Our entry-level pick Vizio SB362AN-F6 is an amazing soundbar, yet if you have some extra cash to spare, then Yamaha YAS-207 will reward you with a better level of sound immersion and audio quality overall. It does a good job of creating a larger and immersive sound field, yet the tone seems to vary between the movies. The experience that DTS Virtual:X produces felt a little inconsistent. Yamaha YAS-207 is the first soundbar on the market to support DTS Virtual:X and DTS Virtual Surround, which is designed to add depth, scope and volume to the soundstage. Voice is clear when watching a movie, especially when the ‘Clear Voice’ mode is enabled. The highs are clear and crisp whereas the lows have a deep and punchy feel. The audio experience is exceptional for the price. Regarding port connections, YAS-207 features HDMI (with ARC support), optical and AUX-in connections. The labels on the LEDs are pretty small, and the unit does not have an on-screen menu, so the only way out is to memorize the LED lights and their positions. The front of the soundbar has a set of touch controls in typical Yamaha-style LEDs, which look somewhat dated. Other manufacturers in this price range mostly default to plastic. The soundbar looks and feels very solid, and the subwoofer feels stout as it is made from MDF. Where the design lacks, Yamaha YAS-207 makes up in engineering quality and build. It does not have a wow factor as it features a simple black cloth grill giving the soundbar a fairly generic feel. The design has never been the strongest side of Yamaha and this time around it is pretty dull too. It includes active DSP and EQ circuitry, bass, treble, and loudness level controls, lip-sync delay, a nighttime mode, and voice enhancement mode. The Sonos app features full sound controls and configuration. It allows you to group the speakers into zones and send the different audio signals to different zones at the same time. It can be used to configure the audio output across all interconnected Sonos speakers in your house. You also get a to experience a fantastic app for PC, Mac, iPhone or Android users. ![]() It felt a bit too much for Sonos Playbar to handle and we had to tone it down a notch. We did, however, run into some little issues when the movie scenes got busy with explosion-packed action scenes. The audio quality produced is smooth, bright and very realistic. Playing back The Expendables gets you instantly impressed with a remarkably expanded soundstage. With the Sonos Sub, the soundstage becomes a lot more complete as it complements the soundbar just perfectly.Īlthough Sonos Playbar has been designed for music more than anything else, it performs equally well when watching movies. For the ones wanting to take the audio experience a couple of notches up, we suggest adding a subwoofer into the mix, if you can afford it. Sonos Playbar produces very respectable levels mid-bass, which will be sufficient for most of us allowing the soundbar to be used on its own. The sound quality is genuinely more vibrant than the soundbar’s size, yet to achieve the best results we found that the soundbar needs to sit upright, which is also the recommendation from Sonos.
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