SONY 500 Watts HT-A9 High Performance Home Theater System

A new frontier of surround sound

Immerse yourself in a multi-dimensional audio experience with the HT-A9 Home Theater System. Unique 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology calibrates sound to your room for an environment that seems to expand beyond the walls.

360 Spatial Sound experience, like you are in the scene

Surrounded on all sides by multiple phantom speakers within an optimized sound field, you’ll hear every flap of wing and gust of wind with incredible intensity. It’s like you and your living room are inside the movie.

Flexible layout for any situation

Reduce clutter and enjoy a simple setup without a need for extra cables. HT-A9’s speakers wirelessly connect to the control box, allowing you to place them anywhere in the room. Sound Field Optimization allows you to have the speakers at different heights and distances and will measure the position of each speaker to create the best sound for your room.

Connect wirelessly

Place the control box near the TV and link up via HDMI. The four speakers connect wirelessly to the control box so there’s no cables across your living space.

Sound Field Optimization

Activate Sound Field Optimization any time by performing Easy Setup from the home menu on the TV screen. The HT-A9 Home Theater System intelligently measures the distance between speakers and ceiling for smart and easy set up.

Movies and games feel so real

Support for 8K, 4K/120 passthrough, and Dolby Vision brings vivid visuals and quality sound to shows, movies, and fast paced video game play.

Enjoy an immersive gaming and movie experience

Enjoy immersive gaming and movie watching with optimized picture settings by Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode when connecting BRAVIA XRTM TVs and PlayStaion®5 through this product with firmware update released Spring 2022.

Immerse yourself in supreme music quality

Enjoy music the way the artists truly intended with High-Resolution Audio for crystal clear precision. Or discover a new way of listening with 360 Reality Audio for a truly immersive live concert or studio session experience. With the HT-A9 Home Theater System, your music comes to life like never before.

Effortless control with BRAVIA TVs

Everything links up perfectly when connected to the new range of BRAVIA XR™ TVs. Control sound settings and volume using only the TV remote and easily check the status of the audio system while watching favorite programs. With an integrated UI, Home Theater System settings automatically appear on the BRAVIA TVs Quick Setting menu.

Voice control

Connect to your home’s other devices with Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa

Set up in seconds

The HT-A9 is almost ready to go straight out of the box. Simply plug it in, 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.

Hear extra deep bass with an optional 300 watts subwoofer SA-SW5

Adding an optional subwoofer(SA-SW5) to your system to handle low frequencies allows the system to reproduce sounds with greater impact and power than before. Two models are available, designed to bring out deeper bass, more voice clarity and extra fidelity in everything you listen to.

QUICK FEATURES

SPECS

Interface

• Input and Output Terminals: USB typeA(FW Update only), Ethernet, S-Center Out
• Bluetooth: RX(receiver)/TX(transmitter)
• HDCP2.2: Yes

HDMI

• Number of Input/Output: 1 / 1 (eARC/ARC)
• eARC: Yes
• 4K/60p/YUV4:4:4: Yes
• HDR: Yes
• Dolby Vision™ Compatible: Yes
• HLG (hybrid log gamma): Yes
• BRAVIA Sync: Yes
• HDMI CEC: Yes

Audio Formats

• HDMI input: Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital plus, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Dual mono, DTS, DTS HD High Resolution Audio, DTS HD Master Audio, DTS ES, DTS 96/24, DTS:X, LPCM
• HDMI eARC: Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital plus, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Dual mono, DTS, DTS HD High Resolution Audio, DTS HD Master Audio, DTS ES, DTS 96/24, DTS:X, LPCM
• Bluetooth(Receiver): AAC, SBC, LDAC
• Bluetooth(Transmitter): SBC, LDAC

Sound Function

• Sound Mode: Auto Sound, Cinema, Music
• Sound Effect: Night Mode, Voice Mode, Immersive Audio Enhancement
• Virtual Surround Technology: 360 Spatial Sound Mapping, Dolby Surround, Nural:X

Speaker Layout

• Speaker Structure: 4.0.4ch

Network Function

• Network Function: Chromecast built-in, Spotify Connect, Music Service Button, Google Home, Works with Google Assistant

Features for PlayStation®5

• Features for PlayStation®5: AUTO TONE HDR MAPPING compatible (Pass-through)* AUTO GENRE PICTURE MODE compatible (Pass-through)* *Requires firmware update released Spring 2022

Amplifier

• Amplifier Type: Digital Amplifier, S-Master HX
• Amplifier Channels: 12ch
• Power Output (Total): 500W

Power

• Power Consumption: Control Box 15W / Speaker 22W