- Sony unveils Bravia Theater Bar 7 9-speaker, 5.0.2-channel soundbar for $869 / £699
- Also the 3.1-channel Bravia Theater Bar 5 with wireless sub for $349 / £399
- Two wireless subs and wireless rear Atmos speakers also revealed
Sony has launched two new soundbars, along with new accompanying subwoofers and rear speakers.
The Bravia Theater 7 is a nine-speaker 5.0.2-channel all-in-one soundbar with dedicated up-firing and side-firing drivers and automatic room calibration. It’s very much in line to be a competitor to the Sonos Arc Ultra, but it has a lot of key features that the Sonos lacks.
It supports Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, IMAX Enhanced – the latter two not supported by Sonos. It also has HDMI pass-through with 4K/120Hz and Dolby Vision support, and again the Sonos Arc Ultra lacks any HDMI pass-through.
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There is also Bluetooth 6.0 with LDAC, Wi-Fi 6, and the Bar 7 has Spotify Connect and Apple AirPlay 2.
You can also expand the new Sony with the new Bravia Theater Sub 8 smaller subwoofer, the larger dual-driver Theater Sub 9 and the Bravia Theater Rear 9 speakers, which feature large upward-firing 80mm drivers for more immersive spatial sound.
Sony Bravia Theater Bar 5
The second soundbar, Bravia Theater Bar 5, is a 3.1-channel model with included wireless subwoofer. It also supports Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, and it also comes with Sony’s virtual surround technologies: Virtual Surround Engine for virtual spatial sound and S-Force Pro, which emulates side-firing speakers for a wider sound field.
The new soundbars are designed to work with Bravia TV and the Bravia Connect app, which allows you to control your home theater setup from your phone.
Both new soundbars are priced sharply. The Bravia Theater Bar 5 costs $349.99 / £399 and the Bravia Theater Bar 7 costs $869 / £699. Australian pricing and availability haven’t been confirmed yet: the products are listed on Sony’s Australian website, but pricing hasn’t been announced at the time of writing.
The Bravia Theater Sub 9 has an official price of $899 / £899; The Theater Sub 8 costs $499 / £649 and the Theater Rear 9 speakers cost $749 / £699. All the new products are available for pre-order now and we have a review coming up for Theater Bar 7 so watch this space.
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