About The Sony Bravia Theatre Bar 8 Dolby Atmos Soundbar
A sleek soundbar, bursting with sonic talent, the Sony Bravia Theatre Bar 8 HT-A8000 is the stylish solution to give your Bravia TV a cinematic boost.
Sight and Sound in Harmony, with Bravia TV: Designed to suit your Bravia TV's sound and style, the Sony Bravia Theatre Bar 8 transforms the listening experience. Featuring Acoustic Centre Sync, the soundbar works with your compatible Bravia TV's own speakers, helping to firmly locate what you see with what you hear, while letting the soundbar's speakers create the soundtrack, special effects and more. The Bravia Theatre Bar 8 doesn't just sound perfect with your Bravia TV, thanks to the space saving design, it looks it, too. Place the soundbar on the TV's feet and you get an integrated and seamless style.
Spacious, Room-Filling Sound from a Single Soundbar: With an impressive 11 speakers onboard, this premium Sony soundbar has little trouble in filling your room with sound. Not content with this, however, Sony's innovative 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology uses sophisticated algorithms to create phantom speakers all around your room, reflecting the sound in such a way as to make you feel surrounded by sound.
Optional Rear Speakers Optimise 360 Spatial Sound to its Full Potential: You can take 360 Sound Mapping to its full potential by adding wireless rear speakers. Add the optional SA-RS3S or RS5S rear speakers and the phantom speaker count increases from five to 11, giving a heightened feeling of being at the centre of the action.
Top Quality Speaker Array Including Quad Woofers: For clarity and a full-bodied sound, the Sony Bravia Theatre Bar 8 comes equipped with new 2-way speakers. Separate tweeters for the front channels enhance top-end clarity, letting the woofers concentrate on the mid-range vocals. At the bottom end, quad woofers and passive radiators deliver a significant boost to the bass.
Take the Next Step, with an Optional Subwoofer: Although the Bravia Theatre Bar 8 features quad subwoofers built-in, for bass that you can really feel, you can upgrade with the optional SA-SW3 or SA-SW5 subs. These take the bass to completely new level, introducing rumble and thunder to the soundtrack, keeping you on the edge of your seat. Wireless connectivity cuts the clutter.
X-Balanced Speakers for Optimised Sound: Sony's X-Balanced speaker units differ from regular speakers in their unique, rectangular shape. This shape maximises the cone area, giving more punch per cm2. The design also reduces driver excursion, meaning you get less distortion and greater vocal clarity. Whether you're playing music or movies, X-Balanced speakers deliver more.
The Thrill of Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, from a Single Soundbar: Featuring an 11-speaker array, this Sony soundbar has all angles covered – making it the perfect partner for Dolby Atmos and DTS:X material. Left, right and centre speakers at the front are matched with side speakers for an enveloping sound that wraps around you. The quad subwoofers provide the hair-raising intensity demanded by action movies. Up-firing speakers complete the Dolby Atmos/DTS:X speaker array, giving a three dimensional height to the soundstage.
Sound Field Optimisation for Easy Placement and Room Calibration: With Sony's Sound Field Optimisation, you get the perfect sound for your room – whatever the natural acoustics. If you choose to add rear speakers, the system also accommodates this, using the phantom speaker technology to fill any gaps within the soundstage. For sound that's optimised to your seating position, use the Bravia Connect smartphone app to adjust the soundbar's audio output to best suit you.
Hi-Res Sound, plus DSEE Enhancement: Compatibility with Hi-Res sound gives you 'better than CD sound' from high-resolution music files. Stream over Wi-Fi and enjoy the highest sound quality from your DSD, FLAC and WAV files. DSEE Digital Sound Enhancement Engine upscales your existing music to near Hi-Res quality, squeezing out every last drop of detail.
Stream your Music with Wireless Bluetooth, AirPlay 2 and Spotify: More than just a boost for your TV's sound, the Sony HT-A8000 soundbar also makes a handy speaker for your music. Built-in Spotify Connect (premium Spotify account required) lets you seamlessly listen to all your favourites from this popular music streaming app. AirPlay 2 compatibility makes it easy to connect to your Apple device and stream audio directly from it. For a quick and easy link with almost any smartphone or tablet, Bluetooth connectivity is also included.
