Two years ago, at CES 2019, Sony unleashed its 360 Reality Audio format (360 RA) to great acclaim from the journalists who experienced a live demo. Since then, Sony has been remarkably conservative in ...

Immersive recordings, whether in the form of virtual reality or 360-degree video, have an unparalleled ability to transport an audience and give them a sense of presence and dimension in a new place.

Sony has been preaching the gospel of 360 Reality Audio for two years now. At CES 2019, the company first showed off the immersive audio platform that was designed to make it sound like you were ...

A live performance by Zara Larsson will stream in Sony’s 360 Reality Audio on Monday. There’s also a new creative suite plugin for 360 Reality Audio that’s compatible with “popular digital audio ...

Both the Sony HT-A7000 and HT-A5000 soundbars will receive an update enabling 360 Spatial Audio, which will also require the existing SA-RS3S wireless rear speaker kit or Sony’s new battery-powered SA ...

While some might be still debating the merits of hi-res audio, the music industry is about to make a big shift into surround-sound audio. Of the two leading surround formats — Dolby Atmos Music and ...

At CES 2019, Sony had a glass room in its massive trade show booth. In the middle of the space was a small table with a single speaker resting on top. At first glance, I could tell the device had ...

Sony’s 360 Reality Audio technology knocked our socks off when we reviewed its headphone implementation in early 2020. The audio company is now taking pre-orders on two self-powered smart speakers ...

Samsung has thrown the gauntlet down to Sonos in the home audio arena with three new additions to its Wireless Audio 360 speaker range. The R1, R3 and R5 models are wireless multi-room speakers that ...

The Polk Audio SurroundBar 360 DVD Theater delivers excellent sound from a single speaker bar, with the lack of built-in Blu-ray being the real sticking point. John Falcone Senior Editorial Director, ...

As immersive video formats grow in popularity, NPR audio engineers have been experimenting with techniques for how to record high-quality spatial audio — an audio format that allows a listener to ...