Yamaha ATS-2090

Excellent soundbar – Don’t let the cheap price fool you. This soundbar compares to BOSE and other higher end models which are 6-10 times the price. Yamaha are on a winner here. I replaced my broken BOSE 300 SoundTouch bar and sub $2,000 AUD. Just buy it you will not be disappointed.

70’s music lover!! – Excited to have acquired a Bluetooth system to play my favorite 70’s music besides my wired technics system that I bought for myself back on Christmas of 1985. It took me not time to set it up in my living room hoping to have music completely separated from my tv room with my wired system. It was a big disappointment hearing the best music of all times ever written on such distortion. It sounded like when a 4 year old boy is banging the cheap pots and pans in the kitchen. The clear voice choice on the sound bar made not difference on how horrible this system is. The woofer was just as bad, like I correctly always speak, it was no less worse, since it can not be classified as, no better, because it was not good at all, and can not be better if it is no good. My small portable Bluetooth speakers sounded really, a lot less worse than the YAMAHA ATS-2090. Luckily I bought it from Costco, so put it back in the original box and with receipt I will take it back for a full return, which technically I should be getting back a lot more of what I paid for to compensate for pain and suffering I endured with this system. I give this system only one star since it is the lowest I can grade this disturbing system.

Frustrating – Purchased my Yamaha ATS 2090 about 3 months ago. Sounds good, but fine settlings must be adjusted by an app on your mobile phone. This is the only way to observe what's going on. Unfortunately the settings seem to change regularly without your intervention, & connection to re-adjust becomes very frustrating when your phone can not find your sound bar. A suggestion appears on the screen to reconnect to your device. Quite frankly, I'm over it, this procedure takes about 10 minutes & it's almost a nightly occurrence.

Wonderful sound for a budget price – Purchased from "The Good Guys " Geelong, Vic. They offered an "introductory special" price of $A399. It was purchased to replace our old unit which failed. (A Yamaha 2070) Initial set up was a bit frustrating, as the included manual lacked information to do with the Optical Cable connection. However I found the information I required on the company website.

Unlike our old unit, this one requires connecting to the TV via both an optical cable (included) and an HDMI cable. (not included) Fortunately I had a spare HDMI cable lying around.

It is connected to a Sony 4K HD TV

The subwoofer instantly connected to the main bar as soon as both were powered up.

The one thing that is clearly noticeable over the old unit that this one is more powerful and the sound clearer. It also has more features, such as voice control from Amazons "Alexa" system and also from a smartphone via a downloadable app. It can be linked via Bluetooth, to an iPad or mobile phone so you can listen to your song list through it.

Warranty is 2 years.

Overall I am happy with the purchase and can recommend the product.