2015 Sony Sound Bar Comparison Chart

Connectivity
Music Streaming3
Sound Performance
Choose your sound bar.
HT-ST9
NT-3
HT-CT780
HT-CT380
HT-XT1
Power
800W4
450W4
330W4
300W4
170W4
Amplifier Channels
7.1 ch
2.1 ch
2.1 ch
2.1 ch
2.1 ch
Sound Bar
Speaker Design
7 mid-range
drivers + 3 super
tweeters
2 mid-range
drivers + 2 super
tweeters
2 mid-range
drivers + 2
tweeters
2 full-range
drivers
2 full-range
drivers
Subwoofer Design
Wireless
front-firing +
down-firing
passive radiator
Wireless
front-firing
Wireless
down-firing
Wireless
front-firing
(upright or
on its side)
Dual built-in
down-firing
HD Audio Formats Supported
(Dolby® TrueHD, DTS-HD®
Master Audio)
•
•
•
•
•
Hi-Res Audio
(DSD, FLAC, PCM, WAV, ALAC)
•
•
-
-
-
Bluetooth® & NFC
•
•
•
•
•
Bluetooth® Streaming
to Headphones
•
•
-
-
-
Google™ Cast
•
•
-
-
-
Multi-Room Audio
•
•
-
-
-
HDMI HDCP 2.2
1 in/1 out
1 in/1 out
1 in/1 out
-
-
HDMI® In/Out
3 in/1 out
3 in/1 out
3 in/1 out
3 in/1 out
3 in/1 out
Digital Input
(Optical/Coaxial)
2/1
2/1
1/0
1/0
1/0
Analog Input
1
1
1
1
1
Feature Descriptions
Hi-Res Audio
Supports Hi-Res Audio formats for crystal-clear sound - 14x higher quality than MP3s.
Google™ Cast
With Google™ Cast, your phone, tablet, or PC is your remote control. Listening to music is as easy
pressing the cast icon directly from the apps you know and love. And since it streams music directly
from the cloud, it helps minimize battery drain on your mobile device.
HDCP 2.2
HDCP 2.2 compatibility lets you stream crystal-clear 4K content (i.e. 4K blockbuster movies) via HDMI
from digital sources such as 4K media servers.
HD Audio Formats Supported
Multi-Room Audio
Connectivity
Bluetooth® Streaming
to Headphones
HDMI® In/Out
Digital Input
(Optical/Coaxial)
Analog Input
Experience sound the way it was meant to be heard with an audio processor that supports most
HD formats1, including Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD® Master Audio.
Easily expand and control your music across multiple, compatible speakers in separate rooms with
powerful multi-room capability. You can even play different songs in different rooms.
Enjoy simplified Bluetooth® connectivity with Near Field Communications (NFC) technology by aligning
compatible devices and touching their logos.2
Stream your TV audio and music from the sound bar directly to Bluetooth® headphones for personal
listening – a great solution when the rest of the house is asleep.
Experience superior high-definition video and sound quality with a single TV connection and
up to three HDMI® inputs.3
Conveniently connect legacy digital components using the optical or coaxial input.
Effortlessly connect analog devices with the standard 3.5mm stereo auxiliary input on the rear panel.
1. Requires HDMI® cable (sold separately) & High Resolution media with capable source device. 2. Interoperability and compatibility among Bluetooth® devices vary, requires
NFC-enabled and/or Bluetooth®-enabled device. Check device’s user manual for compatibility. 3. Requires cable(s); sold separately. 4. System wattage measured at 4 ohms for front
L&R channels at 1kHz with less than 1% THD, sub-woofer wattage measured at 4 ohms and 100Hz.
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