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£1299
“The A7000 confirms its ability to handle lighter, nuanced sounds. The excellent depth of field means changes of location are stark and powerful”
Sony’s flagship soundbar is a 7.1.2 slab of sound that packs two up-firing speakers, two beam tweeters, five front-facing drivers and a built-in dual subwoofer into a single chassis.
It’s an approach that appeals. After all, isn’t the point of a soundbar that it delivers cinematic audio without the need for lots of speakers? Of course, low frequencies are most faithfully reproduced by larger drivers and reflected surround sound is no match for direct audio; but often we have found multi-box systems aren’t cohesive as a whole, and rather than increase the perception of