yamaha 40

Overall Rating: ( 2 reviews )

1. Posted: Jul 19 2008

   Bought the sound bar a month ago now and have been thoroughly happy with it. Sound is great, easy to set-up. As a relative novice audiophile I wanted something that was easy and looked good - last thing I wanted was to drill holes run cables and pay someone to have to redecorate. Couple of things that I think Yamaha could do better; the menu is a little 1980's pong like and difficult to navigate. There is also some confusion on DVD/TV/STB naming on the screen (but I did find an attached addendum doc in the box). I'd like to have seen a couple more optical inputs - I'm using both for my Sonos and TV. I've also had some problems with centralizing my hdmi sources (I wanted to run the cable HDMI in and then output to my old component plasma; I'm not 100% sure whether its my lack of experience or a gap - but the documentation isn't great and I didn't get it working. All in all, I've been happy. The selection of different sound enhancements does definitely make a difference. I also bought a FSW050 subwoofer with it. I tried with and without the subwoofer and it makes a big difference and is well worth the extra hundred bucks to take some of the strain off of the soundbar.

2. Posted: May 17 2008

   Quite frankly I could not tell surround sound from plain old TV sounds and was pointed in the direction of the Yamaha YSP4000 by a total tech geek. I had a large room and was not up for ripping up walls to install speakers nor did I want cables running all over the place. I'm totally amazed at the sound this one speaker provides. I also listen to XM and my iPod through a docking station and this system fills the room with sound. LOVE IT!

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Overall Rating: ( 5 reviews )

1. Posted: Apr 16 2008

   This unit is really good. The digital characters are a little small to read for those with limited eyesight. Mechanicaly it works great. The best for the price out on the market.

2. Posted: Apr 16 2008

   Same dimension as most 5-CD players, with the usual advanced features. It stands out from those I've had because of its smooth and quiet changing mechanism. I especially enjoy the random cut player, not just random CD but random cuts from among the 5 CD's loaded in the carousel. The only thing I don't like is that I can't seem to find a way to make the carousel rotate when it is open all the way for loading. This requires you to load a CD into the rear-most slot while part of it is still inside the body of the unit, making it easy to scratch or drop the CD. Otherwise, I like it a real lot!

3. ( 0 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Apr 14 2008

   I rated this product one star based solely on the packaging not the performance. Amazon did a terrible job of packing this system for shipping. An enormous damaged box was delivered to my home with a smaller box freely moving around inside. This sad package was left outside in the rain. Shame on you "Amazon".

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