Sony launches Bravia Theater Quad HT-A9 MK2 wireless surround home theater system, with a thin design that makes it easier to integrate into home spaces#Surround speakers (214059)

2024-04-17 16:00:00

Sony announced the new wireless surround home theater system Bravia Theater Quad HT-A9 MK2. Compared with the previous generation product, it focuses more on integrating the product line with Bravia TVs and adding the product line to the Bravia family. Compared with the previous generation HT-A9 , HT-A9 MK2 adopts a newly designed thin surround speaker design, which is easier to place in home space and improves connection quality. It also combines digital acoustic technology to provide better 360 mixed liter space heating technology, and through Voice Zoom 3 Technology can enhance or reduce vocal effects in films.

Bravia Theater Quad HT-A9 MK2 will be launched in Taiwan on April 23, 2024, with a recommended price of 74,900 yuan

▲HT-A9 MK2 host

▲HT-A9 MK2 supports 8K input and output

HT-A9 MK2 focuses on “Cinema is coming home, from lens to living room”. Combined with BRAVIA TV, it can make the images and audio of watching movies at home feel like being in a theater, and emphasizes that it can restore the atmosphere that the movie creators want to show; HT-A9 MK2 The compact and square host is equipped with 4 surround speakers. The host’s HDMI interface supports 8K video signals. Combining the 4 surround speakers with virtual acoustic technology, it can create 12 phantom speakers in the space, providing spatial sound effects that exceed surround sound effects.

▲HT-A9 MK2 can create 12 virtual phantom speakers

In addition to continuing to support Dolby Atmos and dtsX technologies from the previous generation, HT-A9 MK2 also adds IMAX Enhanced technology, which can provide excellent listening effects for a wide range of new movies and streaming content; even if it does not support space For audio streaming videos or old videos, the HT-A9 MK2 can use the new upscaling technology to upscale the stereoscopic content to 360 spatial audio.

▲HT-A9 MK2 adopts a thin design similar to a mural

▲The top has a sky channel

▲Internal single unit configuration

The surround speakers of the HT-A9 MK2 also adopt a completely different design from the previous generation. It changes from a cylindrical shape to a thin and square design like a mural. The thickness is reduced by 60%, making it more suitable for wall hanging and easier to place; although the cavity It is thinner than the previous generation, but the monomer configuration of HT-A9 MK2 also adds an independent mid-frequency monomer from the previous generation’s three monomers of sky channel, high frequency and mid-low frequency; at the same time, the connection stability of the previous generation product is more criticized. Regarding the problem, HT-A9 MK2 emphasizes 2.5 times improved signal stability and ensures no interference through dual antennas and frequency hopping technology.

▲The back of the HT-A9 MK2 speaker has a wall-mounting hole. Because it uses wireless communication, it only needs to be connected to the power supply.

▲Use mobile phones and apps to optimize personal positioning and create unrestricted golden positions

At the same time, the HT-A9 MK2 supports automatic sound field correction with environment sensing. As long as the four surround speakers are placed at roughly relative positions, the two functions of smart sound field correction and environmental sound correction can be used to ensure that you are in the right place. Audiences in the space can have the same sense of spatial sound effects as in a movie theater; for individual users, individual seat correction functions can also be performed through the mobile app. This advanced function can be used even when lying on the sofa. Create a golden listening position that does not require centering.

▲In addition to being controlled via the remote control, the HT-A9 MK2 also supports mobile app remote control and settings.

HT-A9 MK2 can also be combined with Bravia TV to provide ACC 3.0 function. Through ACC 3.0, the TV can be turned into the center channel, and the sound and surround speakers can sound more harmonious and integrated with the new generation technology. If you have concerns about heavy bass, For further needs, you can pair it with HT-SW5 and HT-SW3 to further enhance the bass effect. However, HT-A9 MK2 only supports a single wireless subwoofer and cannot be paired with multiple infinite subwoofers.

▲HT-A9 MK2 can also enhance or deplete human voices

Another additional function of HT-A9 MK2 is Voice Zoom 3 for vocal enhancement processing in videos. Voice Zoom 3 can analyze the vocal part of the sound data for processing. Users can weaken the background sound and enhance the vocal, or vice versa. Depleted human voices enhance the background sound. For example, when watching an old movie, the background sound may cover up the human voice due to the radio technology. In this case, the background sound can be reduced and the human voice can be enhanced, or when watching a sports event and the discussion content of the game commentators affects the viewing. , you can reduce the sound of competition reviews and focus on the competition itself.

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