Yamaha YAS-101
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Yamaha YAS-101 Reviews
Yamaha YAS-101
Yamaha basically created the sound bar category and continues to sell its best-in-class Digital Sound Projector line, but it can be hard to recommend the company's sound bars when they generally cost in excess of $1,000. The YAS-101 ($250 street price) is Yamaha's entry into the increasingly crowded budget sound bar field, and it's one of the few that manages to stand out. That's largely due to Yamaha's decision to eschew a separate subwoofer, instead using a built-in subwoofer, which gives the speaker system a more streamlined look. The YAS-101 also has a very helpful "IR flasher" on the back, so it will pass remote signals through to your TV if the sound bar is blocking the TV's remote sensor. Sound quality is surprisingly strong for TV and movies, although don't expect miracles with two-channel music. Our major criticism is that the YAS-101's connectivity options are bare-bones, but that's not as much of an issue if you use your TV to switch between devices. With its reasonable price, simple design with built-in subwoofer, and innovative remote-control workaround, the Yamaha YAS-101 is one of the top budget sound bars available.
Yamaha YAS-101 Review
It’s been kind of fun to watch the sound bar progress over the last seven years or so. First there were passive sound bars that simply put a couple of speakers into a wide, short enclosure that looked tidy sitting below a flat panel TV. Eventually, digital amplifiers made their way into sound bars, making them a more convenient proposition.Then, companies like Polk and Yamaha ushered the sound bar movement into an entirely new direction by figuring out how to produce virtual surround sound from a single sound source sitting in the middle of the room. Yamaha’s YSP-1 made some big waves in the audio biz by using a couple of 4.5-inch drivers with, count ‘em, 40 little 1.5-inch drivers set up in an array, throwing sound all over the room.The YSP-1 made for an impressive demo, but audio enthusiasts cried for more...specifically, bass. In response, companies like Vizio and Boston Acoustics have since decided to bundle wireless subwoofers with their sound bars. Now that they’ve have caught the attention of the public at large, demand for a slim sound bars that can produce bass without a big box sitting off to the side has grown significantly. It doesn’t hurt that TV manufacturers seem bent on making the speakers built into flat-panel TVs worse and worse, either.But, we digress.
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Yamaha YAS-101BL Front Surround System, Piano Black | $249.95 | See it |
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Yamaha Front Surround System YAS-101 | $249.95 | See it |
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Yamaha Yas-101bl Front Surround Soundbar Speaker | $249.95 | See it |
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Yamaha YAS-101BL Front Surround System, Piano Black | $249.95 | See it |
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Yamaha YAS-101BL Front Surround Soundbar Speaker System - 7.1 Channel, 60 Watts Total, Two 2.5 Full-Range Woofers, Dual Driver 3 Subwoofer, Low-profile, Black | $249.95 | See it |
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Yamaha YAS-101BL Front Surround System, Piano Black | $249.95 | See it |
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Yamaha YAS-101 : (8/10)
2 expert reviews
0 user reviews
