BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 | Single Soundbar | 360 Spatial Sound Mapping | Dolby Atmos®/DTS:X®

Model: HT-A8000
RM 4,399.00
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  • Overview

    Enjoy cinematic moments together

    New 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology with 11 speaker units delivers immersive surround sound to a wider area, so everyone can share the experience.


    Cinematic sound for a wider audience

    BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 combines physical and phantom speakers, creating a wider surround sound field that covers more of the room.

    Grey sofa in a living room with wall-mounted TV and soundbar on a plinth, and fireworks filling the room

    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.

    Angled view of a grey sofa in a living room with low coffee table, wall-mounted TV, soundbar on a plinth and wide shaded area showing excellent sound coverage across the room

    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.

    Angled cross-sectional view of BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 showing speaker unit positioning

    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.

    Split screen view showing cable connection on left and smartphone with app control on right

    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.

    Grey sofa, table and chair in a living room with wall-mounted TV and soundbar on a plinth, and glass patio doors to the right overlooking a garden

    Experience more with the latest formats

    Get the most out of all your entertainment. BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 supports the latest audio and visual formats, taking movies, games and music to a whole new level.

    Logos of 8K HDR, 4K 120, Compatible with Dolby Vision, 360 Reality Audio, Hi-Res Audio and Hi-Res Audio Wireless

    From cinema to music venue

    Give your music the sound stage it deserves. With BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 it's easy to stream your favourite tracks and enjoy every detail in high-quality upmixed sound.

    Split screen showing angled rear view of subwoofer on left and smartphone with music app playing on right

    Environment in mind

    Sony’s home audio products are designed not only for excellent sound experience but also with the environment in mind. We are committed to using less virgin plastic in our products and packaging.

    Split screen showing angled rear view of subwoofer on left and recycled plastic design on right



  • Features
    Ultimate surround with 360 Spatial Sound Mapping

    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

    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

    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.

    Add a wireless subwoofer and rear speakers for fuller, richer sound

    Add a wireless subwoofer and rear speakers for fuller, richer sound

    To complete the cinematic experience, combine Sony’s optional wireless rear speakers with an optional subwoofer and enjoy sound with even greater impact.

    Sound straight from cinema

    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

    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.

    Speaker placement made simple

    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

    Calibrated to suit your room

    No need to remodel your home to get movie theatre acoustics. Sound Field Optimization analyses your room's acoustic characteristics, then uses advanced signal processing to overwrite them with those of a movie theatre.

    The best seat is where you are

    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 optimise sound to suit.

    New 2-way speaker

    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

    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 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 recognised by the algorithm contributes to the expansive sound too.

    Hear sound from overhead

    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

    X-Balanced Speaker Unit

    The speakers’ unique rectangular shape maximises the diaphragm area for punchy bass. It also reduces driver excursion and maintains sound pressure, ensuring less distortion and greater vocal clarity.

    Do it all with BRAVIA Connect

    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.

    Set up in seconds

    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.

    Accessible for all

    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

    Space-saving design

    The supplied spacer allows the soundbar to sit tidily over the TV stand for an integrated look that saves you space.

    TV and soundbar in perfect harmony

    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 centre speaker. So sound comes from the screen, adjusted as part of one integrated speaker system.

    Crystal clear voice. Precise dialogue.

    Crystal clear voice. Precise dialogue.

    No more muffled voices. Combined with compatible BRAVIA, our new Voice Zoom 3™ powered by AI machine learning recognises human voices and amplifies or reduces their volume so even faint dialogue sounds loud and clear.

    Effortless control with BRAVIA

    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

    Movies feel so real

    With its HDMI 2.1 capability, BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 ensures the original picture quality of any source is preserved, right up to 8K HDR.

    An immersive gaming experience

    An immersive gaming experience

    Lose yourself in gaming. Enjoy immersive overhead sound with the PlayStation®5 console, optimised 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.

    Lose yourself in supreme music quality

    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.

    Stream music from your favourite services

    Stream music from your favourite services

    It's not all about movies. You can also enjoy music in high-quality upmixed sound. Built-in support for Spotify Connect™ and Apple AirPlay lets you play all your favourite tracks.

    Bluetooth® connection

    Bluetooth® connection

    Stream audio content wirelessly. Bluetooth® technology makes it easy to enjoy music, podcasts and more from your smartphone, tablet or laptop.

    DSEE Ultimate

    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.

