Soundbar plus subwoofer for a compact but rich home cinema experience
CINEMA DSP technology, HD audio decoding, and multiple listening modes
Height-adjustable feet on soundbar
Built-in 132-watt digital amplifier
Subwoofer can be place vertically or horizontally
This review is from: Yamaha YSP-2200 Digital Sound Projector (Black)I got this Yamaha for our bedroom, which is the perfect candidate for a soundbar: its symmetrical, with the TV perfectly centered on one wall. If you have an open concept room, a soundbar is going to be far less effective. In my case, it really does work like magic. We popped in the Italian Job and were immersed in surround sound. It didn't sound quite as good as my dedicated 5.1 system in the living room, but it was close!Subwoofer is adequately powerful for small rooms, and produces nice bass. Again, if your room is larger or more open, the sub will really struggle to keep up. In my case, in the bedroom, the subwoofer has ample power to deliver decent-sounding explosions!What I love about this system are the 3 HDMI ports + 3 digital audio inputs. This means I can hook up my PS3, cable box and Apple TV, and still have inputs left for audio if I want. This leaves me with just one HDMI cable going out from the soundbar to the TV, a great option for folks (like me) with older LCDs that only have a single HDMI input. This also allows the soundbar to handle all input switching for video and audio. It cleans up the cable clutter and reduces the need for the extra step of manually switching inputs.My only wish was that the remote had the ability to turn the TV on and off - this would allow me to completely eliminate the need to keep my TV's remote control around....
This review is from: Yamaha YSP-2200 Digital Sound Projector (Black)We tried several different models over the years to use in our vacation/retirement home and this is the only one that gave us an excellent surround experience while also being able to handle our music needs. The lack of wires around the house was my wife's #1 priority, and my #2 - my first priority has always been the sound quality and the ability to fill our 19' x 25' great room. You can tailor the overall sound quality through a number of settings.Having been in the reidential and commercial audio/video industry in the 70s and early 80s in both retail sales and as a manufacturers' rep, I was well aware of the developments in surround sound and have watched it evolve. I more often dealt with recording and sound reinforcement products - the former usually involving small monitors and the latter using large scale multiple speaker arrays and so I tend to lean toward the larger box sound, but this system amazes me. I also sold a large amount of Yamaha pro equipment, including their amplifiers as well as guitars and electronic keyboards. Their products were always among the best and the most reliable.While I agree placement is important (it is in all systems, don't let the industry hype fool you) I found it worked well in a variety of placement positions as long as you ran the auto setup and then tweaked to your liking.Please understand that I'm an "early-senior" with a moderate amount of hearing loss from the aging process, and more importantly from a number of years in working in high sound pressure environments for extended periods of time (in the sound rooms and on stage). I no longer consider myself a critical listener (I don't listen to "the sound" anymore - I listen to the content) so what I hear may not apply to your needs, but I believe this product to be an exceptional value sound bar....
This review is from: Yamaha YSP-2200 Digital Sound Projector (Black)I am no audiophiles, just a casual consumer looking to buy a nice sound bar. I have pretty much looked at every sound bar at the price range of $250~$400. Nothing really wow'ed me, and some sounded really bad. I was going to buy the bose cinemate 2.1 system. Even though, it sounded great in the store, I read reviews saying that it does not decode HD audio codecs used in bluerays. That's what brought me to this sound bar. It's compact, nice looking, and it decodes HD audio codecs. I took a risk with this sound bar because the reviews on this sound bar is very limited. Anyhow, I still went ahead and bought it. Like some people mentioned, the bass is indeed weak. Funny thing is that when I play MW2 on PS3, the bass seemed to be powerful enough to let me really enjoy the game. Overall, I am satisfied with the purchase. It's nice upgrade from the tv speakers....
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