While we like the standard surround modes on this budget-priced soundbar, we aren’t fans of its harsh-sounding DTS Virtual:X 3D surround mode. If you’re looking for a relatively inexpensive way to ...

I'm a freelance journalist specialising in TVs, projectors, audio products and movies. I'm also a qualified THX, ISF and HAA calibrator. The Yamaha YAS-209 is the latest 2.1-channel ...

Yamaha has introduced two new home sound bars, the YAS-109 and YAS-209. Both models feature native Alexa voice control, enabling users to directly access Amazon's voice assistant and its various ...

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As TVs become more and more high-tech, they're also getting thinner and thinner, leaving less and less room for speakers. If you're unwilling to sacrifice powerful, immersive sound for a bigger, more ...

Yamaha made huge strides in recent years when it comes to making some of the best-sounding audio devices at extremely affordable prices. In particular, we’ve been very impressed with the company’s ...

Like its predecessor, the YAS-207 (which continues alongside the YAS-209 for the time being), Yamaha’s new soundbar comes with a large, wireless subwoofer and eschews Dolby Atmos and eARC in favour of ...

The Clear Voice mode made the vocal range sound more grainy and a bit etched. The various virtual surround modes make the sound stage somewhat wider and taller and imparts a diffuse, and to varying ...