It works better on some recordings than others, we think it especially has something to do with acoustic ballads and country, and with classical. With music in stereo, you can also choose whether you want to recreate in just stereo, or whether you activate Immersive AE to inflate the stereo track into three dimensions. If film and music are equally important to you, this is a great choice. It is on music that this system really excels in comparison to the soundbars. The sound hangs in the air, and spreads outwards to the sides of the room. It sounds good from the drumhead, on the whole this gives a pretty magnificent music experience.Īn acoustic live performance of Dua Lipa in stereo gets a completely different soundscape with the HT-A9 than with a soundbar. It also pulls well in the brass winds, and the percussion has a large and beautiful sound base. The virtual speaker channels combined with the height channels really do the trick. Just even more gigantic, than with a 5.1 setup. Although there are no height channels on the soundtrack, it is effectively scaled up to three dimensions, without sounding artificial. The horn music is reproduced in a holographic and enveloping hemisphere of sound. Together with the largest sub, the sound system provides an explosive home cinema experience, and such a gigantic sound image, that we can not quite see which soundboard will be able to compete. It seems a bit pointless to spend so much money on the speakers, and then have to save some small money on the bass speaker. If you want to save some money, you can manage in a smaller room with HT-SW3, but the larger SW5 gives so much more push in the bottom octets that we would put the extra money on the table without blinking. The car race at the beginning of the film has violent collisions and screaming V8 engines, and the sound here is greater than with any soundboard we can come up with – including Sony’s own HT-A7000.Īlthough the bass reproduction is perfectly fine from the speakers alone, there will be no real cinema experiences without a subwoofer.
Even without a subwoofer, the HT-SA9 provides an energetic sound experience, with clear dialogues and lots of life and stir in the special effects. Ready Player One on 4K Blu-ray offers an explosive soundtrack, with better dynamics and more air than you get from compressed stream formats. Photo: Warner Studios Giant sound on film NOTE: As of January 2018, Sony will not be able to provide support for the use of Media Go, nor will it be liable for potential issues related to the use of the software.Ready Player One, 4K Blu-ray.
#How to use new sony music center software#
You will have to download Media Go's latest version before the end of December 2017, or use alternative software such as Windows Media Player. If you were using Media Go to manage media files on devices such as: Since these apps are performing similar functions, Media Go is being discontinued in favour of Music Center for PC. If you own such devices, we invite you to download and use Music Center for PC.
#How to use new sony music center Pc#
The Music Center for PC app is available since August 2017, and offers enhanced support for your WALKMAN® device(s) and Hi-Res Audio compatible products, thanks to an easy file management system as well as Hi-Res Audio playback capability. As of end December 2017, downloading the Media Go application will no longer be possible.