Sony HT-A3000 - AV Forums Recommended Award May 2023
"... if you’ve got £500 to spend, you’ll struggle to find a better soundbar for that money than the standalone Sony HT-A3000"
 
3.1ch – Immersive sound for movies and music
 
The HT-A3000 immerses you in authentic surround sound with a centre speaker for clear dialogue and a built-in dual subwoofer for impressive power. With optional rear speakers it supports 360 Spatial Sound Mapping too, so you can lose yourself in your favourite movies, TV shows and music.
 
360 Spatial Sound that adapts to your environment
 
With optional rear speakers from Sony
 
Our revolutionary 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology with Sony's rear speakers creates multiple phantom speakers from just a soundbar and rear speakers.
With multiple phantom speakers all around you arranged in the optimal sound field for your space, it’s a new sensation of sound. Experience all the drama of Dolby Atmos® and DTS:X®, and hear every breath, step, and word like you’re inside the film.
 
Discover wide 360 Spatial Sound
 
With optional rear speakers from Sony
 
A wide listening area fills every part of your living space so your family and friends get the same sound experience. The listening area is not limited to the front of the TV but encompasses a much wider space.
 
Innovative technology for Sound Field Optimization
 
Optimised for speaker position
 
There’s no need to precisely place the optional speakers. The soundbar with built-in microphones does it all for you, intelligently measuring the position of each speaker, and optimising sound to your room.
The soundbar lets you enjoy Sound Field Optimization with optional speakers. Activate the simple calibration process during initial setup or from the home menu.
 
Immersive surround sound from a soundbar
 
The HT-A3000 has 3.1 channels: three front speakers, including a centre speaker for clear dialogue, plus a built-in dual subwoofer for deep bass. With Vertical Surround Engine and S-Force PRO Front Surround, it creates virtual surround sound that comes from all around you so you can fully enjoy the thrill of Dolby Atmos® and DTS:X®. 
 
Experience sound from above
 
Thanks to Sony’s virtual surround technology, the soundbar can position sound in vertical space – so you can experience 3D audio without the need for in-ceiling or up-firing speakers. As well as Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, Vertical Surround Engine lends a more realistic, multi-dimensional sound to other formats too.
 
Surround made simple
 
Using front speakers only, Sony’s unique digital sound field processing technology virtually reproduces the surround sound field, with audio coming at you from both sides. You can enjoy rich, cinematic surround sound without cluttering your living space.
 
So immersive. So real.
 
Discover a new way of listening with 360 Reality Audio
for a truly immersive live concert or studio session experience.
 
Sound from advanced speakers and a subwoofer
 
Powerful speakers – three front speakers for surround and a built-in dual subwoofer for rumbling bass – work together to deliver clear, wide-ranging sound throughout your room.
 
Centre speaker for clear dialogue
 
A dedicated centre speaker ensures that voice sounds can be clearly heard, whether it’s quick-fire dialogue in your favourite TV show or whispered lines in a movie. It’s great for music too, ensuring a richly detailed listening experience.
 
Built-in dual subwoofer for deep bass sound
 
The soundbar has a powerful built-in dual subwoofer in the centre – so you can enjoy deep bass sound with minimal equipment cluttering up your living space.
 
X-Balanced Speaker Unit
 
The built-in dual subwoofer and front speakers feature an X-Balanced Speaker Unit. The unique rectangular shape of these speakers maximises the diaphragm area for more punchy bass. It also reduces driver excursion while maintaining sound pressure, resulting in less distortion and greater vocal clarity.
 
Clearer voice
 
The deeper the bass sound, the more the speaker diaphragm moves. This can cause an effect called phase modulation distortion when a full-range diaphragm needs to simultaneously reproduce higher frequencies. Sony’s unique signal processing technology compensates for this effect for clearer dialogue and more localised sound. The improvements in the modulated waveform enhance clarity and help prevent vocal distortion.
 
Extended bass 
 
It takes a lot of power to accurately reproduce low bass frequencies and there’s often a risk of distortion. To combat this, the soundbar uses Sony’s unique signal processing technology to deliver dynamic extended bass, at any volume level.
 
Upscale your digital music in real time
 
Using Edge-AI (Artificial Intelligence), DSEE Extreme™ (Digital Sound Enhancement Engine) upscales compressed digital music files in real time. Dynamically recognising instrumentation, musical genres, and individual elements of each song, such as vocals or interludes, it restores the high-range sound lost in compression for a richer, more complete listening experience.
 
Get a fuller, richer sound with a wireless subwoofer and rear speakers
 
An optional wireless subwoofer allows a built-in dual subwoofer in the soundbar to handle bass and vocals with the optional wireless subwoofer focusing on low range sound. For even more cinematic thrills with sound directly behind you, add our optional wireless rear speakers. 
 
SA-SW5 subwoofer Click here for more info 
300w of deep, rich bass from a 180mm driver with passive radiator
 
SA-SW3 subwoofer Click here for more info
200w of sound from a compact bass reflex subwoofer with 160mm driver.
 
SA-RS5 rear speakers Click here for more info
Total of 180w of wider surround sound with up firing speakers
 
SA-RS3S rear speakers Click here for more info
Total of 100w wider surround sound