  • Specifications

    Size & Weight

    MAIN UNIT SIZE - BODY ONLY (W x H x D)

    1100 x 64 x 113 mm

    MAIN UNIT SIZE - BODY ONLY (W x H x D) (INCH)

    43 3/8 x 2 5/8 x 4 1/2 in

    MAIN UNIT WEIGHT - BODY ONLY

    4.7 kg

    MAIN UNIT WEIGHT - BODY ONLY (OZ)

    10 lb 6 oz

    Amplifier

    Amplifier Type

    Digital Amplifier,S-Master HX

    Amplifier Channels

    11 ch

    Interface

    Input and Output Terminals

    S-Center Out

    WI-FI®

    Yes

    IEEE802.11 version

    a / b / g / n / ac

    BLUETOOTH® VERSION

    Bluetooth® version: 5.2

    HDMI

    Number of Input/Output

    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

    HDCP2.2

    Yes

    BRAVIA Sync

    Yes

    HDMI CEC

    Yes

    Audio Formats

    360 REALITY AUDIO

    Yes

    HIGH RESOLUTION AUDIO

    Yes

    HDMI input

    Dolby Digital,Dolby Digital Plus,Dolby TrueHD,Dolby Dual mono,DTS,DTS HD High Resolution Audio,DTS HD Master Audio,DTS ES,DTS 96 / 24,DTS: X,IMAX ENHANCED,LPCM: 2ch / 5.1ch / 7.1ch,360 Reality Audio

    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,IMAX ENHANCED,LPCM: 192kHz / 24bit

    BLUETOOTH® COMMUNICATION (RECEIVER)

    AAC,SBC,LDAC

    Sound Function

    Sound Mode

    Sound Field

    Sound Effect

    Night Mode,Voice Mode

    SOUND ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGY

    DSEE Ultimate

    Calibration

    Yes

    Speaker Layout

    Speaker Structure

    5.0.2 ch (11 Speaker Units)

    bar speaker

    HT-A8000

    Network Function

    Network Function

    Spotify Connect,AirPlay

    Wireless Features

    Wireless Surround (with optional wireless speakers)

    Yes

    Application

    SONY | BRAVIA CONNECT

    Yes

    Function with Bravia

    FUNCTION WITH BRAVIA

    Acoustic Center Sync,Voice Zoom 3™,Quick Setting Menu

    Details

    POWER CONSUMPTION *APPROX

    60W

    Wall-mountable

    Yes

  • Support
  • Overview
    • Overview

      Enjoy cinematic moments together

      New 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology with 11 speaker units delivers immersive surround sound to a wider area, so everyone can share the experience.


      Cinematic sound for a wider audience

      BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 combines physical and phantom speakers, creating a wider surround sound field that covers more of the room.

      Grey sofa in a living room with wall-mounted TV and soundbar on a plinth, and fireworks filling the room

      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.

      Angled view of a grey sofa in a living room with low coffee table, wall-mounted TV, soundbar on a plinth and wide shaded area showing excellent sound coverage across the room

      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.

      Angled cross-sectional view of BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 showing speaker unit positioning

      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.

      Split screen view showing cable connection on left and smartphone with app control on right

      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.

      Grey sofa, table and chair in a living room with wall-mounted TV and soundbar on a plinth, and glass patio doors to the right overlooking a garden

      Experience more with the latest formats

      Get the most out of all your entertainment. BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 supports the latest audio and visual formats, taking movies, games and music to a whole new level.

      Logos of 8K HDR, 4K 120, Compatible with Dolby Vision, 360 Reality Audio, Hi-Res Audio and Hi-Res Audio Wireless

      From cinema to music venue

      Give your music the sound stage it deserves. With BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 it's easy to stream your favourite tracks and enjoy every detail in high-quality upmixed sound.

      Split screen showing angled rear view of subwoofer on left and smartphone with music app playing on right

      Environment in mind

      Sony’s home audio products are designed not only for excellent sound experience but also with the environment in mind. We are committed to using less virgin plastic in our products and packaging.

      Split screen showing angled rear view of subwoofer on left and recycled plastic design on right



  • features
    • Features
      Ultimate surround with 360 Spatial Sound Mapping

      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

      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

      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.

      Add a wireless subwoofer and rear speakers for fuller, richer sound

      Add a wireless subwoofer and rear speakers for fuller, richer sound

      To complete the cinematic experience, combine Sony’s optional wireless rear speakers with an optional subwoofer and enjoy sound with even greater impact.

      Sound straight from cinema

      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

      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.

      Speaker placement made simple

      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

      Calibrated to suit your room

      No need to remodel your home to get movie theatre acoustics. Sound Field Optimization analyses your room's acoustic characteristics, then uses advanced signal processing to overwrite them with those of a movie theatre.

