360 Spatial Sound that adapts to your environment
Our revolutionary 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology creates up to twelve phantom speakers from just four real speakers.
Watch our 360 Spatial Sound Mapping video
Want to try our 360 Spatial Sound Mapping video on your favourite devices? Just slip on your headphones and immerse yourself.
See what experts at Sony Pictures think of our new sound
In this video, two sound professionals from Sony Pictures Post Production Services talk about their experience with the HT-A9 and how 360 Spatial Sound Mapping brings movies to life.
BRAVIA XR and HT-A9 are great for playing Gran Turismo 7
The producer and creators of Gran Turismo, a popular racing game title, talk about their experience with BRAVIA XR TV and HT-A9.
360 Spatial Sound experience, like you are in the scene
Surrounded on all sides by multiple phantom speakers within an optimised sound field, you’ll hear every flap of wing and gust of wind with incredible intensity. It’s like you and your living room are inside the movie.
Versatile layout for any kind of living room
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, allowing the system to generate twelve phantom speakers and completely encircle your room in immersive spatial sound.
Connect wirelessly
Place the control box near the TV and link up via HDMI. The four speakers connect wirelessly to the control box so there’s no cables across your living space.
Sound Field Optimisation
Activate Sound Field Optimisation any time by performing Easy Setup from the home menu on the TV screen. The HT-A9 Home Theatre System intelligently measures the distance between speakers and ceiling for smart and easy set up.
Innovative speaker design
Our speakers are designed with leading-edge technologies to deliver the supreme sound quality and wide directivity required for 360 Spatial Sound Mapping.
Technology inside
- Up-firing speaker (X-Balanced Speaker Unit)
- Soft Dome Type Tweeter
- Wide Directivity Woofer (X-Balanced Speaker Unit)
- Dual microphones
Up-firing speaker (X-Balanced Speaker Unit)
This X-Balanced Speaker Unit reflects sound off the ceiling for immersive overhead audio.
Wide Directivity Woofer (X-Balanced Speaker Unit)
We have reduced the cavity effect of this new wide directivity X-Balanced woofer by minimising the depth of its concave shape.
X-Balanced Speaker Unit
The unique rectangular shape of these speakers maximises the diaphragm area for richer bass. It also reduces driver excursion while maintaining sound pressure, resulting in less distortion and greater vocal clarity.
19mm Soft Dome Type Tweeter
This 19mm Soft Dome Type Tweeter works with the woofer to reproduce clear, natural sound at mid to high frequencies.
Bevelled baffle edges
The baffle has been designed with bevelled edges to reduce sound diffraction at the sides of the speaker.
Immerse yourself in supreme music quality
Enjoy music the way the artists truly intended with High-Resolution Audio for crystal clear precision. Or discover a new way of listening with 360 Reality Audio for a truly immersive live concert or studio session experience. With the HT-A9 Home Theatre System, your music comes to life like never before.
Real-time restoration of all your compressed files
Using Edge-AI (Artificial Intelligence), DSEE Extreme (Digital Sound Enhancement Engine) upscales compressed digital music files in real time. Dynamically recognising instrumentation, musical genres, and individual elements of each song, such as vocals or interludes, it restores the high-range sound lost in compression for a richer, more complete listening experience.
Movies and games feel so real
See vivid scenes full of real life colour and depth. All of the original picture quality is preserved when played through the HT-A9 Home Theatre System so you’ll be completely immersed in movies. Gaming is also much more thrilling and realistic, with support for the latest formats, such as Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) and Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) in HDMI 2.1.
Enjoy an immersive gaming and movie experience
Enjoy immersive gaming and movie watching with optimised picture settings by Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode when connecting BRAVIA XR TVs and PlayStation through this product.
Hear extra deep bass with an optional subwoofer
Adding an optional subwoofer to your system to handle low frequencies allows the system to reproduce sounds 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.
Best with Sony TVs
Paired with BRAVIA TVs, the HT-A9 brings you the ultimate immersive audio-visual experience with our best picture and sound quality. It’s the perfect surround sound system for BRAVIA TVs.
