You don't get many features, but Sony's Dolby Atmos sound is superb, making the HT-S2000 a truly immersive one-speaker system.
Sony HT-S2000 MSRP $500.00 Score Details DT Recommended Product “Shy on smarts, but big on sound, the HT-S2000 will amp up your TV experience.” Pros Cons Sony’s latest compact soundbar, the HT-S2000, is by all appearances designed to compete directly with the Bose Smart Soundbar 600 and the Sonos Beam Gen 2. At $500, it’s the same price as the Bose and only $50 more than the Sonos. All three share similar dimensions and feature five drivers in varying sizes and configurations.
Inside the box, you’ll find the HT-S2000, a remote, the batteries, an HDMI cable, a power supply, and a wall-mount template. Normally, this is the part where I bang on my cage like an angry gorilla and criticize Sony for not including at least one more HDMI port to offset the one that will be used to connect the soundbar to the TV, but I would be wasting my breath. The industry has spoken and, apparently, you simply can’t get multiple HDMI ports at this price.
Before you can use the app, you will have to agree to a fairly lengthy terms of service agreement. I didn’t see anything in there that I haven’t seen on hundreds of similar agreements. But if any of it gives you pause, it’s worth repeating that you do not need the app for basic operation. Superior cinematic sound Speaking of Atmos, let’s talk about the sound quality. When running at 70% or higher volume level, the HT-S2000 is a shockingly good speaker for Dolby Atmos. Like its more expensive older sibling, the $700 HT-A3000, the S2000 virtualizes its Atmos signal, which means it uses some very clever digital signal processing to mimic surround and ceiling speakers with just its five forward-facing drivers.
At these moments, the higher frequencies can be a bit overbearing. I found myself wishing for the bass and treble controls that exist on the Beam Gen 2 and Bose 600, but for some reason, Sony doesn’t offer any EQ adjustments save for the amount of bass boost. For Sony, this seems to be an ideological rather than a financial decision — none of its home theater soundbars have EQ control.
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