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 ...

When Sony revealed its latest technology, called Sony 360 Reality, there was a lot to explain. Sure, we knew it was a system that used object-based audio (whatever that might be) to create an ...

Not content just to support existing immersive sound formats like Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, Sony decided to create their own. Immersive sound and spatial audio are two names for one of the most popular ...

Sony's CES press conference didn't offer many surprises, aside from a lot of discussion around Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and a cameo by Pharrell Williams. The singer and producer was on stage ...

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 ...

Amazon Music Unlimited adds support for Sony 360 Reality Audio at no extra charge but there’s a catch for some users. The battle for the future of spatial audio is on. Apple Music has embraced Dolby ...

I wrote an in-depth review of Sony’s 360 Reality Audio system last year, and I was quite impressed with the spaciousness of the sound it produced in headphones. Introduced in 2019, 360 Reality Audio ...

Dolby Atmos Music is just starting to take off, but already there is a challenger in the small but growing market for streamable surround-encoded music. First previewed at CES 2019, Sony’s 360 Reality ...

Surround sound is so 20th century. Object-based immersive audio is the hip new thing, and Sony has convinced a big slice of the music industry—ranging from the major labels to the streaming services ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.

The current decade has seen a surround-music revival through new digital technologies and Dolby Atmos Music isn't the only game in town. Sony's 360 Reality Audio (360RA) is a growing new format ...

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 ...