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 ...

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics Inc. today announced a software update for the premium HT-A7000 and HT-A5000 soundbars, which will add the customer-loved 360 Spatial Sound ...

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 ...

Not content just to support existing immersive sound formats like Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, Sony decided to create their own. Immersive sound and spatial audio are two names for one of the most popular ...

Sony has delivered a host of soundbar and headphone products in recent months designed to make enjoyment of its 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology as convenient as possible. We hadn’t expected this ...

After a five year hiatus, Sony is back with new A/V receivers optimized for home theater and immersive surround sound. Immersive surround, 3D surround sound, spatial audio: it goes by many names. But ...

Sony's CES press conference didn't offer many surprises, aside from a lot of discussion around Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and a cameo by Pharrell Williams. The singer and producer was on stage ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 360 RA format is Sony’s attempt to re-create the sound of being present at a live music venue. It produces an open and airy feel, and presents the music as though it were being played on a stage ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.

Sony offered a glimpse of its first 360-degree audio speakers back at the online-only CES 2021 expo in January, with two units based around the company's 360 Reality Audio spatial audio tech that's ...