Sony BRAVIA Theatre System 6 (HT-S60) review: Best Full Surround Package

The Sony HT-S60 is the most powerful system in this roundup: 1000W across 10 speakers, including a subwoofer and physical rear speakers, decoding Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD, DTS:X and DTS ES over HDMI eARC. It costs around ₱35,600 as of August 12, 2026, and it is a 2025 model.

What does the full package deliver?

The thing single-bar systems approximate. Physical rear speakers put surround effects behind you as a matter of placement rather than acoustic trickery, which means the effect does not depend on your room having the right walls in the right places. Combined with Atmos and DTS:X decoding, you get both real surround and a height layer, which very few systems here manage together.

S-Master digital amplification is Sony’s own amp design, used across its higher-end range, rather than a generic module.

Is 1000W meaningful?

Partly. Rated power figures are inconsistent between manufacturers and should not be compared too literally. What 1000W across 10 speakers does indicate is real headroom: this system will fill a large living room without strain, where the 220W and 350W bars higher in this roundup are sized for a condo.

If your room is small, that headroom is capability you paid for and will not use.

What does it ask of you?

Space and power. Rear speakers need somewhere to sit and something to plug into at the back of the room. A four-piece system is a commitment to a room layout in a way a single bar is not. In a compact condo, that is a genuine obstacle rather than a minor inconvenience.

Is it worth the price?

At around ₱35,600 as of August 12, 2026, it costs about ₱9,000 more than the TCL Q85H, which offers 7.1.4 with rear speakers that have their own up-firing drivers, against this system’s 5.1 layout. On channel count, TCL wins. What Sony offers instead is a far higher rated output, in-house amplification, its own tuning, and full lossless format support.

It is also worth noting this is a considerably more capable system than Sony’s own HT-B600 at around ₱21,000, which has height drivers but nothing behind you.

Put it on a monthly footing: around ₱35,600 over five years of daily use is about ₱590 a month, and Sony has local service presence, so five years is a reasonable expectation rather than a hopeful one. Against a ₱12,000 bar at roughly ₱200 a month, the question becomes whether the extra ₱390 a month buys you enough, which is an easier thing to judge than a ₱23,000 gap.

Who the Sony HT-S60 suits

Buy this if you have a large living room with power at the back, you want genuine rear channels rather than reflections, and you prefer Sony’s engineering to a higher channel count elsewhere. It is our Best Full Surround Package pick in the best soundbars in the Philippines roundup. Our soundbar buying guide covers when a full system is worth the placement effort.

If the Sony HT-S60 is not right

For more channels and height drivers in the rear speakers at a lower price, the TCL Q85H is our Best Complete Home Theater pick. If you want the same 5.1 concept for a third of the price and can live without Atmos, the Sony HT-S20R is our Best Overall pick.