Description
BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 with 11 speakers, Dolby Atmos®/DTS:X®. BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 combines physical and phantom speakers, creating a wider surround sound field that covers more of the room.
Features
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.
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.
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.
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 theater acoustics. Sound Field Optimization analyses your room's acoustic characteristics, then uses advanced signal processing to overwrite them with those of a movie theater.
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.
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.
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.
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 recognized by the algorithm contributes to the expansive sound too.
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.
X-Balanced Speaker Unit
The up-firing speakers, built-in subwoofer and front speaker feature an X-Balanced Speaker Unit. The unique rectangular shape of these speakers maximizes the diaphragm area for more punchy bass. It also reduces driver excursion while maintaining sound pressure, resulting in less distortion and greater vocal clarity.
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.
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 center 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, our new Voice Zoom 3™ powered by AI machine learning recognizes 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.
Movies feel so real
With its HDMI 2.1 capability, BRAVIA Theater Bar ensures the original picture quality of any source is preserved, right up to 8K HDR.
An immersive gaming experience
Lose yourself in gaming. Enjoy immersive overhead sound with the PlayStation®5 console, optimized 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.
From cinema to music venue
Give your music the sound stage it deserves. With BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 it's easy to stream your favorite tracks and enjoy every detail in high-quality upmixed sound.
Bluetooth® connection
Stream music wirelessly from your smartphone, tablet or laptop with Bluetooth® technology.
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.
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.
Bar 8 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.
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.
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.
Space-saving design
The supplied spacer allows the soundbar to sit tidily over the TV stand for an integrated look that saves you space.
Additional Features
The best seat is where you are
Enjoy quality surround sound wherever you're sitting. Just run calibration with our smartphone app, BRAVIA Connect, and BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 will detect your position in the room and optimize sound to suit.
Bar 8 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.
Specifications
System
Total Power
495 W
Color
Black
Number of Channels
11
Pass-Through
8K
Surround Sound Formats
Dolby Atmos®, DTS:X®, and IMAX® Enhanced.
Wi-Fi
Yes
Bluetooth
Yes
Additional Information
• Display: LED indicator, LED Indicator OFF Mode
• AirPlay 2
• Power Setting
• Power Setting - Auto Standby: Network / Bluetooth® Standby Mode
• Digital Amplifier: S-Master HX
• Sony | BRAVIA Connect: Sony | Home Entertainment Connect via Wi-Fi
• High-Resolution Audio
• 360 Reality Audio
• Sound Function:
• Sound Mode
• Sound Effect
• Sound Adjustment
• Sound Enhancement
• DSEE Ultimate
• Surround: Dolby Speaker Virtual/Dolby Surround/Neural:X
• DCAC Feature: Sound Field Optimization, mic for DCAC: (built-in)
• Speaker Unit(front):
• Woofer - Number of speaker: 2, Enclosure Type: Acoustic suspension, Unit size (mm): 45 x 90, Unit size (inch): 1 13/16 x 3 5/8, Driver Unit: cone, X-Balanced Speaker Unit: Yes
• Tweeter - Number of speaker: 2, Unit size (mm): 10, Unit size (inch): 13/32, Driver Unit: soft dome
• Upfiring Speaker - Upfiring Speaker: 2, Unit size (mm): 46 x 54, Unit size (inch): 1 13/16 x 2 1/4, Driver Unit: cone, X-Balanced Speaker Unit: Yes
Speaker Unit(Center):
• Woofer - Number of speaker: 2, Enclosure Type: Acoustic suspension, Unit size (mm): 45 x 90, Unit size (inch): 1 13/16 x 3 5/8, Driver Unit: cone, X-Balanced Speaker Unit: Yes
• Tweeter - Number of speaker: 1, Unit size (mm): 22, Unit size (inch): 7/8, Driver Unit: soft dome
• Output Power: Front Woofer(Reference): 45W+45W, Front Tweeter(Reference): 45W+45W, Center Woofer(Reference): 45W+45W, Center Tweeter(Reference): 45W, Side Speaker(Reference): 45W+45W, Enabled Speaker(Reference): 45W+45W
• AirPlay 2
• Power Setting
• Power Setting - Auto Standby: Network / Bluetooth® Standby Mode
• Digital Amplifier: S-Master HX
• Sony | BRAVIA Connect: Sony | Home Entertainment Connect via Wi-Fi
• High-Resolution Audio
• 360 Reality Audio
• Sound Function:
• Sound Mode
• Sound Effect
• Sound Adjustment
• Sound Enhancement
• DSEE Ultimate
• Surround: Dolby Speaker Virtual/Dolby Surround/Neural:X
• DCAC Feature: Sound Field Optimization, mic for DCAC: (built-in)
• Speaker Unit(front):
• Woofer - Number of speaker: 2, Enclosure Type: Acoustic suspension, Unit size (mm): 45 x 90, Unit size (inch): 1 13/16 x 3 5/8, Driver Unit: cone, X-Balanced Speaker Unit: Yes
• Tweeter - Number of speaker: 2, Unit size (mm): 10, Unit size (inch): 13/32, Driver Unit: soft dome
• Upfiring Speaker - Upfiring Speaker: 2, Unit size (mm): 46 x 54, Unit size (inch): 1 13/16 x 2 1/4, Driver Unit: cone, X-Balanced Speaker Unit: Yes
Speaker Unit(Center):
• Woofer - Number of speaker: 2, Enclosure Type: Acoustic suspension, Unit size (mm): 45 x 90, Unit size (inch): 1 13/16 x 3 5/8, Driver Unit: cone, X-Balanced Speaker Unit: Yes
• Tweeter - Number of speaker: 1, Unit size (mm): 22, Unit size (inch): 7/8, Driver Unit: soft dome
• Output Power: Front Woofer(Reference): 45W+45W, Front Tweeter(Reference): 45W+45W, Center Woofer(Reference): 45W+45W, Center Tweeter(Reference): 45W, Side Speaker(Reference): 45W+45W, Enabled Speaker(Reference): 45W+45W
Inputs/Outputs
Information
• Inputs: 1x HDMI 2.1 - ARC, Audio,Video,eARC
• Outputs: 1x HDMI 2.1 - ARC, eARC, Audio, Video 1x 1/8", 3.5 mm Audio
• Outputs: 1x HDMI 2.1 - ARC, eARC, Audio, Video 1x 1/8", 3.5 mm Audio
Accessories
Included
RHT-AH513U, Batteries for remote commanderTV center speaker mode cable, HDMI Cable, AC Cord
Sound Bar Dimensions
Width
43.31 inch(es) / 110.0 cm
Height
2.52 inch(es) / 6.4 cm
Depth
4.45 inch(es) / 11.3 cm
Weight
10.36 lb(s) / 4.7 kg