with remotes for each device. I have a Sharp, interactive smart tv, and use a fire stick for my “cable”. I have no choice as I use the “gig” internet and that provider for my cable channels. My provider encourages you to use your own devices to receive the channels they offer so for us it’s the fire stick for cable and streaming. This should not be the problem with the bar not connecting and/or going into mute mode because of you turning your tv on. Since the description of this sound bar uses the seamless hookup as one of the advantages of purchasing this product, the manufacturer should design it to come on and work, regardless of what sequence your remote turns all the devices on. Amazon replaced the first unit (had it about two weeks, one using it, one trying to figure out what was wrong). Sony was good at troubleshooting but was no help at replacing the unit, even with me supplying the invoice, etc. After the troubleshooting, and me providing the invoice by email, I never heard from Sony again, so any compliment I give for customer service is to Amazon, which had me a new one ASAP. I might note that this didn’t start happening until this week. We have had the replacement only about two weeks now, so this occurrence may possibly be another defective unit. I bought a protection plan because of the reviews about this product. I maybe should have just bought another product than this one. Independent analysis of sound bars at the time I purchased the first one had this one as #1. I will update later if I continue to have to reboot everything to get it to work. I forgot to mention I am using the HDMI-ARC hookup which is the one suggested. Update: I think I found the answer on Sony’s website. Using an option on the remote – ie:voice – turns the HDMI-ARC option off. Since that is my connection method unconsciously I have been muting for restarting my connection, when trying to set the bar for better voice, less background. This bar does have good sound, very decent wattage and a reasonable price. I will stick with – now – 5 stars.

I am impressed with the simplicity this unit provides. It delivers a clear good sound field with nice separation and the bass reflex works well too. I have the Sony A8H and the two just went together esthetically with an understated yet elegant design. I can control it with my TV remote and it has an IR Repeater, which means a signal from the remote passes through the soundbar. A great feature was if I shut off the soundbar, the audio went right back to my TV speakers and for me that is a plus because I love what Sony did with placing the speakers behind the screen as opposed to below. The choice is just a nice option. Blue tooth pairing was simple and I could control the audio from my iPhone without a problem. I tested with the TV’s built in smart applications, a 32 year old Laserdisc Player hooked up via break out composite video and audio and I also tried it with my Apple TV 4K. In all cases I had no problem hearing the dynamic audio. The soundbar will playback Dolby Audio, including Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and PCM. Please note that the surround effect is good, but do not expect it to replace a component receiver and multi speaker set up. It is not designed to do that. What it does exceedingly well is exactly what it claims to do. The only issue I had with the unit was for some reason it did not pass through audio from my LG 4K BD player. It plays audio and video through the TV easily, but it was mute when I tried the soundbar. I am going to call Sony tomorrow to inquire about this. If the issue can be fixed then the soundbar is a keeper, but if not then I will send it back cause I am paying for it to do what it is supposed to do. I expect it no matter what I paid for it and you should too no matter what you buy. I will update this review to reflect what happens tomorrow. Assuming all goes well, at $100 dollars, you are getting a great deal from a recognized and trusted brand. I love the unit and if that one issue is corrected, then I can whole heartedly recommend the Sony HT-S100F Soundbar without reservation. I want to add that I tested the 4K Blu-ray feature again and discovered evidently I purchased a faulty 4K BD because with the others I tested, I experienced no issues whatsoever. So collectively, I am pleased. It works as it should and is a great value. Recommended.