I know this has probably been done to death but I haven’t found any accounts of people trying alternatives to the officially supported SAZ9R rear speakers.
I’m looking to upgrade my old soundbar after recently upgrading to an OLED Bravia. There’s no way I’m shelling out £1000’s on the HT-A7000 + sub + rears, therefore despite being a 2018 model the HT-Z9F still looks like one of the better options. That said the SAZ9R rear speakers have been discontinued and used examples are going for £500-600. They do still seem to be available from BestBuy in the US but looking at photos the rear states 110v not 110-240v, so I can’t just buy from there and change the plug.
The question is, has anyone actually tried using the SA-RS3S rear speakers with the HT-Z9F? Specifications suggest the Z9F and A7000 both use the same 5ghz OFDM ‘Wireless Sound Specification version 4.0’ which you would think means they are compatible with the same additional speakers. Questions on Amazon get an on the fence answer from Sony that they ‘are not guaranteed to work’.
If I already had the soundbar I’d take a chance on the rears and just return to Amazon if they didn’t work. The A5000 seems to have gone MIA.
Alternatively is there a new mid-range soundbar with rear option due to be released by Sony anytime soon?
I’m looking to upgrade my old soundbar after recently upgrading to an OLED Bravia. There’s no way I’m shelling out £1000’s on the HT-A7000 + sub + rears, therefore despite being a 2018 model the HT-Z9F still looks like one of the better options. That said the SAZ9R rear speakers have been discontinued and used examples are going for £500-600. They do still seem to be available from BestBuy in the US but looking at photos the rear states 110v not 110-240v, so I can’t just buy from there and change the plug.
The question is, has anyone actually tried using the SA-RS3S rear speakers with the HT-Z9F? Specifications suggest the Z9F and A7000 both use the same 5ghz OFDM ‘Wireless Sound Specification version 4.0’ which you would think means they are compatible with the same additional speakers. Questions on Amazon get an on the fence answer from Sony that they ‘are not guaranteed to work’.
If I already had the soundbar I’d take a chance on the rears and just return to Amazon if they didn’t work. The A5000 seems to have gone MIA.
Alternatively is there a new mid-range soundbar with rear option due to be released by Sony anytime soon?
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