Even with my projected screen hitting about 80-inches, the audio didn't feel like a mismatch compared to the screen. The soundscape feels wider than the small box across the front. It's got enough bass to provide meat to action or big movie soundtracks, but I found dialog easy to pick out, and it's dynamic enough to give impacts and sound effects some heft. (Image credit: Future)Īnd happily, the Sony's sound is really effective when watching movies. Obviously, this isn't actually my Sony HT-AX7/projector setup, but imagine oneself positioned in the middle of this. I can put it on a shelf when I'm not watching, and then just grab it, spread its three speakers out in a few seconds, get in position and start enjoying genuine surround sound with the projector. It connects to the Freestyle over Bluetooth, and the HT-AX7 doesn't have to be permanently out. Its own speakers aren't sufficient, but I haven't found anything that's quite right to connect it to instead – either the connection is wrong or the size is.īut the Sony HT-AX7 is ideal. I have a Samsung The Freestyle (2022), and for a while I've been planning to get rid of my spare-room TV and just use the projector, but I haven't known what to do about good sound.

So next I connected it to what most excited me: my portable projector. But I don't actually watch like this all that often – most of my tablet or phone movie watching is done on planes or trains, with some of the best noise-cancelling headphones pulling audio duty. With my iPad or phone, the effect is great – I watched lounging in bed, with the rear speakers on the head board, the front speaker down by my feet, and the tablet in my hand. But Sony's Home Entertainment Connect app enables you to ramp up the volume of the rear speakers, and I found that increasing their volume by three gave me the impact I was hoping for. The volume of the satellite speakers and main speaker is controlled all together, and they were just too quiet by default. Like all the best Bluetooth speakers, it's super simple – you hit the Bluetooth pairing button on top, connect from your tablet, phone (or whatever), play a movie, and position the rear speakers however you want them.Īnd with Sony's Sound Field tech on, it sounds good – though I was disappointed by the lack of strong rear effect at first. I had the Sony HT-AX7 out of its box and connected to my iPad Pro in about a minute, with surround sound following seconds behind that. The fabric covering makes the Sony HT-AX7's speakers very easy to grab as well as being good for acoustics.

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