lovelldr
Prominent Member
Hi guys.
Currently on the lookout for a soundbar for the living room, as getting increasingly annoyed by the lacklustre sound produced by the TV's inbuilt speakers... Ideally wanted full surround sound, but the missus has put her foot down, and I'm not allowed full surround speakers etc... So, gotta settle on a soundbar.
Have looked around and read lots of opinions about a few different ones. Had originally decided I liked the look of the Pioneer soundbar, as it had the HDMI inputs and everything I wanted at a nice cheap price (I'd seen for £300). But, on reviews, people said the felt let down by it's performance...
Now, I know that to be able to properly judge this, I need to go and view them and see how I feel they sound... But, the problem comes where there nowhere that has all of the units I wanted to demo. I have a richer sounds, where I will try to go tomorrow to demo the yht-s401, and hopefully the panasonic htb520. But, they don't stock the yas-101 nor the pioneer I'd originally looked in to.
So, my dilemma is how much of a difference is there between the yas-101 and the s401/htb520? From what I've heard of previous amps etc, yamaha usually give good results, and from soundbars, it looks like they're one of the best. So I'm kind of expecting to prefer the s401 against the htb520. But, I'd like to know what people think of the 101 vs the s401...
Looking forward to some good info on people's opinions
Currently on the lookout for a soundbar for the living room, as getting increasingly annoyed by the lacklustre sound produced by the TV's inbuilt speakers... Ideally wanted full surround sound, but the missus has put her foot down, and I'm not allowed full surround speakers etc... So, gotta settle on a soundbar.
Have looked around and read lots of opinions about a few different ones. Had originally decided I liked the look of the Pioneer soundbar, as it had the HDMI inputs and everything I wanted at a nice cheap price (I'd seen for £300). But, on reviews, people said the felt let down by it's performance...
Now, I know that to be able to properly judge this, I need to go and view them and see how I feel they sound... But, the problem comes where there nowhere that has all of the units I wanted to demo. I have a richer sounds, where I will try to go tomorrow to demo the yht-s401, and hopefully the panasonic htb520. But, they don't stock the yas-101 nor the pioneer I'd originally looked in to.
So, my dilemma is how much of a difference is there between the yas-101 and the s401/htb520? From what I've heard of previous amps etc, yamaha usually give good results, and from soundbars, it looks like they're one of the best. So I'm kind of expecting to prefer the s401 against the htb520. But, I'd like to know what people think of the 101 vs the s401...
Looking forward to some good info on people's opinions