Yamaha YSP-4000

Résumé : Chez Yamaha, les barres audio on connaît ! Depuis plusieurs années, le constructeur fournit régulièrement des modèles de plus en plus performants. Cet (...)

Résumé : The pioneer of the sound bar has produced one of the best-performing and complete virtual surround sound kits we've reviewed so far.

Points forts : Single-speaker surround system ; built-in digital amplifiers, Dolby Digital, DTS, Neural, and proprietary surround processing ; eliminates the need for an A/V receiver ; HDMI connectivity with analog video 1080i upscaling ; FM tuner ; auto setup with ...

Points faibles : Expensive, lacks dynamic muscle of an equivalently priced 5.1 channel system ; no Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD decoding ; no S-video input or output ; setting up multiple sources likely to confuse and frustrate most users ; most listeners will want to ...

Conclusion :  The addition of enhanced video connectivity options cements Yamaha's already excellent Digital Sound Projector technology as the go-to choice for single-speaker surround sound.

Résumé : The Yamaha YSP4000 Digital Sound Projector is simplicity personified. For every person that ever said that a 5.1 surround system was too difficult to set up or took up too much space, this product was made for them.

Conclusion : While the YSP4000 didn't have the depth and power of my reference sound system, I thought it performed extremely well. What it might lack in maximum impact and performance it makes up for in design and function