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MAKE IT 3D ON YOURSELF
Sony HT-AX7
£499 / sony.co.uk
There are buttons on top for volume and playback, but to activate night mode or voice mode you’ll need to use the Home Entertainment Connect app.
Sony’s latest speaker system comes in three parts – but you don’t have to put it together yourself
● 3D lover
If you bought a Bluetooth speaker that came to bits as soon as you got it home, you’d rush back to the shop and demand a full refund; but Sony has made that a feature of the HT-AX7, not a flaw. Looking a bit like a jumbo cloth-covered Lego brick, the main unit includes two drivers at the front and a passive radiator on each side, while the pucks on top are removable satellites with up-firing full-range drivers. Place them behind you and Sony’s 360 Spatial Sound Mapping tech will encase you in a cocoon of 3D audio, even if what you’re listening to is only stereo.