Sony’s new HT-AX7 Bluetooth speaker promises to expand on that use by transforming your tablet into a portable home theater with a pair of detachable satellite speakers.

Your tablet can probably still fill a room with sound, but crank the volume and you’ll find the quality of its speakers severely lacking, with overdriven highs and nonexistent lows.

HT-AX7, the speaker has a pair of smaller satellite speakers that can be placed on either side of the user at arm’s length to create a basic surround sound setup.

If you’re a home theater enthusiast, however, you’ll want to keep your expectations of the HT-AX7 on the low side.

The main unit, which charges the satellites through a magnetic connection, features a pair of speakers & a pair of passive radiators to help add some extra oomph to bass frequencies, while each satellite unit features a single upward-firing driver.

The HT-AX7 activates Sony’s 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology when the satellite speakers are detached, which simulates a larger sound stage with additional virtual speakers

Sony HT-AX7 promised 30 hours of battery life on a single charge and foremost a portable solution for those looking to improve the sound from a tablet, a phone, or even portable projectors that are becoming more and more popular as replacements for TVs.