Sony BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8
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Sony BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 Soundbar (HT-A8000)

The true sound of cinema

With four wireless speakers and 360 Spatial Sound Mapping, this flagship Home Theatre System brings the true sound of cinema home.

Cinematic sound for a wider audience

BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 combines physical and phantom speakers, creating a wider surround sound field that covers more of the room.

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Ultimate surround with 360 Spatial Sound Mapping

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.

Enjoy wider surround sound coverage

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.

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Unleash the full potential of 360 Spatial Sound Mapping

Add optional wireless rear speakers for an even more expansive sound stage. Working with the rear speakers, the Bar 8 creates up to 11 phantom speakers, including speakers behind you for that authentic cinema feel.

Sound straight from cinema

Bring authentic cinema surround sound quality to your living room. BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 not only supports industry-standard formats including Dolby Atmos® and DTS:X®, but also has IMAX® Enhanced certification.

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Upmix stereo content to surround sound

Sony's new upmixer delivers rich surround sound even from stereo content. Its innovative algorithm extracts and redistributes individual audio objects to immerse you in 3D sound. While upmixing, AI Sound Separation processing detects human voices and makes them sound clearer.

Makes everywhere the best seat

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 theatre surround sound.

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Optimised sound for maximum enjoyment

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.

Speaker placement made simple

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.

Calibrated to suit your room

No need to remodel your home to get movie theatre acoustics. Sound Field Optimization analyses your room's acoustic characteristics, then uses advanced signal processing to overwrite them with those of a movie theatre.

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The best seat is where you are

Enjoy quality surround sound wherever you're sitting. Just run calibration with the smartphone app, BRAVIA Connect, and BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 will detect your position in the room and optimise sound to suit.

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Outstanding acoustic performance with 11 speaker units

There’s more to great surround sound than signal processing alone. Your physical speakers need to deliver exceptional acoustic performance too – and BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 doesn’t disappoint.

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New 2-way speaker

Discover clear, wide surround sound from a single soundbar. The Bar 8 features a new 2-way speaker with added tweeters for front and centre, delivering wider surround sound and a precise sound image.

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Quad woofer delivers powerful bass

The Bar 8 may be slim but it delivers remarkably powerful, punchy bass thanks to a built-in quad woofer.

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Side speakers fill the space with sound

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 recognised by the algorithm contributes to the expansive sound too.

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Hear sound from overhead

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.

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X-Balanced Speaker Unit

The speakers’ unique rectangular shape maximises the diaphragm area for punchy bass. It also reduces driver excursion and maintains sound pressure, ensuring less distortion and greater vocal clarity.

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So easy to use

BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 makes surround sound simple. From initial set-up to smartphone control, it's all about minimum effort, maximum enjoyment.

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Do it all with BRAVIA Connect

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.

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Set up in seconds

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.

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Accessible for all

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.

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Space-saving design

The supplied spacer allows the soundbar to sit tidily over the TV stand for an integrated look that saves you space.

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With BRAVIA, home becomes cinema

Bring the emotion and excitement of a movie theatre home. Pair BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 with a BRAVIA TV for an unmatched audio-visual experience, immersing you in every scene as never before.

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TV and soundbar in perfect harmony

Step up to a completely cinematic experience. Acoustic Center Sync enables the Bar 8 to use your compatible BRAVIA as a centre speaker. So sound comes from the screen, adjusted as part of one integrated speaker system.

Crystal clear voice. Precise dialogue.

No more muffled voices. Combined with compatible BRAVIA, new Voice Zoom 3™ powered by AI machine learning recognises human voices and amplifies or reduces their volume so even faint dialogue sounds loud and clear.

Effortless control with BRAVIA

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.

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Experience more with the latest formats

Get the most out of all your entertainment. BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 supports the latest audio and visual formats, taking movies, games and music to a whole new level.

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Movies feel so real

With its HDMI 2.1 capability, BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 ensures the original picture quality of any source is preserved, right up to 8K HDR.

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An immersive gaming experience

Lose yourself in gaming. Enjoy immersive overhead sound with the PlayStation®5 console, optimised 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.

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Lose yourself in supreme music quality

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.

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From cinema to music venue

Give your music the sound stage it deserves. With BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 it's easy to stream your favourite tracks and enjoy every detail in high-quality upmixed sound.

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Stream music from your favourite services

It's not all about movies. You can also enjoy music in high-quality upmixed sound. Built-in support for Spotify Connect™ and Apple AirPlay lets you play all your favourite tracks.

