Sony HT-Z9F vs Bose Soundbar 500

HT-Z9F vs Soundbar 500 comparison chart

Overall
Sony HT-Z9F
7.2
Bose Soundbar 500
7.4
7
8
Votes 17 17
Rating 4 4
Sony HT-Z9F

Nov 22, 2019

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Bose Soundbar 500

Jan 31, 2020

Advanced television technology allows you to create brighter and thinner panels. But as TVs become thinner, manufacturers have to cut hardware somewhere, and unfortunately, this often happens in the s...

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Common

Product

Sony HT-Z9F
Bose Soundbar 500

Model

HT-Z9F
Soundbar 500

Brand

Sony
Bose

Reviews

349
407

General

Placement type

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

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

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

Audio features

Built-in channels

3.1
3.0

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

400 (overall)

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

has not
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

Chromecast
Pandora,Tuneln, Deezer, iHeart, SiriusXM

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

1
1

NFC

HDMI input/output

2/0
1/0

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)

1/0
0/0

Headphone output

0
0

Subwoofer output

0
0

Features

Voice control

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant
Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital

DTS:X

DTS (other)

has not
has not

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

100 x 6.4 x 10/39.4 x 2.5 x 3.4
80 x 4.3 x 10.1/31.5 x 1.7 x 4

Weight, kg/pounds

3.1/6.6
3.1/7

Other

Release year

2018
2018
Sony HT-Z9F
Bose Soundbar 500
Sony HT-Z9F
Bose Soundbar 500

Soundbars CHooseratoR comparison rating

  • better
  • worse
  • 7.2
  • 7.4
  • 7.2Sony HT-Z9F
  • 7.4Bose Soundbar 500