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# Dolby Atmos & DTS:X for cinema-grade audio HDMI 2.1 + Wi-Fi/Bluetooth for seamless streaming 13 dynamic speakers for immersive sound Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 9 Soundbar for TV Surround Sound Home Theater with 13 Speakers, Dolby Atmos/DTS:X, 360 Spatial Sound Mapping, HDMI 2.1 and Supports Spotify Connect/Apple AirPlay (HT-A9000)

**Brand:** sony
**Price:** € 2780.85
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎬 Elevate your home theater game with sound that surrounds, immerses, and mesmerizes.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 9 Soundbar for TV Surround Sound Home Theater with 13 Speakers, Dolby Atmos/DTS:X, 360 Spatial Sound Mapping, HDMI 2.1 and Supports Spotify Connect/Apple AirPlay (HT-A9000) by sony
- **How much does it cost?** € 2780.85 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/626678494-sony-bravia-theater-bar-9-soundbar-for-tv-surround-sound)

## Best For

- sony enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted sony brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Next-Gen Connectivity:** HDMI 2.1, Spotify Connect, Apple AirPlay & Bluetooth keep your playlists and movies effortlessly connected.
- • **Phantom Center Imaging:** No bulky center speaker needed—voice and dialogue come straight from the screen with Acoustic Center Sync.
- • **Smart Room Calibration:** Sound Field Optimization auto-tunes audio to your unique room acoustics for flawless clarity.
- • **Expandable Home Theater:** Add wireless subwoofers and rear speakers anytime to build your ultimate immersive setup.
- • **Cinema-Quality Surround Sound:** Feel every scene come alive with 360 Spatial Sound Mapping and 13 precision speakers.

## Overview

The Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 9 Soundbar delivers a premium home theater experience with 13 dynamic speakers, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X support, and advanced 360 Spatial Sound Mapping. Featuring Sound Field Optimization, it auto-calibrates to your room for perfect acoustics. With HDMI 2.1 and wireless streaming via Spotify Connect, Apple AirPlay, and Bluetooth, it integrates seamlessly into any setup. Expandable with optional wireless subwoofers and rear speakers, this sleek soundbar offers cinema-grade surround sound and innovative phantom center imaging for crystal-clear dialogue without a traditional center speaker.

## Description

Immerse yourself in a wireless surround sound system for tv with the Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 9 Soundbar. Experience the thrill of surround sound, making every scene feel incredibly real and captivating. Home audio sound bars like this one allow you to tailor your sound to your space with the Sound Field Optimization feature. This soundbar for tv auto-calibrates the sound to your room’s characteristics, enhancing your overall listening experience. Soundbars like this one let you enjoy cinema-quality sound at home with support for industry-standard formats. This soundbar is a game-changer for movie lovers, offering high-quality sound that rivals a movie theater. Discover the power of 13 speaker units for tv with the innovative acoustic design of the Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 9 Soundbar. These home speakers ensure exceptional acoustic performance and precise room filling spatial audio. This bluetooth soundbar for tv allows you to stream your favorite music with ease thanks to a range of connectivity options. Whether you're hosting a party or simply relaxing at home, these speakers make it easy to play your favorite tunes.