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Bluetooth® connection

Stream audio content wirelessly. Bluetooth® technology makes it easy to enjoy music, podcasts and more from your smartphone, tablet or laptop.

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DSEE Ultimate

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.

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Environment in mind

Sony’s home audio products are designed not only for excellent sound experience but also with the environment in mind. Sony are committed to using less virgin plastic in our products and packaging.

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Serious about sound and the environment

Sony Home Audio products utilise recycled plastics to reduce the amount of virgin plastic used. The choice of material affects sound quality in particular, so Sony have spent years developing a unique recycled plastic that is both environmentally conscious and conducive to creating high-quality audio products.

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Developing recycled plastic

The reclaimed plastic is removed of any films or coatings, and then used as a base material. Aiming for uncompromising audio quality, Sony tested a wide variety of combinations to determine the best possible solution for audio products.

[1] Discs [2] Water bottles [3] Shredding [4] Recycled polycarbonate plastic [5] Blending virgin plastic, other additives [6] Pellets

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Reducing virgin plastic use in soundbars

The new soundbar utilises recycled plastic for various components. As a result, it uses approximately 65% less virgin plastic than the previous model.

[1] 2021 model [2] 2024 model

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Recycled fabric

The fabric used in Sony products, such as the BRAVIA Theatre Bar 9 and BRAVIA Theatre Quad, is recycled from PET bottles. The material was carefully selected for optimum sound quality, design, texture, and colour.

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Eco-conscious packaging

Sony are working to reduce the amount of plastic used in packaging by utilising recycled paper materials for cushioning and inserts, and by using paper-based handles.

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Reduction of virgin plastic in new soundbar cartons

The packaging carton for the new soundbar uses 95% less virgin plastic than the previous model2. Sony also reduced the amount of printing, resulting in a 60% reduction in the amount of ink used. The aim is for packaging that is both environmentally conscious, durable, and beautifully designed without compromising functionality.

[1] 2021 model [2] 2024 model

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Sony’s Original Blended Material

Sony continue to expand the use of environmentally conscious paper material, Original Blended Material, for the packaging of HT-AX7. Original Blended Material is an environmentally conscious paper material made from bamboo, sugarcane fibres, and post-consumer recycled paper.

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Size & Weight

bar speaker (WxHxD) mm1100 x 64 x 113
bar speaker (WxHxD) inch43 3/8 x 2 5/8 x 4 1/2
bar speaker (kg)4.7
bar speaker (oz)10 lb 6 oz

Amplifier

Digital AmplifierYes
S-Master HXYes
Number of Channel11ch

Interface

Wi-fi methodYes
IEEE802.11 versiona/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth® communication(RX / TX)*1 RX/-
Bluetooth® version*1 5.2

HDMI

Number of Input/Output1 / 1 (eARC/ARC)
eARCYes
4K/60p/YUV4:4:4Yes
HDRYes
Dolby VisionYes
HLG (hybrid log gamma)Yes
HDCP2.2Yes
BRAVIA SyncYes
HDMI CECYes

AUDIO FORMATS

Dolby DigitalYes
Dolby Digital PlusYes
Dolby TrueHDYes
Dolby Digital Plus/AtmosYes
Dolby TrueHD/AtmosYes
Dolby Dual monoYes
DTSYes
DTS HD High Resolution AudioYes
DTS HD Master AudioYes
DTS ESYes
DTS 96/24Yes
DTS:XYes
LPCM2ch/5.1ch/7.1ch
LPCM fs192kHz/24bit
Dolby DigitalYes
Dolby Digital PlusYes
Dolby TrueHDYes
Dolby AtmosYes
Dolby Dual monoYes
DTSYes
DTS HD High Resolution AudioYes
DTS HD Master AudioYes
DTS ESYes
DTS 96/24Yes
DTS:XYes
LPCM192kHz/24bit
AACYes
SBCYes
LDACYes

Sound Function

Night ModeYes
Voice ModeYes
Dolby Speaker VirtualYes

Speaker layout

Speaker Structure11 units
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Network Function

Spotify ConnectYes

Wireless Features

Wireles Surround (with optional wireless speakers)Yes

Details

Power Consumption(On Operation) *approx60W

What's in the box

model nameRHT-AH513U
Batteries for remote commanderYes
HDMI CableYes
AC CordYes
Wall mounting bracketYes
Wall mounting templateYes
Warranty CardYes

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