Have become aware through an article on Chip.de on this beautiful thing. Was looking for nem -günstigen- audio system, but did not want a complete system. Knew until then nothing of such "sound bars". A few searches later I found out that that was exactly what I wanted. English reviews, the Yamaha YAS-103 on Amazon.com, got me then this leads them to buy here.
Super fast shipping, despite Easter holidays - again top! Arrived at the original Yamaha carton. The Soundbar is wrapped in foil and protected from collisions with Styrofoam. All accessories are non-stuck with Tesa. Batteries for the remote control are included. What I find beautiful, Yamaha has a template to drill the holes for the wall bracket attached! This saves the annoying measure etc.
Not only big peeped in the multilingual user manual, but equal unpacked and connected.
The black glossy finish makes her a lot and looks great! In addition, thus it matches the appearance of the most well-TV's.
The LEDs indicate the current input channel on and dim after a short time himself. Fast click on "Bluetooth" on the remote control, and the Yamaha was visible in my Xperia Z. Easily coupled, and the same time be able to play music -
Whether Hip Hop, Heavy Metal, Techno or Pop, it provides for me a great sound! Of the subwoofers I was even a little surprised, would not "deep" with much bass reckoned that come from Yamaha! I must say, I'm not audiophile man, yet I pay a little more on the sound than others.
Then the next step - via optical cable (which is also included), connected to the TV, and some durchgezappt Blurays. Again, the Yamaha makes no defects and are consistently a very impressive sound from.
It is possible to switch between surround and stereo. The "surround" sound is good, but absolutely the stool he does not crack me. However, I was aware of a sound bar can not replace real 5.1 system!
Useful I found also the "Clear Voice" function, with the highlight the conversations of the film between several background sounds / songs / effects a little better!
Also useful is the app for smartphone "Home Theater Controller" - here via can be set to anything. From the general volume, the possible inputs (BD / DVD, Bluetooth, TV, portable, analog), via various surround profiles (TV progam, Stereo, Movie, Music, Sports, Game) Sound settings (subwoofer strength UniVolume [Feature to even when, for example, advertising the same volume to keep], Clear Voice), to the exact adjustment of the seat position and thus changing "sound direction".
I can virtually control the entire bar on the smartphone.
Another nice feature is the IR repeater / learn mode. Through the Learn mode, the Yamaha also leaves with the normal TV remote control to operate what wonderful works for me.
Finally, I would like to mention the possible "standby" mode. Herewith the soundbar turns on automatically when connecting a known Bluetooth device with it.
So in short - absolute buy recommendation !! Am more than satisfied with this sound bar!