Review: The future of audio and home theater today... - This is the best "soundbar" system available today. There's a tendency for reviewers to over hype products but I have to say the Sony Bravia Theater Quad lives up to all the reviews. As an enthusiast I have three home theater systems in my house. The main theater has a 135 inch projector with a traditional, large, multi-speaker 5.2.4 Dolby Atmos system powered by a Denon X4500H receiver and speakers placed all around the room and in the ceiling and two 15" ported subwoofers. Does the Theater Quad match this system in terms of output and overall sound quality? Of course not. However, in my smaller 15'x11' office space, the Theater Quad is sufficiently loud and even the SW5 subwoofer is adequate. Sony's party trick and why I call it the future of audio and home theater is the magic of their spatial sound processing. The imaging and Dolby Atmos sound effects are as convincing as my full blown home theater system. In fact, for some movies it creates a more seamless Dolby Atmos experience. All of this is done with smallish speakers and software. It's akin to how a modern day iPhone Pro or Pixel camera can shoot pictures that can look almost as good as pictures from a full frame or APS-C camera. While the Theater Quad isn't going to completely match the real full system with large discrete speakers placed all over the room and in the ceiling, it creates a very satisfying sound that will be good enough for the vast majority of people just as a high end smart phone camera pictures with the computer generated bokeh and HDR processing, etc. are good enough for most people. Prior to the Theater Quad, I had Sony's A7000 soundbar paired with RS5 rear speakers and the SW5 subwoofer. That system was mediocre at best. The only time the Dolby Atmos sounded decent was with Sony's demo. In actual movie watching, it was similar to pretty much every soundbar on the market, you just can't get the front imaging of a wide soundstage that can only happen by actually placing the front speakers wider apart. If I had to choose between wide imaging and good L and R speakers vs. a good center channel, the L and R speakers are always the most important part. The need for a solid center channel is completely overblown IMO and most home theater systems require placement of the center channel under the display which is never ideal as it lowers the front and center imaging. The Theater Quad does not have this issue at all because there is no center channel and the phantom center it generates works perfectly - better than any center channel I've used in any system because the center sound images directly in front of you at ear level. My Theater Quad is integrated with a 77" Bravia 8 OLED display. I have tried using the Bravia 8 TV as a center channel and without. I have also tried the Theater Quad with a 77" LG C4 without a center channel. Either way works exceptionally well. You do not need a center channel or a Sony TV to have great center channel imaging with the Theater Quad because it does an excellent job creating a phantom center. If you don't have a Sony TV, that can do the acoustic center sync thing, don't worry about it. Running the Quad with acoustic center sync on my Bravia 8 TV sounds almost exactly like not having the TV as a center channel but turning on voice zoom. With that said, I have found that pairing the Theater Quad with a higher end Sony TV works really well and the acoustic center sync with my Bravia 8 sounds seamless with the Theater Quad speakers. The timbre matching is excellent. However, this is only if you have a Sony TV with good speakers. I also have a Sony X90L and that TV's speakers are atrocious. There is no way acoustic center sync would work at all on that TV with the Theater Quad. The performance of the Theater Quad for movies and music is excellent. Sony does not give you many listening modes but I pretty much use it with 360 Spatial Sound Mapping on 100% of the time. The surround effects are off the charts immersive and really nice overhead Dolby Atmos effects, particuarly with movies like Avatar Way of Water where bullets and whizz over your head and the rain sounds like it's actually coming down and hitting the leaves above and around you. For music, on my full blown HT system, I usually switch to stereo mode running only the two large main front speakers and the subwoofers. None of the surround processing sounded good to me in that system. However, with the Theater Quad, I like listening to music with 360 spatial mapping on. It does an excellent job not overwheling you with rear fill and it sounds like a wide front sound stage and excellently imaging two front channel set up. I love listening to music on the Theater Quad. In terms of set up, it's super easy and vastly simpler than trying to set up a true 5.4.2 or 7.4.2 system. You only need power to each of the four speakers and power to the controller box and that's it. The system recognized all four speakers immediately and also sync'd with the Sony SW5 subwoofer with no issue. Calibration takes several minutes and you are in business. I set this system up with my Sony Bravia 8 as