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This is the newest addition to Sony’s HT-A series of Dolby Atmos soundbars, the HTA3000. It is the smallest, cheapest and lowest-specified soundbar of the currently available trio, alongside the Product of the Year-winning HT-A7000 and the not-so-Award-winning (but still good) HT-A5000.
So what sets this one apart? Well, it’s still a Dolby Atmos soundbar, but Sony has cut a few features out in order to reach a lower price point – which means no upward-firing drivers or additional HDMI inputs. This puts it squarely in the sights of the mighty Sonos Beam (Gen 2) (see p38).
Set into this soundbar’s smooth, black-plastic build is a selection of capacitive touch buttons for power, input, streaming, Bluetooth and volume control. There is, of course, a
