Sony’s unique 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology delivers our widest ever surround sound Enjoy a wireless and flexible Home Theatre System to fit any living room Activate Sound Field Optimisation for an immersive listening experience specifically for your room Sony today introduces the HT-A9 – a new frontier of surround sound where you, your family and your friends can experience 360 Spatial Sound for an all-encompassing experience like never before. Sony’s unique 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology Feel sound from every direction with Sony’s revolutionary 360 Spatial Sound on the HT-A9. Sound Field Optimization ingeniously measures the relative height and position of each speaker and, based on positioning, synthesises the sound waves and creates up to twelve phantom speakers from just four speakers, resulting in 360 sound. Experience Sony’s widest ever sound field with the new HT-A9. Surrounded on all sides by phantom speakers within an optimised sound field, you’ll hear every animal roar and gust of wind with incredible intensity, it’s as if you are there in the scene. Thanks to the phantom speakers, the spatial sound field becomes wider and more enveloping. You can also experience cinematic surround sound from the comfort of your home with Dolby Atmos® and DTS:X® support on the HT-A9. Versatile layout for any kind of living room There’s no need to rearrange your furniture or precisely position your speakers. The HT-A9 uses dual microphones in each speaker to ingeniously measure their relative height and position with Sound Field Optimization. This allows the system to generate twelve phantom speakers at ideal position and completely encircle your room in immersive 360 spatial sound. To activate Sound Field Optimization, perform Easy Setup from the home menu on your TV screen at any time you want, whether that’s as soon as it’s set up or in a few months’ time. The four speakers connect wirelessly to the control box so there’s no speaker cables across your living room[1]. Innovative speaker design The HT-A9 is designed with leading-edge technologies to deliver the supreme sound quality required for 360 Spatial Sound Mapping. The speakers feature X-Balanced Speaker Units that are a unique rectangular shape to maximise the diaphragm area for richer bass and maintaining sound pressure and vocal clarity. The speakers also feature a new Wide Directivity Woofer that has reduced cavity effect by minimising the depth of its concave shape. This works with the 19mm Soft Dome Type Tweeter to reproduce clear, natural sound at high frequencies. Plus, with up-firing speakers sound is reflected off the ceiling for immersive overhead #audio. The speakers also feature bevelled edges to reduce sound diffraction. Hear extra deep bass with an optional subwoofer Adding an optional subwoofer to your system to handle low frequencies allows the system to reproduce sound with greater impact and power than before. Two models are available, designed to bring out deeper bass, more voice clarity and extra fidelity in everything you listen to. The SA-SW5 features 300W of deep, rich bass from a 180mm driver with passive radiator. The SA-SW3 features 200W of sound from a compact bass reflex subwoofer with a 160mm driver. Immerse yourself in supreme music quality The high-quality speaker units mean that you can immerse yourself in supreme music quality. You can enjoy music the way the artists truly intended with High-Resolution #audio, or discover a new way of listening with 360 Reality Audio[2] for a truly immersive music experience, as real as if you are there at a live concert, or with the artist recording in a studio. You can enjoy 360 Reality #audio on Amazon Music HD, Deezer, nugs.net and TIDAL[3]. The speakers also feature DSEE ExtremeTM, which uses Edge-AI to upscale compressed digital files in real time, which restores the high-range sound that is lost in compression for a richer, more complete listening experience. Simple set up Setup with the HT-A9 is simple and easy. The surround sound system is almost ready to go straight out the box - simply plug it in, connect to your TV using HDMI and power on[8]. The HT-A9 model will be priced at approximately €1,800 and available from September 2021. The SA-SW5 optional subwoofer will be priced at approximately €800 and available from July 2021 The SW-SW3 optional subwoofer will be priced at approximately €500 and available from July 2021