well as my LG C4. It worked seamlessly with either TV so you do not need a Sony TV. The Theater Quad works pretty much with any brand of TV or display device you have. Also, while the Quad comes with a remote, you don't need it because everything is done through the Sony Bravia Connect app. Of course, if you have a newer Sony TV, you can also control the Theater Quad through the TV's Sony menu system. I have had zero issues with pairing, audio delay issues, audio drop outs or anything else. It has just worked flawlessly the entire time I've had the system. In terms of volume, I was a bit concerned as the RTings rating mentioned that they blew out the speakers in one of Theater Quad units. I think they even got a replacement and blew that one out as well. So at first, I tried not to turn the volume up too high. Over time, I started cranking it louder and louder and the speakers have never seemed like they were going to blow out at the loud volume levels I was listening to. This could be a function of my smallish 15x11 ft room with 9 ft ceilings. Not sure if I would feel that the Theater Quad would be loud enough if It was in an open 20x20 ft living room space with 10'+ ceilings. The only gripe I have with volume is the subwoofer which is just adequate. I wish Sony would allow us to pair it with two SW5 subwoofers or better yet, let us hook up our own sub. In terms of overall quality, the speakers have a surprising amount of heft. They do not feel cheap or tinny at all but feel like a solid, quality piece of equipment. One of the most recent reviews I saw on youtube basically rated the Theater Quad ahead of the latest Sonos Ultimate Immersive (Arc Ultra/Sonos Era 300/Sub 4), Nakamichi Dragon, and Bose and Samsung 900D systems and I can believe it. The key again is the wide front imaging with the Theater Quad having discrete L and R fronts. It doesn't matter how many speakers the Nakamichi Dragon soundbar has. It's still a soundbar and will have soundbar like narrow imaging. Unfortunately, the same goes for the Sonos system. If I were Sonos, I'd put together a system with four Era 300s and a Sub 4 and program it to work similar to the Sony Theater Quad. That would be a formidable system. But right now, the Sony Theater Quad is the only game in town that does this. In terms of value, I consider the SW5 subwoofer an absolute must so adding the cost of the Theater Quad and subwoofer the system costs about $3K retail or about $2500 - $2700 on sale. It is worth every penny of the $3K retail price IMO for the overall sound performance, integration, ease of use, unobtrusive looks and minimal space required, quality, and simplicity in set up. You truly get a 7.4.1 Dolby Atmos home theater experience in a super compact, easy to install package that takes literally 30 minutes to set up including time mounting the speakers to the walls. I can't wait to see how Sony evolves their sound procesisng technology. It would be good to have a similar system with even larger speakers and drivers and a better subwoofer. I hope all of the soundbar manufacturers move to having discrete wireless speakers and ditch the soundbar paradigm, which is complete trash IMO if you care about good actual imaging. ***3 month update*** After using the system for three months, the Sony Bravia Theater Quad continues to impress and I stand by my initial review. The only thing I was concerned about was the longevity of the speakers due to RTing's issues blowing up two units. Based on my personal experience listening to the system for hundreds of hours, half the time with the volume turned up fairy loudly for both music and movies, the speakers have all held up well without issue. Also, I noticed recently that the SW5 subwoofer is playing with louder and deeper bass after a recent software update so the system sounds even better.
Review: Great surround sound but only as a full system - After some hesitation, I purchased the Bar 9 as a Black Friday bundle for $1500 with the SW3 subwoofer and RS8 rear speakers. I'm very happy with the full package -- in spite of some lukewarm reviews online (but those are mostly about the Bar 9 alone). The full package provides a fantastic surround sound for Dolby Atmos movies. I did quite a bit of comparing with the Samsung Q990F which is generally touted as the best package in this price range, but I'm not convinced that it sounds better. Especially with one of the new Bravia TVs (A95L in my case), I believe the Sony integration is worth it. Acoustic Center Sync is actually great -- dialogue coming straight from the screen as opposed to a narrow center channel underneath, and the difference is very noticeable. The SW3 bass is more than enough for me, but you are welcome to splurge on the SW5 and/or the RS5 rear speakers if you so desire. For me, this package is perfect. A note on the Bar 9 itself -- I'm not sure if it's the best choice on its own. The bass performance is limited, and the "phantom speakers", while a cool concept, cannot replace physical surround speakers. Based on my testing, and especially knowing what the full system sounds like, I would not go for it. My rating reflects the full package.

