I am a total noob when it comes to Soundbars so I am hoping someone here with a lot more knowledge can give me some guidance?
I am looking at purchasing a soundbar and have been looking at the Yamaha YSP-2700 and YSP-1600. I should add at this point that I am living in Australia as I am anticipating someone suggesting the YSP-2500 but the 2500 seems to have pretty much disappeared from Australian shops.
I have a dedicated theatre room that is approx 5m x 3m with very little furniture in it. It is a rented property so can't go pulling carpets up, putting holes in walls etc. or I would probably be looking at a separates system. It needs to be "wife friendly" (no trailing wires etc.) which is why I am looking at soundbars. I was looking at an LG TIAB but having seen it in a shop I have gone off that idea.
All I want to do really is enhance the sound from my devices and, if possible, get some surround sound going. I will be connecting a 55"LG UHD 3D Smart TV, Odroid C2 (running Kodi), Foxtel box and an Optus Fetch box. At some point over the next couple of months the Foxtel box is coming out and may well be replaced by a games console (probably PS4).
The point I am trying to make is that I am wondering if the 2700 is overkill for what I need and that the 1600 will more than do the job? The only thing I have seen is that the 1600 only has 1 HDMI in and 1 HDMI out where the 2700 has 3 in/1 out - in my limited experience I don't know if this is going to be a problem getting all my devices connected?
I can get a 1600 for $949 (AUD) locally and after shopping around can get a 2700 for $1268 (AUD - delivered). Again, for what I want to do is it worth spending the extra $320? Obviously if there are any alternatives to these 2 that anyone recommends then budget is around $1300 tops (about 820 GBP at today's exchange rate)
Thanks in advance for any advice
I am looking at purchasing a soundbar and have been looking at the Yamaha YSP-2700 and YSP-1600. I should add at this point that I am living in Australia as I am anticipating someone suggesting the YSP-2500 but the 2500 seems to have pretty much disappeared from Australian shops.
I have a dedicated theatre room that is approx 5m x 3m with very little furniture in it. It is a rented property so can't go pulling carpets up, putting holes in walls etc. or I would probably be looking at a separates system. It needs to be "wife friendly" (no trailing wires etc.) which is why I am looking at soundbars. I was looking at an LG TIAB but having seen it in a shop I have gone off that idea.
All I want to do really is enhance the sound from my devices and, if possible, get some surround sound going. I will be connecting a 55"LG UHD 3D Smart TV, Odroid C2 (running Kodi), Foxtel box and an Optus Fetch box. At some point over the next couple of months the Foxtel box is coming out and may well be replaced by a games console (probably PS4).
The point I am trying to make is that I am wondering if the 2700 is overkill for what I need and that the 1600 will more than do the job? The only thing I have seen is that the 1600 only has 1 HDMI in and 1 HDMI out where the 2700 has 3 in/1 out - in my limited experience I don't know if this is going to be a problem getting all my devices connected?
I can get a 1600 for $949 (AUD) locally and after shopping around can get a 2700 for $1268 (AUD - delivered). Again, for what I want to do is it worth spending the extra $320? Obviously if there are any alternatives to these 2 that anyone recommends then budget is around $1300 tops (about 820 GBP at today's exchange rate)
Thanks in advance for any advice