Customer Reviews

Yamaha YHT-450 700-Watt 6.1-Channel Home Theater in a Box (Black)

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

We bought this system of March 2004 at Best Buy.
Since we had Yamaha speakers before that have lasted about 7
years and are still going, (speakers that haven't blown out after many house parties and still have great sound) we knew we would be happy.

We spent about $499 on it and never looked back.
Our friends get blown away by the sound of the bass and
highs-lows in a medium-sized room.. We've watched LOTR, Star Wars (all of them) to movies like Amelie and Immortal Beloved and we've never been happier..
Orchestras sound beautiful and rich when listening.. It sounds even greater with the dvd-audio (Beethoven's 9th) as well!! Even bands like Skinny Puppy to Book of Love to Suede sound awesome on this system!!

The only thing about this system that people may have a problem with, is it may be complicated to set up the sound options. The remote also has too many options.. It still gets the 5 stars in my book because this is something you should learn to take full advantage of your system!

We've compared it to the Bose lifestyles system our friend had (no comparison- the Bose was very flat compared to this system) and the only comparable brand (if you go by store brand names) is onkyo with similarly priced systems.. compared with onkyo, we really liked the "bright" sounds from yamaha..

So almost 9 months and it's still growing strong!!
if you go to best buy and get the protection plan for $99-
you can replace it if it's defective or from wear within 4 years..

I agree with the previous review in terms of quality of system, but beware the exorbitant shipping cost if you buy this item here! Hence the 3 stars.