## Features

- CINEMA-LIKE SOUND: Home theater speakers are the heart of the Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 9 Soundbar, providing a cinema-like surround sound experience right in your living room. This home theater sound system enhances every scene, making it more realistic and engaging, thanks to the 360 Spatial Sound Mapping.
- ROOM OPTIMIZATION: Adapt to your surroundings with this wireless surround sound system for TV, featuring Sound Field Optimization that calibrates the sound to your room's characteristics. Experience surround sound at its finest, with clear, room-filling audio every time, whether you're watching a movie or jamming to your favorite music.
- INDUSTRY-STANDARD FORMATS: Embrace industry-standard formats with these home audio sound bars, supporting Dolby Atmos, DTS X, and IMAX Enhanced. This soundbar for TV ensures that you get the best possible audio experience, with every detail of your movie or video game heard with crystal clarity.
- EXPANDABLE SYSTEM: Expand your home theater experience with these soundbars, the heart of your home theater system that can be expanded with optional wireless subwoofer and rear speakers. This soundbar offers flexibility, allowing you to add more components as needed for a truly immersive surround sound experience.
- WIRELESS STREAMING: Stream your favorite tunes with this speaker for TV, supporting Spotify Connect, Apple AirPlay 2, and Bluetooth for wireless music streaming. These home speakers are not just for movies and games, they're also a music lover's dream, always ready to play your favorite music at a click.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0CZ7NBW96 |
| Audio Driver Type | Dynamic Driver |
| Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. |
| Best Sellers Rank | #14,863 in Electronics ( See Top 100 in Electronics ) #92 in Home Audio Sound Bars |
| Bluetooth Version | 5.2 |
| Color | Black |
| Compatible Devices | Home Theater, Television |
| Control Method | Remote |
| Customer Package Type | FFP |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (408) |
| Date First Available | May 6, 2024 |
| Included Components | Remote, TV center speaker mode cable, HDMI Cable, AC Cord, Wall mounting bracket |
| Indoor/Outdoor Usage | Indoor |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Is Waterproof | FALSE |
| Item Weight | 12.1 pounds |
| Item model number | BAR 9 |
| Manufacturer | Sony |
| Material | Metal |
| Model Name | BAR 9 |
| Mounting Type | Wall Mount, Table top |
| Number Of Circuits | 9 |
| Number of Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Power Source | AC |
| Product Dimensions | 4.5"D x 51.25"W x 2.63"H |
| Recommended Uses For Product | For Surround Sound Systems |
| Series Number | 9 |
| Set Name | Theater Bar 9 |
| Shape | rectangular prism |
| Speaker Size | 51.2 Inches |
| Speaker Type | Soundbar |
| Special Feature | 360 Spatial Sound, Dolby Atmos® and DTS:X, Sound Field Optimization, Acoustic Center Sync, 4K HDR, 8K HDR, 4K120, VRR, ALLM, Spotify Connect, Apple AirPlay |
| Specific Uses For Product | Home Theatre |
| Style | Soundbar Only |
| Subwoofer Connectivity Technology | Wired |
| Surround Sound Channel Configuration | 13 Speakers |
| UPC | 027242929555 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |
| Warranty Type | Limited |
| Water Resistance Level | Not Water Resistant |
| Wireless Communication Technology | Bluetooth, Wi-Fi |

## Product Details

- **Audio Output Mode:** Surround
- **Brand:** Sony
- **Connectivity Technology:** Wi-Fi
- **Frequency Response:** 20 KHz
- **Speaker Maximum Output Power:** 585 Watts

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Pattern, Style** options.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The future of audio and home theater today...
*by A***O on December 21, 2024*

