It's equally at home with movies, TV and music, too, so whatever you throw at it, the Yamaha sounds accomplished and refined. This 5.1 digital sound projector also lives up to its name by actually being capable of producing sound behind the listening position, courtesy of eight 'beam' drivers that can be adjusted for different room layouts. You also get integration with Yamaha's excellent MusicCast system, turning the YSP-1600 into a networked audio streamer and/or part of a multi-room audio system. The build quality is top notch and connectivity options, including an HDCP 2.2 compliant HDMI input capable of accepting 4K signals up to 60 frames per second, are almost equally as solid. Fortunately, there is the option of adding one via the output jack on the rear and that’s probably what we’d do if it was going to be in permanent residence.Īt current prices, the Yamaha YSP-1600 is a great buy in the sub £400 soundbar category. In fact, as alluded to above, the thing we probably missed most from a standard 5.1 speaker system was the lack of dedicated subwoofer because, although there’s nothing wrong with the in-built dual subs, they just aren’t capable of plumbing to the frequency depths even a cheapish standalone can. We wouldn’t go so far as saying that a soundbar could ever be a replacement for a true 5.1 speaker set-up but if you haven’t got the room, or inclination, to have one of those then the Yamaha is probably the next best, affordable, alternative out there. Looking back through the AVForums annals, this reviewer hasn’t actually reviewed one of Yamaha’s 5.1 channel digital sound projectors before – and has to admit to a certain degree of scepticism that they could really work - but they do. In no particular order, we sampled very convincing helicopter effects from Apocalypse Now, squally and fairly terrifying storms in Everest, spaced-out dialogue in Gravity and utter sonic mayhem during Mad Max: Fury Road with a very creditable sense of surround evident in each. square- or oblong-ish, you should benefit from the 5.1 output with movies (and some TV shows) with sound bounced to surprisingly good effect from the walls to create the rear channels. Provided your room is of a fairly standard shape, i.e. We began testing with a collection of movies, moving through some general TV viewing, topped off with some music and we’d be hard pressed to pick fault with anything save for a little lack of clout with low-end effects. The audio quality of the Yamaha YSP-1600 is really very good indeed, regardless of what you to choose to throw at it. As noted earlier, there’s also built in Wi-Fi in addition to Bluetooth for streaming from similarly enabled devices. There’s also an Ethernet port, which would be our choice if you want a stable network streaming environment, a Toslink digital audio input, a 3.5mm stereo jack, a subwoofer output and a USB port used only for software updates and not playback. You will need to check the specifications of your TV to see whether it will pass more than two channels via ARC else you will only get stereo output via the Yamaha. There’s also an HDMI output with Audio Return Channel (ARC) capability, meaning you can use just one cable between the soundbar and the TV and have any source connected to the display outputting its sound through the YSP-1600. There’s an HDMI 2.0 input, capable of carrying Ultra HD signals up to 60 frames per second, although it’s not fully compatible with Ultra HD Blu-ray players as is won’t pass the High Dynamic Range ( HDR) metadata. All the physical connections are housed in a recess to the rear of the unit and they’re a reasonably comprehensive set.
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