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Sony SA-RS5 Wireless Rear Speakers with Built-in Battery for Bar 9/Bar 8/HT-A7000/HT-A5000/HT-A3000
Optional rear speakers featuring 360 Spatial Sound Mapping
Optional rear speakers featuring 360 Spatial Sound Mapping for use with Bar 9/ Bar 8/ Bar 7/ HT-A7000/ HT-A5000/ HT-A3000 Soundbar
Direct wireless connection with Bar 9/ Bar 8/ HT-A7000/ HT-A5000/ HT-A3000 Soundbar
Experience 360 Spatial Sound with your soundbar
The SA-RS5 speakers work with our latest compatible soundbars using up-firing speakers and wide directivity woofers for 360 Spatial Sound Mapping to create multiple phantom speakers around your room. When you're surrounded on all sides by multiple phantom speakers within an optimized sound field, you'll hear every sound with incredible intensity. It's like you and your living room are inside the movie.
Hear every part of the action
Our speakers utilize the latest technologies to deliver the optimal sound quality and wide directivity for 360 Spatial Sound Mapping.
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Professional Reviews 82/100
Nicely Roasted
Sound Quality
82/100
Build Quality
86/100
Features Connectivity
88/100
Value for Money
72/100
The SA-RS5 deliver a surprisingly wide, immersive soundstage that enhances Atmos effects with clear mids and detailed highs, giving precise positional cues. Battery-backed satellites offer flexible placement and a 10h runtime, while Sony tuning keeps dialogue intelligible and integration with Sony soundbars makes them a neat route to authentic surround depth without rewiring.
Pros
Wide, enveloping dispersion that creates effective rear envelopment and precise positional cues.
Clear, present midrange that aids dialogue intelligibility and preserves detail in surround mixes.
Forgiving placement and tight integration with Sony soundbar features, simplifying setup and calibration.
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Cons
Limited low-end authority without a dedicated subwoofer; adding one improves scale but raises total cost.
Can sound slightly bright with some stereo music, where the top end may feel a touch insistent.
Understated appearance that some buyers may find bland compared with more distinctive designs.
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 82/100
Bass
76/100
Small wireless rear satellites with built-in battery and no listed large woofer suggest limited low-end extension. Expect controlled bass for surround effects but reliance on a subwoofer or the main soundbar for deep impact.
Mid
84/100
Digital S-Master amplification and dedicated L/R channeling imply clear, present mids suited to dialogue and surround ambience. Design favors intelligibility and body over extreme warmth.
Treble
85/100
Likely refined high-frequency response driven by Sony tuning and digital amplification, offering detail and air appropriate for rear-channel effects without obvious harshness in the spec-driven assessment.
Soundstage Imaging
86/100
As wireless surrounds paired to Sony soundbars, these should provide effective discrete imaging and envelopment for surround formats; compact form factor limits absolute spaciousness but supports stable positional cues.
Dynamics
80/100
S-Master digital amplification gives competent transient response for small drivers, but limited driver excursion and battery-powered operation constrain macro dynamics and headroom compared with larger powered monitors.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
86/100
Sony's product specification (built-in battery, 10h life, quick-charge, included AC adapter) points to solid engineering and practical durability. Finish and integration with Sony soundbar ecosystem expected to be well executed.
Features Connectivity
88/100
Wireless rear operation with built-in battery (10h), quick-charge capability, and S-Master digital amp give strong connectivity and standalone flexibility. Not a passive bookshelf — scored as an active wireless surround product.
Value for Money
72/100
At a listed price of $699.99 the pair is premium-priced for rear satellites; value is acceptable if you need fully wireless, battery-backed surrounds tightly integrated with compatible Sony soundbars, but less compelling compared with cheaper wired/active surround options.
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