Sony HT-A8000 Bravia Theater Bar 8

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Sony HT-A8000 Bravia Theater Bar 8 - Black - 11 Speakers - 90 Watts RMS - Bluetooth 5.2

New 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology with 11 speaker units delivers immersive surround sound to a wider area, so everyone can share the experience. BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 combines physical and phantom speakers, creating a wider surround sound field that covers more of the room. 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. 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. Bring authentic cinema surround sound quality to your living room. BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 not only supports industry-standard formats including Dolby Atmos and DTS: X, but also has IMAX Enhanced certification. Sony's new up mixer delivers rich surround sound even from stereo content. Its innovative algorithm extracts and redistributes individual audio objects to immerse you in 3D sound. While up mixing, AI Sound Separation processing detects human voices and makes them sound clearer. It doesn't matter which seat you're in. It doesn't even matter what your room's acoustics are like. Sound Field Optimization lets everyone experience movie theater surround sound. We've made surround sound simple. Sound Field Optimization not only calibrates sound based on speaker position, it also takes your room's acoustics into account, and your listening position too. Adding rear speakers? Don't worry about finding the perfect position. Sound Field Optimization calibrates sound based on their location and uses phantom speakers to fill any gaps in the surround stage. No need to remodel your home to get movie theater acoustics. Sound Field Optimization analyses your room's acoustic characteristics, then uses advanced signal processing to overwrite them with those of a movie theater. Enjoy quality surround sound wherever you're sitting. Just run calibration with smartphone app, BRAVIA Connect, and BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 will detect your position in the room and optimize sound to suit. There's more to great surround sound than signal processing alone. Your physical speakers need to deliver exceptional acoustic performance too - and BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 doesn't disappoint. Discover clear, wide surround sound from a single soundbar. The Bar 8 features a new 2-way speaker with added tweeters for front and center, delivering wider surround sound and a precise sound image. The Bar 8 may be slim but it delivers remarkably powerful, punchy bass thanks to a built-in quad woofer. Side speakers reflect wide directional sound off the walls, filling your entire room with expansive sound and giving entertainment a real sense of drama and scale. The ambient sound recognized by the algorithm contributes to the expansive sound too. Up-firing speakers reflect sound off the ceiling for immersive overhead audio. 360 Spatial Sound Mapping creates phantom ceiling speakers for even more atmospheric sound. The speakers unique rectangular shape maximizes the diaphragm area for punchy bass. It also reduces driver excursion and maintains sound pressure, ensuring less distortion and greater vocal clarity. Bring the emotion and excitement of a movie theater home. Pair BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 with a BRAVIA TV for an unmatched audio-visual experience, immersing you in every scene as never before. Step up to a completely cinematic experience. Acoustic Center Sync enables the Bar 8 to use your compatible BRAVIA as a center speaker. So, sound comes from the screen, adjusted as part of one integrated speaker system. No more muffled voices. Combined with compatible BRAVIA, the new Voice Zoom 3 powered by AI machine learning recognizes human voices and amplifies or reduces their volume so even faint dialogue sounds loud and clear. 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. Get the most out of all your entertainment. BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 supports the latest audio and visual formats, taking movies, games and music to a whole new level. With its HDMI 2.1 capability, BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 ensures the original picture quality of any source is preserved, right up to 8K HDR. Lose yourself in gaming. Enjoy immersive overhead sound with the PlayStation 5 console, optimized 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. Give your music the sound stage it deserves. With BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 it's easy to stream your favorite tracks and enjoy every detail in high-quality up mixed sound. It's not all about movies. You can also enjoy music in high-quality up mixed sound. Built-in support for Spotify Connect and Apple AirPlay lets you play all your favorite tracks. Stream audio content wirelessly. Bluetooth technology makes it easy to enjoy music, podcasts and more from your smartphone, tablet or laptop. 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. 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. BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 makes surround sound simple. From initial set-up to smartphone control, it's all about minimum effort, maximum enjoyment. 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. Simply plug in the Bar 8, 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. 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. The supplied spacer allows the soundbar to sit tidily over the TV stand for an integrated look that saves you space.

