Bose Soundbar 500 vs Sony HT-CT800

Soundbar 500 vs HT-CT800 comparison chart

Overall
Bose Soundbar 500
7.4
Sony HT-CT800
6.4
8
5
Votes 1 1
Rating 5 5
Bose Soundbar 500

Jan 31, 2020

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Sony HT-CT800

Nov 29, 2019

This soundbar provides crystal clear sound for your favorite TV shows, movies and music. With virtual surround technology, your living room will turn into a real movie theater. More Sony HT-CT800 spec...

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Common

Product

Bose Soundbar 500
Sony HT-CT800

Model

Soundbar 500
HT-CT800

Brand

Bose
Sony

Reviews

407
267

General

Placement type

table-top, wall-mountable
table-top, wall-mountable

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

microphone
power, input, Bluetooth, music service, volume down, volume up

Audio features

Built-in channels

3.0
2.1

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

350 (overall)

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

wireless
wireless

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wireless
wireless

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

AirPlay 2

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

Pandora,Tuneln, Deezer, iHeart, SiriusXM
Pandora, Napster, TIDAL, Deezer, Chromecast

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

1
1

NFC

HDMI input/output

1/0
3/0

HDMI ARC

HDMI eARC

HDMI CEC

Optical digital input/output

1/0
1/0

USB

1 (USB 2.0)
1 (USB 2.0)

Coaxial digital input/output

0/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

0/0
1/0

Headphone output

0
0

Subwoofer output

0
0

Features

Voice control

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital, Dolby TrueHD

DTS:X

DTS (other)

has not
DTS-HD

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

80 x 4.3 x 10.1/31.5 x 1.7 x 4
103 x 5.2 x 12.6/40.5 x 2.1 x 5

Weight, kg/pounds

3.1/7
2.8/6.1

Other

Release year

2018
2017
Bose Soundbar 500
Sony HT-CT800
Bose Soundbar 500
Sony HT-CT800

Soundbars CHooseratoR comparison rating

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  • 7.4
  • 6.4
  • 7.4Bose Soundbar 500
  • 6.4Sony HT-CT800