This is the best "soundbar" system available today. There's a tendency for reviewers to over hype products but I have to say the Sony Bravia Theater Quad lives up to all the reviews. As an enthusiast I have three home theater systems in my house. The main theater has a 135 inch projector with a traditional, large, multi-speaker 5.2.4 Dolby Atmos system powered by a Denon X4500H receiver and speakers placed all around the room and in the ceiling and two 15" ported subwoofers. Does the Theater Quad match this system in terms of output and overall sound quality? Of course not. However, in my smaller 15'x11' office space, the Theater Quad is sufficiently loud and even the SW5 subwoofer is adequate. Sony's party trick and why I call it the future of audio and home theater is the magic of their spatial sound processing. The imaging and Dolby Atmos sound effects are as convincing as my full blown home theater system. In fact, for some movies it creates a more seamless Dolby Atmos experience. All of this is done with smallish speakers and software. It's akin to how a modern day iPhone Pro or Pixel camera can shoot pictures that can look almost as good as pictures from a full frame or APS-C camera. While the Theater Quad isn't going to completely match the real full system with large discrete speakers placed all over the room and in the ceiling, it creates a very satisfying sound that will be good enough for the vast majority of people just as a high end smart phone camera pictures with the computer generated bokeh and HDR processing, etc. are good enough for most people. Prior to the Theater Quad, I had Sony's A7000 soundbar paired with RS5 rear speakers and the SW5 subwoofer. That system was mediocre at best. The only time the Dolby Atmos sounded decent was with Sony's demo. In actual movie watching, it was similar to pretty much every soundbar on the market, you just can't get the front imaging of a wide soundstage that can only happen by actually placing the front speakers wider apart. If I had to choose between wide imaging and good L and R speakers vs. a good center channel, the L and R speakers are always the most important part. The need for a solid center channel is completely overblown IMO and most home theater systems require placement of the center channel under the display which is never ideal as it lowers the front and center imaging. The Theater Quad does not have this issue at all because there is no center channel and the phantom center it generates works perfectly - better than any center channel I've used in any system because the center sound images directly in front of you at ear level. My Theater Quad is integrated with a 77" Bravia 8 OLED display. I have tried using the Bravia 8 TV as a center channel and without. I have also tried the Theater Quad with a 77" LG C4 without a center channel. Either way works exceptionally well. You do not need a center channel or a Sony TV to have great center channel imaging with the Theater Quad because it does an excellent job creating a phantom center. If you don't have a Sony TV, that can do the acoustic center sync thing, don't worry about it. Running the Quad with acoustic center sync on my Bravia 8 TV sounds almost exactly like not having the TV as a center channel but turning on voice zoom. With that said, I have found that pairing the Theater Quad with a higher end Sony TV works really well and the acoustic center sync with my Bravia 8 sounds seamless with the Theater Quad speakers. The timbre matching is excellent. However, this is only if you have a Sony TV with good speakers. I also have a Sony X90L and that TV's speakers are atrocious. There is no way acoustic center sync would work at all on that TV with the Theater Quad. The performance of the Theater Quad for movies and music is excellent. Sony does not give you many listening modes but I pretty much use it with 360 Spatial Sound Mapping on 100% of the time. The surround effects are off the charts immersive and really nice overhead Dolby Atmos effects, particuarly with movies like Avatar Way of Water where bullets and whizz over your head and the rain sounds like it's actually coming down and hitting the leaves above and around you. For music, on my full blown HT system, I usually switch to stereo mode running only the two large main front speakers and the subwoofers. None of the surround processing sounded good to me in that system. However, with the Theater Quad, I like listening to music with 360 spatial mapping on. It does an excellent job not overwheling you with rear fill and it sounds like a wide front sound stage and excellently imaging two front channel set up. I love listening to music on the Theater Quad. In terms of set up, it's super easy and vastly simpler than trying to set up a true 5.4.2 or 7.4.2 system. You only need power to each of the four speakers and power to the controller box and that's it. The system recognized all four speakers immediately and also sync'd with the Sony SW5 subwoofer with no issue. Calibration takes several minutes and you are in business. I set this system up with my Sony Bravia 8 as well as my LG C4. It worked seamlessly with either TV so you do not need a Sony TV. The Theater Quad works pretty much with any brand of TV or display device you have. Also, while the Quad comes with a remote, you don't need it because everything is done through the Sony Bravia Connect app. Of course, if you have a newer Sony TV, you can also control the Theater Quad through the TV's Sony menu system. I have had zero issues with pairing, audio delay issues, audio drop outs or anything else. It has just worked flawlessly the entire time I've had the system. In terms of volume, I was a bit concerned as the RTings rating mentioned that they blew out the speakers in one of Theater Quad units. I think they even got a replacement and blew that one out as well. So at first, I tried not to turn the volume up too high. Over time, I started cranking it louder and louder and the speakers have never seemed like they were going to blow out at the loud volume levels I was listening to. This could be a function of my smallish 15x11 ft room with 9 ft ceilings. Not sure if I would feel that the Theater Quad would be loud enough if It was in an open 20x20 ft living room space with 10'+ ceilings. The only gripe I have with volume is the subwoofer which is just adequate. I wish Sony would allow us to pair it with two SW5 subwoofers or better yet, let us hook up our own sub. In terms of overall quality, the speakers have a surprising amount of heft. They do not feel cheap or tinny at all but feel like a solid, quality piece of equipment. One of the most recent reviews I saw on youtube basically rated the Theater Quad ahead of the latest Sonos Ultimate Immersive (Arc Ultra/Sonos Era 300/Sub 4), Nakamichi Dragon, and Bose and Samsung 900D systems and I can believe it. The key again is the wide front imaging with the Theater Quad having discrete L and R fronts. It doesn't matter how many speakers the Nakamichi Dragon soundbar has. It's still a soundbar and will have soundbar like narrow imaging. Unfortunately, the same goes for the Sonos system. If I were Sonos, I'd put together a system with four Era 300s and a Sub 4 and program it to work similar to the Sony Theater Quad. That would be a formidable system. But right now, the Sony Theater Quad is the only game in town that does this. In terms of value, I consider the SW5 subwoofer an absolute must so adding the cost of the Theater Quad and subwoofer the system costs about $3K retail or about $2500 - $2700 on sale. It is worth every penny of the $3K retail price IMO for the overall sound performance, integration, ease of use, unobtrusive looks and minimal space required, quality, and simplicity in set up. You truly get a 7.4.1 Dolby Atmos home theater experience in a super compact, easy to install package that takes literally 30 minutes to set up including time mounting the speakers to the walls. I can't wait to see how Sony evolves their sound procesisng technology. It would be good to have a similar system with even larger speakers and drivers and a better subwoofer. I hope all of the soundbar manufacturers move to having discrete wireless speakers and ditch the soundbar paradigm, which is complete trash IMO if you care about good actual imaging. ***3 month update*** After using the system for three months, the Sony Bravia Theater Quad continues to impress and I stand by my initial review. The only thing I was concerned about was the longevity of the speakers due to RTing's issues blowing up two units. Based on my personal experience listening to the system for hundreds of hours, half the time with the volume turned up fairy loudly for both music and movies, the speakers have all held up well without issue. Also, I noticed recently that the SW5 subwoofer is playing with louder and deeper bass after a recent software update so the system sounds even better.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great surround sound but only as a full system
*by J***K on December 8, 2025*

