{"id":126223,"date":"2021-03-17T17:23:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T17:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=126223"},"modified":"2021-04-05T06:08:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T05:08:08","slug":"sony-ht-s40r-new-5-1-soundbar-complete-with-a-wireless-subwoofer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/sony-ht-s40r-new-5-1-soundbar-complete-with-a-wireless-subwoofer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony HT-S40R: New 5.1 soundbar complete with a wireless subwoofer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony\u00a0introduced the\u00a0HT-S40R Wireless Surround Sound System.\u00a0At the heart of this 600W 5.1-channel set is a soundbar that drives a subwoofer and two rear speakers.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sony, the system will provide dynamic sound that fills the entire room.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"big\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"big\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/8ded87202dddff791222c7d001ea1bd0.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The signal to the HT-S40R can be broadcast wirelessly (Bluetooth) with a compatible Sony TV.<\/p>\n<p>The soundbar also works wirelessly with a subwoofer and satellites, but additional speakers still have to be connected with wires to a special compact amplifier that comes with the kit.\u00a0The amplifier can be simply placed next to it, or mounted on the wall.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"big\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"big\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/014f98cc68e064e5d48d16b984274b7c.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The soundbar was equipped with HDMI ARC, digital optical input and analog.<\/p>\n<p>The model supports Dolby Digital sound, but compatibility with object-oriented formats is not declared.<\/p>\n<p>The HT-S40R can stream music via built-in Bluetooth.\u00a0There is also a dedicated USB port for this.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"big\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"big\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4e2b8e159f3026358ee9cd648545f8c4.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Sales of the new kit will start in May. The kit will cost about $400<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony\u00a0introduced the\u00a0HT-S40R Wireless Surround Sound System.\u00a0At the heart of this 600W 5.1-channel set is a soundbar that drives a subwoofer and two rear speakers. According to Sony, the system will provide dynamic sound that fills the entire room. The signal to the HT-S40R can be broadcast wirelessly (Bluetooth) with a compatible Sony TV. The soundbar [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/sony-ht-s40r-new-5-1-soundbar-complete-with-a-wireless-subwoofer\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":126224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-126223","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-speakers","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}