Bose Soundbar 700 vs Yamaha YAS-108 review

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Rating 5 5

Bose Soundbar 700 vs Yamaha YAS-108 comparison chart

Overall
Bose Soundbar 700
6.6
Yamaha YAS-108
6.2
8
8

Bose Soundbar 700 vs Yamaha YAS-108 review

Bose Soundbar 700
vs
Yamaha YAS-108

The present review is aimed to compare two soundbars - Bose Soundbar 700 vs Yamaha YAS-108 that are meant to satisfy the needs of cinema and music lovers. Based on our rating, Soundbar 700 has a total rating of 6.6 out of 10 versus 6.2 for YAS-108. The competitors' control buttons are different: action, microphone and input, mute, volume down, volume up, power, respectively.

Audio features

Both soundbars have active amplification type. A significant difference between the units in the number of channels, the Bose Soundbar 700 has 3.0 versus 2.0 for the Yamaha YAS-108. Only the Yamaha YAS-108 has a built-in subwoofer. Rivals have wired and wireless connection to separate subwoofer. The Bose Soundbar 700 got our rating of 6 out of 10, and the Yamaha YAS-108 7 for its audio features and specs. Spotify is available on each of the soundbars.

Connectivity

Only the Bose Soundbar 700 can connect to the Internet via WI-FI. Rivals from our review have Bluetooth support. The Bose Soundbar 700 has 1/0 HDMI inputs/outputs versus 1/1 of the Yamaha YAS-108. The HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) feature supports both devices. For connectivity, the Soundbar 700 received a rating of 6/10 versus 7/10, respectively.

Features

App control is available in every soundbar. A built-in microphone is present in each model. Soundbars do not have Multi-room support.

Multichannel surround

None of soundbars equipped with Dolby Atmos multichannel audio decoder. The soundbars do not support the surround sound technology DTS:X. For multichannel surround Bose Soundbar 700 got a rating of 4, and Yamaha YAS-108 5 out of 10.

Advantages Bose Soundbar 700 over Yamaha YAS-108

  • Amazon Music compatible
  • WI-FI enabled

Advantages Yamaha YAS-108 over Bose Soundbar 700

  • Built-in subwoofer
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Common

Product

Bose Soundbar 700
Yamaha YAS-108

Model

Soundbar 700
YAS-108

Brand

Bose
Yamaha

Reviews

915
1385

General

Placement type

table-top, wall-mountable
table-top, wall-mountable

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

action, microphone
input, mute, volume down, volume up, power

Audio features

Built-in channels

3.0
2.0

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

120

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

wireless
wired, wireless

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

AirPlay 2

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

Pandora,Tuneln, Deezer, iHeart, SiriusXM
has not

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

0
0

NFC

HDMI input/output

1/0
1/1

HDMI ARC

HDMI eARC

HDMI CEC

Optical digital input/output

1/0
1/0

USB

1 (USB 2.0)

Coaxial digital input/output

0/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

0/0
1/0

Headphone output

0
0

Subwoofer output

1
1

Features

Voice control

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant
Amazon Alexa

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital

DTS:X

DTS (other)

has not
DTS Digital Surround, DTS Virtual:X

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

97.8 x 5.6 x 10.6 /38.5 x 2.2 x 4.2
88.9 x 5.3 x 12.9/35 x 2.1 x 5.1

Weight, kg/pounds

4.5/10.5
3.1/7.1

Other

Release year

2018
2018
Bose Soundbar 700
Yamaha YAS-108
Bose Soundbar 700
Yamaha YAS-108

Soundbars SoundStrokes Art comparison rating

  • better
  • worse
  • 6.6
  • 6.2
  • 6.6Bose Soundbar 700
  • 6.2Yamaha YAS-108