Expand your TV's audio horizons, with the Sony Bravia Theatre Bar 8.
Our Take
The Sony Bravia Theatre Bar 8 HT-A8000 is a sleek soundbar designed to enhance your Bravia TV's audio and style, creating a cinematic experience at home. With 11 onboard speakers and Sony's 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology, it fills your room with immersive sound, making you feel surrounded by audio. The soundbar works harmoniously with your Bravia TV through Acoustic Centre Sync, aligning audio with visuals for a seamless experience. Its innovative design features X-Balanced speakers and quad woofers for clear, rich sound. Optional rear speakers and subwoofers further elevate the audio experience, providing room-filling bass and enhanced surround sound. With Dolby Atmos and DTS:X compatibility, plus wireless streaming via Bluetooth, AirPlay 2, and Spotify Connect, the Sony Bravia Theatre Bar 8 offers a comprehensive upgrade for your home entertainment system.
Main Features & Specifications
- Design: Powered Sound Bar with support for Dolby Atmos and DTS:X
- Model Number: Bravia Theatre Bar 8 HT-A8000
- Designed to complement Sony Bravia TVs
- 11 built-in speakers powered by a built-in 495 Watt amplifier
- Four front firing woofers and three front tweeters with a dedicated centre channel
- Two side-firing drivers for surround effects
- Two up-firing drivers for overhead effects
- Four passive radiators for deep bass
- X-Balanced rectangular woofer design helps the front speakers, up-firing speakers, and side-firing speakers deliver punchier bass and better clarity
- 360 Spatial Sound Mapping: simulates multiple "phantom speakers" to make you feel like the sound is coming from every direction, using just the sound bar or with optional surrounds
- Integration with Sony Bravia TVs automatically adds your sound bar settings to the TV's Quick Settings menu
- Acoustic Centre Sync 2.0 lets the bar and a compatible Sony Bravia TV work together to reproduce dialogue and other centre channel sounds
- Requires an additional stereo mini connection (cable included)
- DSEE Ultimate™ uses artificial intelligence to upscale compressed digital files in real time
- 360 Reality Audio delivers an immersive music listening experience with compatible music streaming services (subscription may be required)
- Sound Field Optimization calibrates your sound to match the room, the bar's placement, and your listening position (requires Bravia Connect mobile app)
- Compatible with optional SA-RS3S or SA-RS5 wireless rear speakers for true surround sound (sold separately)
- Compatible with optional SA-SW3 or SA-SW5 wireless subwoofers for powerful bass (sold separately)
- Support for IMAX Enhanced via future update when paired with optional rear speakers and subwoofer (sold separately)
- Plays high-res audio files
Smart Features
- Control the sound bar, adjust your audio settings, and more with the Sony Bravia Connect mobile app
- Built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for wireless music streaming from compatible devices
- Built-in Spotify® Connect for music streaming
- Apple AirPlay 2 lets you easily stream from iOS® devices
- Control the sound bar with your voice using a Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa device
Connections
- 1 HDMI 2.1 input, 1 output
- Supports enhanced Audio Return Channel (eARC)
- 8K/60Hz and 4K/120Hz video passthrough with support for Dolby Vision and HDR10
- HDMI passthrough supports gaming features like VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) and ALLM (Auto Low Latency)
- Perfect for PS5® — passthrough support for Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode
General
- Included Accessories: Remote Control, Batteries, Wall Mount Template, Wall Mount Bracket, HDMI Cable (4K, 8K Transmission Supported), TV Centre Speaker Mode Cable, AC Power Cable, Reference Guide
- Dimensions (WxHxD): 1,100 x 64 x 113mm
- Weight: 4.7 kg
- Manufacturer's Warranty: 1 Year
Note: Features & Specifications Subject To Change Without Notice. E&OE.