      The best seat is where you are

      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 optimise sound to suit.

      New 2-way speaker

      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

      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 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 recognised by the algorithm contributes to the expansive sound too.

      Hear sound from overhead

      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

      X-Balanced Speaker Unit

      The speakers’ unique rectangular shape maximises the diaphragm area for punchy bass. It also reduces driver excursion and maintains sound pressure, ensuring less distortion and greater vocal clarity.

      Do it all with BRAVIA Connect

      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.

      Set up in seconds

      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.

      Accessible for all

      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

      Space-saving design

      The supplied spacer allows the soundbar to sit tidily over the TV stand for an integrated look that saves you space.

      TV and soundbar in perfect harmony

      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 centre speaker. So sound comes from the screen, adjusted as part of one integrated speaker system.

      Crystal clear voice. Precise dialogue.

      Crystal clear voice. Precise dialogue.

      No more muffled voices. Combined with compatible BRAVIA, our new Voice Zoom 3™ powered by AI machine learning recognises human voices and amplifies or reduces their volume so even faint dialogue sounds loud and clear.

      Effortless control with BRAVIA

      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

      Movies feel so real

      With its HDMI 2.1 capability, BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 ensures the original picture quality of any source is preserved, right up to 8K HDR.

      An immersive gaming experience

      An immersive gaming experience

      Lose yourself in gaming. Enjoy immersive overhead sound with the PlayStation®5 console, optimised 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.

      Lose yourself in supreme music quality

      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.

      Stream music from your favourite services

      Stream music from your favourite services

      It's not all about movies. You can also enjoy music in high-quality upmixed sound. Built-in support for Spotify Connect™ and Apple AirPlay lets you play all your favourite tracks.

      Bluetooth® connection

      Bluetooth® connection

      Stream audio content wirelessly. Bluetooth® technology makes it easy to enjoy music, podcasts and more from your smartphone, tablet or laptop.

      DSEE Ultimate

      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.

  • specifications
    • Specifications

      Size & Weight

      MAIN UNIT SIZE - BODY ONLY (W x H x D)

      1100 x 64 x 113 mm

      MAIN UNIT SIZE - BODY ONLY (W x H x D) (INCH)

      43 3/8 x 2 5/8 x 4 1/2 in

      MAIN UNIT WEIGHT - BODY ONLY

      4.7 kg

      MAIN UNIT WEIGHT - BODY ONLY (OZ)

      10 lb 6 oz

      Amplifier

      Amplifier Type

      Digital Amplifier,S-Master HX

      Amplifier Channels

      11 ch

      Interface

      Input and Output Terminals

      S-Center Out

      WI-FI®

      Yes

      IEEE802.11 version

      a / b / g / n / ac

      BLUETOOTH® VERSION

      Bluetooth® version: 5.2

      HDMI

      Number of Input/Output

      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

      HDCP2.2

      Yes

      BRAVIA Sync

      Yes

      HDMI CEC

      Yes

      Audio Formats

      360 REALITY AUDIO

      Yes

      HIGH RESOLUTION AUDIO

      Yes

      HDMI input

      Dolby Digital,Dolby Digital Plus,Dolby TrueHD,Dolby Dual mono,DTS,DTS HD High Resolution Audio,DTS HD Master Audio,DTS ES,DTS 96 / 24,DTS: X,IMAX ENHANCED,LPCM: 2ch / 5.1ch / 7.1ch,360 Reality Audio

      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,IMAX ENHANCED,LPCM: 192kHz / 24bit

      BLUETOOTH® COMMUNICATION (RECEIVER)

      AAC,SBC,LDAC

      Sound Function

      Sound Mode

      Sound Field

      Sound Effect

      Night Mode,Voice Mode

      SOUND ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGY

      DSEE Ultimate

      Calibration

      Yes

      Speaker Layout

      Speaker Structure

      5.0.2 ch (11 Speaker Units)

      bar speaker

      HT-A8000

      Network Function

      Network Function

      Spotify Connect,AirPlay

      Wireless Features

      Wireless Surround (with optional wireless speakers)

      Yes

      Application

      SONY | BRAVIA CONNECT

      Yes

      Function with Bravia

      FUNCTION WITH BRAVIA

      Acoustic Center Sync,Voice Zoom 3™,Quick Setting Menu

      Details

      POWER CONSUMPTION *APPROX

      60W

      Wall-mountable

      Yes

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    • Reviews
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