Model Number	HT-A8000
Product Name	Sony HT-A8000 Bravia Theater Bar 8
Product Type	Soundbar
Color	Black
Bluetooth Communication (Receiver)	AAC, SBC, LDAC
Firmware Update	Yes
Control Features	CIS IP Control: Yes
Controller Connectivity	Certification (Crestron/Control4/Savant): Yes, Certification (IHIJI): Yes
Function with BRAVIA	Acoustic Center, Voice Zoom, Quick Setting Menu
Display	LED indicator: Yes, LED Indicator OFF Mode: Yes
Button on Main Unit	Power: Yes
HDMI	Number of Input/Output: 1 / 1 (eARC/ARC), eARC: Yes, 3D pass through: Yes, 4K/60p/YUV4:4:4: Yes, 8K/60 YUV 4-2-0 10bit (Non compression): Yes, 4K/120 YUV4-4-4 10bit (Non compression): Yes, HDR: Yes, Dolby Vision: Yes, HLG (hybrid log gamma): Yes
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Speaker Terminal	S-Center out: Yes
Network Service	Spotify Connect, AirPlay 2
Power Consumption	Power Consumption(On Operation) approx.: 60 Watts, Power Consumption(On Standby mode) approx.: Less than 0.5 Watts, Power consumption(Bluetooth standby mode) approx.: Less than 2.3 Watts Power consumption(Network standby mode) approx.: Less than 2.3 Watts
Power Supply	Power Requirement: 120 Volts, Power frequency: 60 Hertz
Power Cable Length	Bar Speaker (Millimeter): 1600
Plug Details	AC plug type: A
Power Setting	Auto Standby: Yes, Network / Bluetooth Standby Mode: Yes
Shop Front Mode	Built in Demo, USB Playback Demo, DEMO mode(1/2/3/4)
Sound Mode	Sound Field: Yes
Sound Effect	Night Mode: Yes, Voice Mode: Yes
Sound Adjustment	Subwoofer volume: Yes(w Option Woofer), Bass level: Yes, AV Sync: Yes, Rear Speaker volume: Yes(w Option Rear), Advanced Auto Volume(AAV): Yes, Audio DRC: Yes, Mute: Yes, Rear level: Yes
Sound Enhancement	DSEE Ultimate: Yes
Surround	Dolby Speaker Virtual: Yes, Dolby Surround: Yes, Neural:X: Yes
DCAC Feature	Sound Field Optimization: Yes, mic for DCAC: Yes(built-in)
Speaker Structure	11 Units
Speaker Unit (Side)	Number of speaker: 2, Enclosure Type: Acoustic suspension, Unit size (mm): 46 x 54, Unit size (inch): 1 13/16 x 2 1/4, Driver Unit: cone, X-Balanced Speaker Unit: Yes
Easy Setup	Yes (BCA)
Woofer	Number of speaker: 2, Enclosure Type: Acoustic suspension, Unit size (mm): 45 x 90, Unit size (inch): 1 13/16 x 3 5/8, Driver Unit: cone, X-Balanced Speaker Unit: Yes
Tweeter	Number of speaker: 2, Unit size (mm): 10, Unit size (inch): 13/32, Driver Unit: soft dome
Upfiring Speaker	Upfiring Speaker: 2, Unit size (mm): 46 x 54, Unit size (inch): 1 13/16 x 2 1/4, Driver Unit: cone, X-Balanced Speaker Unit: Yes
Speaker Grill (Bar)	Bar grill type: fixed, Front Grille Material: Fabric
Speaker Unit (Center)	Woofer: Number of speaker: 2, Enclosure Type: Acoustic suspension, Unit size (mm): 45 x 90, Unit size (inch): 1 13/16 x 3 5/8, Driver Unit: cone, X-Balanced Speaker Unit: Yes, Tweeter: Number of speaker: 1, Unit size (mm): 22, Unit size (inch): 7/8, Driver Unit: soft dome
Wireless Surround	Yes
Amplifier Type	Digital Amplifier: Yes, S-Master HX: Yes
Number of Channel	11
Bluetooth Communication (RX / TX)	RX/-
A2DP	Yes
AVRCP	Yes
Bluetooth Version	Bluetooth 5.2
Bluetooth Standby	Yes
Sony	BRAVIA Connect|Sony | Home Entertainment Connect via Wi-Fi: Yes
High Resolution Audio	Yes
360 Reality Audio	Yes
HDMI Input	DTS 96/24: Yes, DTS:X: Yes, IMAX ENHANCED: future update, LPCM: 2ch/5.1ch/7.1ch, LPCM fs: -192kHz/24bit, MPEG-H 3D Audio BL profile(Level3/Level4): Yes, 360 Reality Audio: Yes
HDMI ARC	Dolby Digital: Yes, Dolby Digital Plus: Yes, Dolby Digital Plus/Atmos: Yes, Dolby Dual mono: Yes, DTS: Yes, DTS 96/24: Yes, LPCM 2ch: Yes, LPCM fs: 48kHz/24bit
HDMI eARC	DTS ES: Yes, DTS 96/24: Yes, DTS:X: Yes, IMAX ENHANCED: future update, LPCM: 192 kHz / 24 bit
Remote Commander	Model Name: RHT-AH513U, Batteries for remote commander: Yes
Cable	TV center speaker mode cable, HDMI Cable, AC Cord
Instruction Manual / Reference Guide	English(US) or English(GB): Yes, French or French(CA): Yes, Spanish or Spanish(LA): Yes
Others	Wall mounting bracket: Yes, Wall mounting template: Yes, Foot: Yes
Interface	HDMI: HDCP2.2: Yes, HDCP2.3: Yes, 18Gbps: Yes, 40Gbps: Yes, x.v.Color (xvYCC): Yes, HDMI control: Yes, Scene Select Sync: Yes, Home Theater Control: Yes, BRAVIA Sync: Yes, HDMI CEC: Yes, HDMI standby through: Yes
Features	Crystal Clear Clarity, Dolby Vision, High-Resolution Audio
Enclosure Type	Sealed
Passive Radiators	2
Amplifier Output	495 Watts
HDR Support	Yes, HDR10/Dolby Vision/Hybrid Log Gamma
Mobile App Compatible	Yes: Android & iOS, App Name: BRAVIA Connect, Functionality: Adjust Settings, Remote Control, Setup
Dimensions	Width 1100 x Height 64 x Depth 113 Inches
Weight	10 lbs.

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