Rob Beschizza
Gear

5.1 Surround From a Single Speaker

I hate wires. Decent, reasonably-priced speakers have wires. Therefore, surround sound is absent in my life. It’s like the memory of a much-loved but annoying friend: I want it back, but know if I did, I would get shirty about it all the time. Yamaha’s YSP-900 soundbar presents itself as a solution, claiming to emit […]

Ysp_900
I hate wires. Decent, reasonably-priced speakers have wires. Therefore, surround sound is absent in my life. It's like the memory of a much-loved but annoying friend: I want it back, but know if I did, I would get shirty about it all the time.

Yamaha's YSP-900 soundbar presents itself as a solution, claiming to emit 5.1 sound from a single speaker. The marketing picture suggests that all you need is an exactly-square room with perfect acoustical properties.

YSP-900, the new Yamaha virtual Surround speaker [Akihabara News]