Yamaha YHTS401BL Surround Soundbar

soundbar review - Yamaha YHTS401BL Surround Soundbar

soundbar review - Product Description

Residence theatre deal. A minimal profile sound bar with an integrated subwoofer / receiver. Yamaha Air Surround Xtreme technologies provides strong 7.one-channel surround audio. 1080p compatible HDMI (three IN/one OUT) with 3D and audio return channel. USB electronic relationship for iPod/Apple iphone. UniVolum retains programmes and commercials at the same level whilst Very clear Voice elevated the stage of the dialogue.



Giving higher high quality seem and handy placement, this slim speaker and horizontal/vertical use subwoofer provide powerfully expansive seven.one-channel surround sound. The YHT-S401 is made up of a soundbar and receiver/subwoofer, which you can placement conveniently close to the Television. The soundbar has a few speakers such as a middle speaker for distinct dialogue from movies and Television packages. Yamahas wealthy, all-natural audio and expansive encompass fields will significantly boost the satisfaction of all your media sources. The five.5cm (2-1/eight) entire range speakers use additional-large voice coils to give quickly sound attack, vast dynamic variety and extremely detailed sound. Youll appreciate remarkable encompass audio top quality from all your audio and video sources.

Customer Reviews for Yamaha YHTS401BL Surround Soundbar:

Reviewed by giantsparky
The does every thing completely amazing Yamaha

I spent some time hunting for a seem bar although this is a little bit more costly than most.It ticks all the packing containers,it can decode fairly considerably any issue from Dolby True Hd to DTS Neo. It has HDMI CEC manage and ARC so if you have a newish Samsung or LG it will change on and off and the volume can be controlled by the Television distant, when you permit HDMI CEC hyperlink in Yamaha and the Tv set - on LG its known as Simplink and Samsung Anynet. It can take three HDMI INPUTS and an optical. Now you might question what an optical is essential for.Nevertheless most Sky Hd boxes only output Dolby Electronic via the optical cable. So below the Yamaha shines, you can allocate the optical to any of the HDMI inputs - clever or what. It appears fantastic with just the audio bar,theres no comparison with Television, but this is audio bar that thinks its an AV receiver - you can insert rear surounds then it really comes alive ! (obtained some Jamo A102 from amazon which audio brill and are very small and discrete, you need to have to get six - 8 ohm speakers though - four ohm wont perform)The bar itself has adjustable legs so it can be altered to sit over a tv stand and the television set body,though it is bit of a dust magnet.It does have 3 speakers so you get a proper centre channel for speech.I have an LG Blu ray on a single input related by means of the Yamaha to LG tv set, the simplink performs through and with the Yamaha, just turning on the Blu ray the Yamaha auto switches to the Blu ray and shows it on the Television set. (You may need to have to set the output on the blu ray to little bit stream to get the Yamaha to decode, also if your blu ray disk has one particular of the superior Hd audio outputs youll need to have to set this in the audio options from the discs menu, otherwis it will default to Dolby Electronic )ARC means that only one HDMI cable is needed but it wants to be ARC compatable one.4a (received mine from amazon at a fraction of shop fees), but you will need an ARC Compatible Television and need to have to make sure that the HDMI is connected into the ARC HDMI on the TVThe Sky Hd box is a little bit a lot more bothersome- getting very previous HDMI edition you may want to guide change the HDMI enter to get seem.The picture displays when turned on, but the Tv set is stating I'm controlling the sound.Finally its totally iPad /Apple iphone appropriate so it can control and cost an iPad,ipod or iphone(not 5),displaying the track name on the exhibit you can even transfer the keep track of on by utilizing the distant.Downsides foundation could be far better on songs,spring clips for speakers are fiddly, no on screen graphics. so you have to seem at its possess screen which is a bit little in a large room, you want to get correct up shut to be capable to see the decoder shows.

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soundbar review - Product Features

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  Product Dimensions:
  
  7.9 x 80 x 7.9 cm
  
• Boxed-product Weight: 12 Kg
• Item model number: YHTS401BL
• ASIN: B005WNOE0W
• Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 17 Oct 2011

Pros or Cons Yamaha YHTS401BL Surround Soundbar

Reviewed by windcutter
Yamaha Soundbar

Vast improvement more than the Tv set speakers. Speech which was unclear is now properly increased though maybe not as good as entire surround pound for pound presents me excellent outcomes. Also ready to play my music from the tough travel on my recorder which is a true reward.Excellent benefit for cash and has all the connections essential for video games machines and many others.

Reviewed by Andy
Good soundbar but which is it

This is a high top quality soundbar with the advantage that it really is a bit shorter at 80cm wide, if you have a scaled-down Tv. The sound quality is outstanding. But as another reviewer has mentioned, the claimed encompass sound is, frankly, phony. To claim 7.1 encompass audio is ridiculous - it truly is a extremely nice Tv set sound improvement but that's it - there is no encompass sound actually. So a few stars for making a first rate soundbar. I will go away you to decide whether it's really worth spending this a lot just for a soundbar, however.I returned it, and full marks to Peter Tyson for organising a pickup - the box is huge and weighs 13kg - and then a prompt refund. This was exceptional buyer service.

Reviewed by alistair walkinshaw
Yamaha Soundbar

I have a modest residing place and i dislike all the cables that occur as standard on most home cinema encompass programs. I selected this product right after studying on various web sites. I really like it. It is quite easy to established up and the seem high quality in a lot more than sufficient for what i call for. I have it linked to my Samsung 40 inch LED Wise Television.I have established it up as follows -HDMI1 linked to SKY Furthermore High definition BoxHDMI2 related to Samsung Blu Ray PlayerHDMI3 related to HDMI splitter which connects my Xbox 360 and HDMI Multimedia HDD.HDMI Output related to TVDigital Optical Direct linked to Tv set.It was genuinely easy to set up. Consider a couple of minutes to read the instructions. I located the illustrations distinct and easy to comply with.It is by no means going to be as excellent as a seven.1 surround sound method but it creates crisp very clear audio and is a large enhancement on the Television Speakers.The quantity goes all the way up to one hundred but i haven't used it greater than twenty five and my fiance thinks that is loud.