Yamaha YAS-209
MPN: YAS209B3 reviews
absolutely woeful bluetooth range – the sound from the YAS-209 is ok but ... when streaming music from a phone, the phone had to be within a few metres of the unit & in a direct line of sight with the soundbar otherwise the sound stuttered & cut out. if someone walked between the phone & YAS-209 the sound would stutter & cut out. i am comparing the bluetooth range of the YAS-209 to a pair of Jabra elite 65t earbuds & a UE megaboom speaker. when streaming music to the Jabra elite 65t the phone could be in 1 room & I could walk around the house going into other rooms without losing signal. obviously I lost signal if I ventured too far away. ditto for the UE megaboom. both the Jabra elite 65t & UE megaboom speaker trounced the Yamaha YAS-209 soundbar with regard to bluetooth range. the remote control for the YAS-209 is underwhelming. it was faster to use the app to adjust settings than using the remote. i thought I could live without a display for volume & sound profiles but a display is great as a reference point for volume & sound profiles. I returned the YAS-209 to Amazon for a full refund. due to the lack of display, the dinky remote & absolutely woeful bluetooth range I would definitely not recommended the Yamaha YAS-209 soundbar.
Purchased in at Amazon for $299.
Disappointed – My Samsung qled speaker has about the same quality as this sound bar. One of my most disappointing purchases.
Purchased in at Amazon for $285.
Amazing sound quality for a reasonable price! – Very good sound quality from this soundbar and subwoofer combo. Whether watching movies, listening to music or watching TV, the sound is crystal clear and has punchy bass where appropriate. It has Alexa built in and is voice controllable as a result. The ARC HDMI function works flawlessly and is reasonably responsive with the TV remote. The Yamaha soundbar app for Android is very handy and practical so the soundbar as a whole, is very good quality and conventient to use.
One impressive thing I noticed is that the sound quality is pretty much perfect straight out of the box. To add to the good out of box sound quality, the preset equalizer settings are very good as well. I have the bar setup is a reasonably large room and it fills the room quite easily with quality sound. Clear Voice mode is also a great addition that boosts dialogue audio with no loss in audio quality.
Purchased in at Harvey Norman for $595.
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