After some hesitation, I purchased the Bar 9 as a Black Friday bundle for $1500 with the SW3 subwoofer and RS8 rear speakers. I'm very happy with the full package -- in spite of some lukewarm reviews online (but those are mostly about the Bar 9 alone). The full package provides a fantastic surround sound for Dolby Atmos movies. I did quite a bit of comparing with the Samsung Q990F which is generally touted as the best package in this price range, but I'm not convinced that it sounds better. Especially with one of the new Bravia TVs (A95L in my case), I believe the Sony integration is worth it. Acoustic Center Sync is actually great -- dialogue coming straight from the screen as opposed to a narrow center channel underneath, and the difference is very noticeable. The SW3 bass is more than enough for me, but you are welcome to splurge on the SW5 and/or the RS5 rear speakers if you so desire. For me, this package is perfect. A note on the Bar 9 itself -- I'm not sure if it's the best choice on its own. The bass performance is limited, and the "phantom speakers", while a cool concept, cannot replace physical surround speakers. Based on my testing, and especially knowing what the full system sounds like, I would not go for it. My rating reflects the full package.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Worth it!
*by T***Y on February 1, 2026*

This system isn’t cheap by any means, but it sounds amazing and is with it to me. Would buy again.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 9 Soundbar for TV Surround Sound Home Theater with 13 Speakers, Dolby Atmos/DTS:X, 360 Spatial Sound Mapping, HDMI 2.1 and Supports Spotify Connect/Apple AirPlay (HT-A9000)
- Sony SA-SW5 Wireless Subwoofer for BRAVIA THEATER (BAR 9, BAR 8, QUAD), HT-A9/A7000/A5000/A3000/S2000 and STR-AN1000
- Sony SA-RS5 Wireless Rear Speakers with Built-in Battery for BRAVIA Theater (BAR 8, BAR 9), HT-A7000/A5000/A3000 and STR-AN1000

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