Sony has launched a new, compact speaker set that promises 'room-filling' sound and supports simulated surround sound.
Sony | HT-AX7 Portable Theater System – Product Overview
Sony has unveiled its new HT-AX7 portable theater system, a three-speaker setup designed to take up very little space while still delivering enough sound to work with your room. The HT-AX7 also supports spatial audio, and will "simulate" additional speakers for what Sony is calling "a surround sound sensation."
Sony recommends setting up the HT-AX7 using its own Home Entertainment Connect app, which will walk you through the process and give you remote control when you're done. Figuring out your setup should be pretty straightforward, too. Sony says that the smaller speaker units will automatically pair with the main unit, so all you have to do is decide where to place each one.
Once in place, the HT-AX7 boasts a sort of “bubble” soundstage that uses Sony’s 360 Spatial Sound Mapping to simulate surround sound. An upmixer algorithm, coupled with a “sound-field effect” option, is also claimed to deliver surround sound-like audio even when the source is stereo only.
