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SONY HT-A9 surround system

360 Spatial Sound that adapts to your environment

Revolutionary 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology creates up to twelve phantom speakers from just four real speakers. 

$2,450.00
Experience ultra wide 360 Spatial Sound

An ultra wide listening area fills every part of your living space so your family and friends get the same sound experience. The listening area is not limited to the front of the TV but encompasses a much wider space. 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.

 

 

Sound Field Optimization

Activate Sound Field Optimization 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. 

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.

Hear extra deep bass with an optional sub woofer 

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, such as:

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. 

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.

 

Features
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.

 

Technology inside

1 - Up-firing speaker (X-Balanced Speaker Unit)
2 - Soft Dome Type Tweeter
3 - Wide Directivity Woofer (X-Balanced Speaker Unit)
4 - Dual microphones

 

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.

 

Sound perfectly matches action

With Acoustic Center Sync, you'll hear dialogue from exactly where the character is standing in the scene. Action and sound are precisely aligned so your viewing becomes much more immersive.

 

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.

 

Everyone has the best seat in the houseWith a super wide listening area, all the family can enjoy the full music streaming experience, even if they’re sitting out to the sides.

Enjoy movies like never before with spatial sound 

A clever algorithm adds overhead, all-encompassing sound to conventional surround soundtracks and even stereo audio, converting everything you listen to into immersive 360 Spatial Sound experiences. Just press the Immersive AE button on the remote to activate.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Make your whole living room an immersive family place

Ultra wide surround sound on the HT-A9 makes stay-at-home movie time with your family more thrilling and entertaining than ever.

  • 360 Spatial Sound Mapping for a whole new surround experience

  • Flexible layout with wireless connectivity

  • Sound Field Optimization for easy set up

  • Immersive Audio Enhancement converts regular audio to Spatial Sound

  • Multiple phantom speakers for immersive movies and music

Specification

 

Amplifier

Amplifier Type:
Digital Amplifier, S-master HX

Power output (total):
504W

Amplifier Chanels:
12Ch

Interface

Input and Output Terminals:
USB typeA(FW Update only), Ethernet, S-Center Out

BLUETOOTH
RX(receiver)/TX(transmitter)

IEEE802.11 VERSION
IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

HDCP2.2
Yes

HDMI 
 
 

NUMBER OF INPUT/OUTPUT
1 / 1 (eARC/ARC)

HDR
Yes

DOLBY VISION™ COMPATIBLE
Yes

HLG (HYBRID LOG GAMMA)

Yes

VRR (VARIABLE REFRESH RATE)
Yes

ALLM (AUTO LOW LATENCY MODE)
Yes

BRAVIA SYNC

Yes

HDMI CEC
Yes

EARC
Yes

4K/60P/YUV4:4:4
Yes

Audio Formats

HDMI INPUT
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

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(RECEIVER)
AAC, SBC, LDAC

BLUETOOTH(TRANSMITTER)
SBC, LDAC

Sound Function

SOUND MODE
Auto Sound, Cinema, Music, Standard

SOUND EFFECT
Night Mode, Voice Mode, Immersive Audio Enhancement

VIRTUAL SURROUND TECHNOLOGY
360 Spatial Sound Mapping, Dolby Surround, Nural:X

Network Function

NETWORK FUNCTION
Chromecast built-in, Spotify Connect, Music Service Button, Google Home, Works with Google Assistant

Details

POWER CONSUMPTION
Control Box 15W / Speaker 22W

Features for Playstation 5

AUTO HDR TONE MAPPING COMPATIBLE (PASS-THROUGH)
Yes

AUTO GENRE PICTURE MODE COMPATIBLE (PASS-THROUGH)
Yes