Even more immersion with Acoustic Center Sync
When connected with the supplied cable to a BRAVIA TVs, the TV speaker plays the centre channel role in your Home Theatre System and part of the 360 Spatial Sound Mapping setup. This enables sound to precisely match what's on the screen for a truly immersive experience.
Effortless control with BRAVIA TVs
Everything links up perfectly when connected to the new range of BRAVIA TVs. Control sound settings and volume using only the TV remote and easily check the status of the audio system while watching favourite programmes. With an integrated UI, Home Theatre System settings automatically appear on the BRAVIA TVs Quick Setting menu.
Enjoy music with the whole family
Easily access popular music services like Spotify and stream all your favourite albums and playlists with both Chromecast and Apple AirPlay 2. Call your family over and get the party going.
Bluetooth connection
Stream music wirelessly from your smartphone, tablet or laptop with Bluetooth technology.
Wi-Fi streaming
Connect to the internet with built-in Wi-Fi or LAN and stream music from devices on your home network.
Spotify Connect
Play Spotify directly through your speaker using the Spotify Connect app on your device as a remote.
Chromecast built-in
Stream music, online radio and podcasts from your smartphone, tablet or laptop to your audio device. Just tap the Cast button.
Apple AirPlay 2
Share music from your favourite Apple devices to your Home Theatre System. All with a tap.
Voice control
The Home Theatre System is compatible with Google Assistant enabled devices with Chromecast built-in and Amazon Alexa enabled devices. Just add the HT-A9 to your speaker group using the Google Home app to start playing music, change the volume or many other functions using just your voice.
Omnidirectional Block Design
The HT-A9 is one of our latest home sound systems, designed using the Omnidirectional Block concept. The cylindrical shape represents a single solid block providing 360 spatial sound. It fits perfectly against the wall with a flat rear surface. The light pearl grey colour blends well with walls, shelves and other interior elements.
Set up in seconds
The HT-A9 is almost ready to go straight out of the box. Simply plug it in, 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.
Hear sound beyond boundaries. With our unique 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology, the HT-A9 immerses you, your family and friends in a multi-dimensional experience that takes movies and music to a whole new level.
Key Features:
- 360 Spatial Sound Mapping for a whole new surround experience
- Flexible layout with wireless connectivity
- Sound Field Optimisation for easy set up
- Immersive Audio Enhancement converts regular audio to Spatial Sound
- Multiple phantom speakers for immersive movies and music
Audio Formats
- HDMI input, 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, LPCM
- Bluetooth Communication (Receiver): AAC, SBC, LDAC
- Bluetooth Communication (Transmitter): SBC, LDAC
Eco and energy saving for control box
- Standby Mode Activated: After 20 minutes
- Networked Standby Mode Activated – Terminals: After 20 minutes (Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth)
- Wireless Network(s) On/Off Switch: To turn WiFi function and BT function each, press HOME button and select below. 1. [Setup] - [Advanced Settings] - [Network Settings] - [Wi-Fi Connection] - [On/Off] 2. [Setup] - [Advanced Settings] - [Bluetooth Settings] - [Bluetooth Mode] - [Receiver/Transmitter/Off]
- Power Consumption (Standby Mode): 0.5 W
- Power Consumption (Networked Standby Mode) – Terminals: 2.4 W (Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, all terminals and networks connected) Wi-Fi port has router function which can forward audio data to some other Sony audio product (SA-SW3,SA-SW5)
Eco and energy saving for active speakers
- Power Consumption (Off Mode): 0.5 W
- Power Consumption (Networked Standby Mode) – Terminals: 1 W (Wireless Sound Specification version 4.0, all terminals and networks connected)
- Standby Mode Activated: After 20 minutes
- Networked Standby Mode Activated – Terminals: After 20 minutes (Wireless Sound Specification version 4.0)
- Wireless Network(s) On/Off Switch: To switch wireless network on/ off, turns on/ off the speaker by switchng the Power button on the bottom
