We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. To recap, both the SRS-RA3000 and SRS-RA5000 have "ambient room-filling sound," according to Sony. The company says its spatial audio ...

When Sony debuted its premium home theater gear for 2021, the company's pricey HT-A9 speaker set had a key feature that its soundbars didn't. It's called 360 Spatial Sound Mapping and it creates ...

Watch the video to get the scoop on two exclusive immersive audio technologies from Sony; 360 Reality Audio and Spatial Sound Mapping. Sony’s 360 Reality Audio is a new immersive format that has been ...

Very expensive 360 audio tracks are in short supply Regular music lacks precision compared to rival speakers No AirPlay 2 support No battery and the power supply is big The Sony SRS-RA5000 doesn't ...

Both the Sony HT-A7000 and HT-A5000 soundbars will receive an update enabling 360 Spatial Audio, which will also require the existing SA-RS3S wireless rear speaker kit or Sony’s new battery-powered SA ...

I wrote an in-depth review of Sony’s 360 Reality Audio system last year, and I was quite impressed with the spaciousness of the sound it produced in headphones. Introduced in 2019, 360 Reality Audio ...

While some might be still debating the merits of hi-res audio, the music industry is about to make a big shift into surround-sound audio. Of the two leading surround formats — Dolby Atmos Music and ...

Sony’s latest firmware update fine-tunes 360 Spatial Audio sound mapping for the HT-A7000 and HT-A5000 soundbars, but there is a catch – you need to purchase optional rear surround speakers. 360 ...

I’m sitting in the middle of a Live Nation mixing studio in Hollywood, surrounded by speakers—some low against the wall, some perched higher up. When a live version of Jesse McCartney’s “Soul” comes ...

In the multimedia experience, audio almost always gets the short end of the stick compared to video and graphics. Lately, however, there has been a growing awareness of the role that sound plays in ...

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