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Sony Bravia Theatre Bar 9 Flagship Soundbar: 13-Speaker Acoustic Beam Spatial Testing

Acoustic room mapping with Sony's 13-driver soundbar: side beam tweeters, up-firing Dolby Atmos speakers, and 360 Spatial Sound Mapping phantom speaker synthesis.

Victoria Sterling
Victoria Sterling
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Sony Bravia Theatre Bar 9 Flagship Soundbar: 13-Speaker Acoustic Beam Spatial Testing
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Acoustic room mapping with Sony's 13-driver soundbar: side beam tweeters, up-firing Dolby Atmos speakers, and 360 Spatial Sound Mapping phantom speaker synthesis.

Home Theater Lab: Sony’s Bravia Theatre Bar 9 redefines single-unit home cinema acoustics, utilizing 13 discrete amplifier channels and beam tweeters to synthesize phantom surround speakers that sound like they are positioned behind the listener.

Acoustic Center Sync with Bravia TVs

When paired with a compatible Sony Bravia OLED television, the TV’s internal speakers act as the center dialogue channel, perfectly positioning movie vocals at screen height.

360 Spatial Sound Mapping Calibration

Using the companion smartphone app, built-in room correction microphones calculate sound reflection delays off side walls and ceilings to customize Atmos immersion for asymmetrical living rooms.

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