Sony BRAVIA Theatre Bar 9 | Flagship Single Soundbar | 360 Spatial Sound Mapping I HT-A9000

Features:

• Discover clear, wide surround sound from a single soundbar. The Bar 9 features a new 2-way speaker with added tweeters for front and centre, delivering wider surround sound and a precise sound image.
• The supplied spacer allows the soundbar to sit tidily over the TV stand for an integrated look that saves you space.
• To help people who are blind or have low vision set up the soundbar, tactile dots indicate a QR code for the BRAVIA Connect app, which offers screen reader support. Tactile dots on the back panel indicate the eARC HDMI terminal for connecting to a TV.
• Simply plug in the Bar 9, connect to your TV using HDMI, and power on. With LAN, HDMI IN and HDMI OUT (eARC), you're all set to enjoy a new spatial surround sound experience
• The BRAVIA Connect smartphone app guides you through initial settings, assists with troubleshooting, and lets you control volume, sound field and more. It also notifies you about software updates and lets you control a compatible TV too.
• The speakers' unique rectangular shape maximises the diaphragm area for punchy bass. It also reduces driver excursion and maintains sound pressure, ensuring less distortion and greater vocal clarity.
• For added atmosphere, side speakers fill your living space with wide directional sound while beam tweeters expand the sound stage by reflecting directional high-frequency sound off the walls.
• Don't be fooled by the slimline design. Thanks to built-in quad woofers and passive radiators, the Bar 9 generates the type of deep, resonant bass you'd expect from much larger speakers.
• Step up to a completely cinematic experience. Acoustic Centre Sync enables the Bar 9 to use your compatible BRAVIA as a centre speaker. So sound comes from the screen, adjusted as part of one integrated speaker system.
• Enjoy quality surround sound wherever you're sitting. Just run calibration with our smartphone app, BRAVIA Connect, and BRAVIA Theatre Bar 9 will detect your position in the room and optimise sound to suit
• No need to remodel your home to get cinema acoustics. Sound Field Optimisation analyses your room's acoustic characteristics, then uses advanced signal processing to overwrite them with those of a cinema.
• Adding rear speakers? Don't worry about finding the perfect position. Sound Field Optimisation calibrates sound based on their location and uses phantom speakers to fill any gaps in the surround stage.
• Sony's new upmixer delivers rich surround sound even from stereo content. Its innovative algorithm extracts and redistributes individual audio objects to immerse you in 3D sound. While upmixing, AI Sound Separation processing detects human voices and makes them sound clearer.
• Bring authentic cinema surround sound quality to your living room. BRAVIA Theatre Bar 9 not only supports industry-standard formats including Dolby Atmos® and DTS:X®, but also has IMAX® Enhanced certification.
• To complete the cinematic experience, combine Sony's optional wireless rear speakers with an optional subwoofer and enjoy sound with even greater impact.
• Add optional wireless rear speakers for an even more expansive sound stage. Working with the rear speakers, the Bar 9 creates up to 11 phantom speakers including speakers behind you for that authentic cinema feel.
• Now more people can enjoy the same immersive surround experience. By using phantom speakers, 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology achieves wider coverage than conventional virtual surround systems.
• Using Edge-AI, DSEE Ultimate (Digital Sound Enhancement Engine) upscales compressed digital music files in real time, restoring acoustic details for a richer listening experience.
• Experience the ultimate in home surround. 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology creates 5 phantom speakers in front of you and reflects sound off the ceiling and walls, enabling cinema-style surround sound from a single soundbar.
• Stream audio content wirelessly. Bluetooth® technology makes it easy to enjoy music, podcasts and more from your smartphone, tablet or laptop.
• It's not all about movies. You can also enjoy music in high-quality upmixed sound. Built-in support for Spotify Connect™ and Apple AirPlay lets you play all your favourite tracks.
• Bring your music to life as never before. Enjoy tracks the way the artists intended with High-Resolution Audio. Or discover 360 Reality Audio for a truly immersive live music experience.
• Lose yourself in gaming. Enjoy immersive overhead sound with the PlayStation®5 console
  optimised picture settings by Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode when connecting compatible BRAVIA™ TVs and PS5® console. This product also supports VRR, ALLM and SBTM for more realistic gaming.
• With its HDMI 2.1 capability, BRAVIA Theatre Bar 9 ensures the original picture quality of any source is preserved, right up to 8K HDR.
• Control surround sound easily with your BRAVIA TV remote. Sound settings automatically appear on the BRAVIA Quick Settings menu for easy control of features, like Sound Field and volume
• No more muffled voices. Combined with compatible BRAVIA, our new Voice Zoom 3™ powered by AI machine learning recognises human voices and amplifies or reduces their volume so even faint dialogue sounds loud and clear.

Specifications:

• MAIN UNIT SIZE - BODY ONLY (W x H x D):1300 x 64 x 113 mm
• MAIN UNIT SIZE - BODY ONLY (W x H x D) (INCH):51 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 4 1/2 in
• Input and Output Terminals:S-Center Out
• Amplifier Channels:13CH
• MAIN UNIT WEIGHT - BODY ONLY (OZ):12 lb 3 oz
• AMPLIFIER TYPE:Digital Amplifier,S-Master HX
• IEEE802.11 VERSION:a / b / g / n / ac
• BLUETOOTH® VERSION:Bluetooth® version: 5.2²⁰
• NUMBER OF INPUT/OUTPUT:Input / Output: 1 / 1 (eARC / ARC)
• HLG (HYBRID LOG GAMMA):Yes
• EARC:Yes
• HDCP2.2:Yes
• 4K/60P/YUV4:4:4:Yes
• BRAVIA SYNC:Yes
• HDR:Yes
• HDMI CEC:Yes
• DOLBY VISION™ COMPATIBLE:Yes
• 360 REALITY AUDIO:Yes
• HDMI EARC:Dolby Digital,Dolby Digital Plus,Dolby TrueHD,Dolby Atmos,Dolby Dual mono,DTS,DTS HD High Resolution Audio,DTS HD Master Audio,DTS ES,DTS 96 / 24,DTS: X,IMAX ENHANCED²³²⁴,LPCM: 192kHz / 24bit
• HDMI INPUT:Dolby Digital,Dolby Digital Plus,Dolby TrueHD,Dolby Dual mono,DTS,DTS HD High Resolution Audio,DTS HD Master Audio,DTS ES,DTS 96 / 24,DTS: X,IMAX ENHANCED²¹²²,LPCM: 2ch / 5.1ch / 7.1ch,360 Reality Audio
• BLUETOOTH® COMMUNICATION (RECEIVER):AAC,SBC,LDAC
• SOUND MODE:Sound Field
• SOUND EFFECT:Night Mode,Voice Mode
   
• SOUND ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGY:DSEE Ultimate
• CALIBRATION:Yes
• SPEAKER STRUCTURE:7.0.2 ch (13 Speaker Units)
• BAR SPEAKER:HT-A9000
• Network Function:NETWORK FUNCTION:Spotify Connect,AirPlay
• Wireless Features:WIRELESS SURROUND (WITH OPTIONAL WIRELESS SPEAKERS):Yes
• SONY | BRAVIA CONNECT:Yes
• Function with Bravia:FUNCTION WITH BRAVIA:Acoustic Center Sync²⁵,Voice Zoom 3™²⁶²⁷,Quick Setting Menu
• POWER CONSUMPTION *APPROX:62W
• WALL-MOUNTABLE:Yes