Yamaha YAS-70BL Front Surround System (Black)

by Yamaha

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 36.6 x 3.9 inches ; 16 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 61 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000V7H1HC
• Item model number: YAS-70BL
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,344 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Yamaha YAS-70BL Front Surround System provides surround sound and deep, powerful bass from just two units. Drawing on our extensive experience in digital signal processing and the use of sound reflections to create surround sound, Yamaha developed the Air Surround System. Through direct and reflected sound, it provides an enjoyable listening experience without multiple speakers. It can be used in rooms of all sizes, and is especially convenient for small rooms. Stereo sound can also be enjoyed. Yamaha's newly developed Advanced YST (Yamaha Active Servo Technology) combines negative impedance and constant-current principles to drive the speaker cone with even tighter control than previously. Using Advanced Negative Impedance converter (ANIC) circuits, this system dynamically optimizes effective speaker impedance to maintain excellent linearity. This means more stable and accurate low range response, not to mention higher sound pressure levels, for more natural and energetic bass reproduction. With YAS-70, you'll have no worries about compatibility with various movie sound formats. The amplifier's DSP circuitry can decode the three most popular formats: Dolby Digital, DTS and Dolby Pro Logic II (for 5.1-channel playback of 2-channel source material). The subwoofer features a high performance front-firing, active design. It provides power and detailed, accurate reproduction in a compact unit. Good bass is more than just pounding -- it's important for the full sonic enjoyment of games, music and especially movies. The digital amplifiers deliver 310W of the total power.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, just WOW!!!, January 24, 2008

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Randy M "rdm" (Des Moines, IA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha YAS-70BL Front Surround System (Black) (Electronics)

I was tired of speakers and wires all over the room just for Surround sound for home theater. Then I came across this sound bar. It was perfect!
A sound bar plus woofer speaker is all that makes up this system. But it somehow sends great sound all around the room. And the quality of sound is like nothing I've gotten from many other tested multi-speaker wired systems. Bells and high sounds sound real. Storms make you want to look outside to make sure its not real. Explosions, gun shots, you name it, very realistic.
I'll never go back to a wired multi-wired speaker system. Why bother?

My only issue is it has only three connections. One digital optical, one digital coaxial and one analog rca L/R (I don't use).
I added a digital optical switcher, to solve this issue. But they could have designed at least 3 optical and three coaxial as standard inputs.
This system sounds so good, why not complement it with more than enough inputs? However, they did not skimp on sound quality in any way.
Highly recommended! Fits perfect above plasma or LCD wall mounted HDTV's.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Sound, August 9, 2008

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Stephen Bluestein (Woodland Hills, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yamaha YAS-70BL Front Surround System (Black) (Electronics)

I researched this unit, and purchased it at Costco in-store which was significantly less that what Amazon sells it for. I hooked it up to the optical audio out on my flat screen and the TV sends the sound to the Yamaha whatever I am watching on the TV (cable, DVD, Roku, Wii, whatever). There is no receiver or additional equipment involved. The sound it crisp and it often sounds like the sound is coming from behind us like a full 5.1 system would. I highly recommend this unit.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE, August 14, 2008

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JO MOMMA "COOKIE-MONSTER" (VIRGINIA BEACH, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha YAS-70BL Front Surround System (Black) (Electronics)

I bought a Yamaha receiver to go with a surround sound package and I ended up with the YAS-70. The bad thing is the this unit does not hook up to a reciever at all so i spent money on something i never needed.

The bar hooks straight up to the subwoofer and the subwoofer and then hooks up to the TV. The only thing you have to buy is a digital optical cable (i think thats what it was) that hooks up from the subwoofer to the TV. I then changed the settings on the tv from tv speakers to surround sound speakers. I dont even have to use my tv speakers anymore and if you did, you would get an echo sound because they were not working together.

The base is deep and the speakers are loud. I have had my next door neighbors come over and tell me to turn it down when im watching a movie or playing battlfied. I love it!!!