The new Sony HT-A9 marks the start of a home cinema revolution

This simple system is all that you need now for a true home cinema experience

Like all revolutionary products, it usually starts with one model and one brand. The iPhone for instance, while it wasn’t the first ever touch screen phone, it was the first smartphone, the first do-it-all phone to hit the market at the time. As we know today, the iPhone was a revolutionary product, and the concept of the IPhone has been copied and improved on over the years by Apple as well as other companies that were smart enough to follow the trend (I’m looking at you Blackberry).

The new Sony HT-A9 will make the same kind of impact in its own industry, the same way the soundbar did a few years ago, except it’s actually better. The HT-A9 is a four speaker system along with a small receiver/calibrator called “The Hub”. The hub is pretty much the brain of the system, it calibrates the room to set up a 3D sound stage similar to what you would get with a 12 speaker Dolby Atmos system. Let’s be honest, usually these kinds of promesses are basically lies, like when a soundbar is advertised to be a 7 speaker surround system, but not only does the Sony HT-A9 deliver, and I mean DELIVER, it also gives you the luxury of flexible speaker placement.

That’s right, you can place your speakers more or less where you want, by that I mean as long as it’s not in a closed cabinet and you at least put the speakers in the right area (left speakers on the left side of the room, etc). Not to mention that the system is wireless, you only need to plug in the power cable for each speaker and the hub will take care of the setup in a few minutes.

For these reasons, I think we are looking at a product that will revolutionize the lifestyle home cinema market. You get a product that will satisfy both sound enthusiasts as well as people who want a living room that isn’t filled with speakers on the walls and ceiling. The Sony HT-A9 is THE BEST compromise EVER made between design, discretion and sound quality. As I explained in the intro about revolutionary products, I think you can expect in the following years to see products like this be more and more present on the market, with more and more companies trying to make the best version of it, and also at more accessible prices, which can only be beneficial for us, the customers. Thank you for reading.