Advantages: Great home theatre sound, fantastic value for money Disadvantages: Unattractive styling, somewhat bulky
...look at the Polk & Yamaha products.
Unable to audition a Polk SurroundBar and Yamaha YSP-1000 in an A/B comparison, I consequently decided to purchase both, with the idea that I would eventually keep one and sell the other.
I have now had both units for about 10 weeks and when doing my A/B comparisons, both systems are set up so that one speaker is sitting just above the other, playing the same material at the same volume and with instant A/B switching ... ...surprise here was that the Yamaha with it's myriad of "tiny" 2 watt amplifiers is comfortable at really loud sound levels. 7/. Which is better? Both have plus and minus points so it isn't that clear cut.
Yamaha YSP-1000 with matching YST-SW225B 150Wsubwoofer :-
PLUS points :-
+ Guaranteed a great sounding Home Theatre system. Yamaha engineers have made sure of that.
+ In-built power amplification ( this is termed an 'active' speaker and is generally ...
Andrisim 11.09.2006 (14.09.2006)
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Advantages: Crisp sound, good aesthetics, easy to set up, no messy cables, good features Disadvantages: not much
...and mess, and the way Yamaha has done this is by utilizing 42 separate speakers, each pointed at different angles, which then produce that surround sound effect we all know and love. Any way I bought my new system which came in a nice 4 ft box (which made an appropriate plaything for the rabbits) and I started set up, and immediately I fell in love. The YSP-1000 has a brilliant automated set up, which included a microphone to sound volume and frequency ... ...So, after only a few minutes of the setup, I was ready for action, and so I flicked through top the news and found dialog to be crisp, I then turned it to stars wars episode 3 (one of the best films i own to test a/v equipment to its limits) and let me say I nearly wet myself when all around me an explosion bombed through the room, with the volume so high it rattled my teeth (we soon had the neighbors complain and since I have been banned from turning ...
xxDanmanxx 21.08.2006
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