Yamaha Soundbar with 3D Surround Sound, Bluetooth Streaming & Built-in Alexa Voice Control - ATS1090 (Black)
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Honestly would rather it without Alexa which I am pretty sure is just the model down.
I agree, the good news is you can turn Alexa off.
Touch to disable the microphones Touch again to enable the microphones.
At least that is something I guess. An isolation switch would be better but hey I am obviously not the targetted market haha.
Simply don’t link your Amazon account and don’t activate Alexa and done.
Funny how their marketing team touts Alexa as a "feature" when most of us want it disabled.
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Why wouldn't you want Alexa?
Creepy Bezos listening on your conversations.
I've already got enough creepy trackers profiling me online. Don't want one that tracks/profiles me offline.
Heh, Alexa was one of the reasons I bought this- been meaning to get another Alexa device for the living room and also needed a soundbar, this conveniently hits 2 birds with 1 stone and cheaply
What do you actually do with Alexa that you can't do directly with an app or a remote controller?
If you don't want Alexa consider the Yamaha SRB20A
It's a new model that was released a few months ago. It has upgraded sound drivers so should sound better than the YAS-109
how does the sound quality compare to the 1080b? are the speakers the same etc this just have more features or?
Should be about the same.
1080 https://au.yamaha.com/en/products/audio_visual/sound_bar/ats…
1090 https://au.yamaha.com/en/products/audio_visual/sound_bar/ats…
Yamaha SRB20A has better sound than these two, as it just got released
This review says they are pretty much the same but the 109 has more features
https://www.digitaltrends.com/sound-bar-reviews/yamaha-sr-b2…
According to that article "Yamaha said it has improved the design of the bar’s built-in woofers"
109 and SRB20A are pretty much the same price. One has Alexa and the other has improved sound drivers.
Depends what you want, slightly better sound or Alexa.
Good Guys have the SRB20A for $249 atm
https://www.thegoodguys.com.au/yamaha-2ch-soundbar-srb20ab
@AnotherCheapo: "Yamaha said it has improved the design of the bar’s built-in woofers"
Review didn't indicate it was better. This is the critical bit:
"But with the older bar still around, and offering better features at a similar price, the B20A becomes something of a hard sell in this price range."
I have a YAS 107 and still love it.
Would anyone recommend putting this behind a wall mounted TV? My Samsung TV has crappy speakers so I've been waiting for something with HDMI-ARC. Not sure why this soundbar is wall mount only
I have the older model (108B) and I love it. The sound is really nice compared to my LG TV default speakers.
https://www.bestadvisor.com/soundbars/yamaha-ats-1080-vs-yam…
I've got the 1080 and the hdmi arc is not working well. There's more information and comments on this in an older deal thread
Oh, sorry to hear that. My HDMI ARC works great. Maybe just lucky. Touch wood :)
Did you do the firmware update?
Can't remember as it's been like a year but I'll look into it!
Can you link the information? I have the 108B and have issues of the soundbar consistently connecting and disconnecting when playing things off the TV. Not sure what I should do about it. Does it also allow AUX connectivity from TV to soundbar?
Power Saving is on by default. Makes the soundbar turn off after 10 minutes of inactivity.
Very annoying if you pause in the middle of a movie to get food.
@BargainEnjoyer2022: Thanks for your reply :)
Does it count as inactivity when I'm playing something on the TV and it automatically just makes no noise, and then reconnects. It just randomly stops making noise for ~3-5 secs. I've tried buying a new HDMI cable.
that should be fine. I've got mine facing up and inside my tv stand cabinet and it doesn't sound muffled or anything.
This is not just wall mount only.
this or the samsung one for $168 on ebay?
Link please?
congratz on 2nd comment fam
Pretty sure that's an expired deal.
This or one of those Edifier bookshelf speakers for TV (Living Room)?
Anyone comment on the difference with this Yamaha model? Same price.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Yamaha-Soundbar-Surround-Bluetooth…
I think its just that one is grey and one is black YAS109G(rey) vs YAS109B(lack)
Different model numbers
ATS1090
YAS109
Google indicates the YAS model might be an older model? Nothing really indicates a difference in features.
True mb, I just went on the Yamaha page for the ATS1090 (https://au.yamaha.com/en/products/audio_visual/sound_bar/ats…) and you can't really find out the differences because if you switch to the specs page it switches to the YAS109 specs.
if you switch to the specs page it switches to the YAS109 specs.
Haha, yeah i just noticed that as well. I'm guessing it's just a regional difference to the model number. Doesn't appear to be any difference between them.
Any chance this can be used with a projector in the back with wirelessly? Would there be a lip sync issue
Anyone recommend this for a pc instead of a duel 2.1 speakers or a 5.1 system?
In a small room maybe. I'm very underwhelmed by my older version of this soundbar. Interface is garbage and sound isn't any better than a couple of cheap bookshelf speakers.
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Good price.