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Side by side comparison with Sony ht-st 7 sound bar, Phamtom Gold falls behind on the performance of high and mid and on par at low with Sony. It is interesting that the Sony Ht-st 7 has only 800W but generates way more powerful sound than the so-called 4500W Phantom gold. Playing Hotel California, you will notice immediately what I meant by that Phamtom needs improvement in the high and mid. With Sony, I can hear clearly every music instruments in the background, but not with Phantom. Actually, the stock premium hi-fi (450W amplifier) in my car generates more powerful base and accurate sound than Phantom. Comparing it with my Onkyo home theater, Phantom is a few blocks behind, but that is not a fair comparison because my home theater has surround sound. And the worst thing of Phantom is that it stops working randomly. It could not even wait for me to finish writing this review before it automatically disconnected itself and produced some wield robot sound before putting itself to sleep. Simply put, Phantom is way overrated and does not worth the price tag. A Sony/Bose sound bar for about $1000 will provide better sound for your home theater, video games, music and weekend dancing party. For $3000, you can build a 7.2 channels surround sound system that will blow away Phantom.