Product Comparison: Yamaha YAS-207BL vs Yamaha YAS-203

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Yamaha YAS-207BL Sound Bar with Wireless Subwoofer Bluetooth & DTS Virtual Black

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Yamaha YAS-203 Sound Bar with Bluetooth and Wireless Subwoofer

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General Specifications

Brand

Yamaha

Model

YAS-207

YAS-203

About the Product

It’s never been easier to immerse yourself in clear, lifelike sound for all of your TV shows, movies, games and music. The world's first sound bar with DTS Virtual:X, the YAS-207 is capable of virtualizing sound in multiple dimensions – including height – offering more realistic sonic reproduction of any content without the complexity of using numerous speakers. The slim bar fits perfectly in front of your TV or can be wall-mounted, while the included wireless subwoofer can be placed anywhere in the room.

Make all of your movies and TV shows come to life with clear, spacious sound. The piano-black finish of the sound bar looks great with your TV and the wireless subwoofer can be placed anywhere in the room to deliver rich, impactful bass. BLUETOOTH® lets you wirelessly stream music from your iPhone®, iPad® and Android™ devices.

Key Specs

Power Output

200 Watt

Minimum Frequency Response

150 Hz

Maximum Frequency Response

22 kHz

Power Output

What customers say about "Key Specs"

Yamaha YAS-207BL Sound Bar with Wireless Subwoofer Bluetooth & DTS Virtual Black

Its bass extension boosts low bass levels for a remarkable powerful sound.
Powerful wireless subwoofer rocks.
It had a great sound and was well powered.
It sounds really fantastic at higher volumes, but at lower volumes certain frequencies noticeably clip in and out, which is annoying.
Yamaha quality, Almost perfect, but the low frequency crossover is right in the middle of the speech range... hearing voices pop in and out of the sub mid sentence is jarring.
Basically, the bass crossover frequency falls right smack in the middle of the frequencies used by dialogue voices.

Yamaha YAS-203 Sound Bar with Bluetooth and Wireless Subwoofer

The subwoofer has a separate volume control, so you can easily adjust the low frequency booming if you risk bothering the neighbors or sleeping kids.
Lower Range Base Frequencies are good and Clear Voice feature is also useful.
The frequency handled by the unit is really the normal bass sound.
No dedicated center channel, and no separate high frequency drivers.
Sub could be a bit more powerful (although it seems to be improving).
The subwoofer is not as powerful as my last system from Sony even at its highest setting but the sound is much better balanced and dialogue is better.

Size & Weight

Color

Black

Height

2.4 in.

3.1 in.

Width

36.6 in.

34.9 in.

Depth

4.2 in.

4.8 in.

Weight

6 lbs.

24.3 lbs.

What customers say about "Size & Weight"

Yamaha YAS-207BL Sound Bar with Wireless Subwoofer Bluetooth & DTS Virtual Black

Full size subwoofer that is awesome sounding.
I am very pleased with the sound production from this bar based on the price and size.
In my moderately sized room, the sound bar can easily be too loud, and produces a reasonable amount of bass.
Did not have room for my full-size stereo and speaker set up and this has proven itself to be the perfect addition to my television.
Best for a small to medium size room.

Yamaha YAS-203 Sound Bar with Bluetooth and Wireless Subwoofer

The bar looks good and sized nicely.
Great for small to medium sized rooms.
The sound and volume on this product is really quite good for a small to medium sized room. I am really quite pleased with this purchase.
Works great! And size is just right to fit in front of television.
Easy set up and the size was perfect for us!

Features

Type

Tabletop

Installation Type

Stand-alone, Wall-mount

Number of Channels

2.1

Sound Enhancing System

Dolby Digital, DTS Virtual, DTS Virtual:X

Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS, PCM

Extras

Bluetooth power on, Wireless Subwoofer for Flexible Placement, Connect wirelessly, seamlessly.

AIR SURROUND XTREME Provides Superior Virtual Surround, Realistic and Impressive Sound, Bluetooth® Wireless Music Streaming from Your Smartphone or Tablet, Clear Voice Makes Dialogue and Narrations Easy to Hear, UniVolume™ Maintains the Same Volume Level, Low-profile Design, Elegance and Simplicity

What customers say about "Features"

Yamaha YAS-207BL Sound Bar with Wireless Subwoofer Bluetooth & DTS Virtual Black

It comes with wireless subwoofer for dynamic sound.
Easy, straightforward setup. Simple update procedure via USB stick.
Very rich sound in 3D Surround mode, both for music and movies.
There is dedicated Yamaha app to control soundbar's settings from your Bluetooth-enabled smartphone. You'd need to download it free from Apple or Android Play store.
Dolby plus input did not give any sound, had to downgrade to dolby.
The Yamaha (iOS) Home theatre controller app leaves a lot to be desired.

Yamaha YAS-203 Sound Bar with Bluetooth and Wireless Subwoofer

The installation completely simplified my AV system by accepting input from my TV via optical coax.
I am impressed by the ease of installation and the quality of the sound.
The sound bar itself is nice and solid, looks goods and easy to hook up.
Lower Range Base Frequencies are good and Clear Voice feature is also useful.
Everything sounds good except voices are a little muffled when watching movies through the TV or blue ray player, even when I switch it to the clear voice.
Couldn't find way an Easy way to access EQ to change such simple controls such as Bass and Treble levels.

Setting

App-Controlled

Yes

Equalizer Settings

ClearAudio+ mode, Surround sound control, Movie mode, Music mode, Sports mode

Bass/Tremble control, Clear voice

App-Controlled

Connectivity

Wireless Connectivity

Blueetoth, Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi, Blueetoth

Interfaces

3.5mm stereo mini jack, Digital optical audio, HDMI

Digital optical audio, RCA (Coaxial), Stereo RCA

What customers say about "Connectivity"

Yamaha YAS-207BL Sound Bar with Wireless Subwoofer Bluetooth & DTS Virtual Black

You have to connect to Bluetooth and then you can fire up the app and select Clear Voice and 3d Surround and you will be all set!
It transmits 4K HDR video. There is an ARC-HDMI output jack.
My only let down and reason for 3 stars is because the subwoofer sounds under powered while playing music thru Bluetooth.
The only drawback that I see - lack of Wi-Fi connectivity.
Did NOT come with a HDMI cable.

Yamaha YAS-203 Sound Bar with Bluetooth and Wireless Subwoofer

Bluetooth is a nice feature as well. Overall design once again is Okay.
The Bluetooth paired with phone easily.
The bluetooth sound is pretty good and the bar prompts your iphone to get an app for enhanced control.
Wire connections include inputs for optical and coaxial digital audio and stereo RCA
Subwoofer connects automatically via bluetooth.

Warranty / Certifications

Certifications

FCC

Manufacturer Warranty

1 year(s)

Other Information

MSRP

174.95 $