Yamaha YAS-207 vs Bose Soundbar 500 review

Votes 5 5
Rating 4 4

Yamaha YAS-207 vs Bose Soundbar 500 comparison chart

Overall
Yamaha YAS-207
5,4
Bose Soundbar 500
7.4
5
8

Yamaha YAS-207 vs Bose Soundbar 500 review

Yamaha YAS-207
vs
Bose Soundbar 500

An affordable soundbar is always a good option to consider, so Yamaha YAS-207 vs Bose Soundbar 500 comparison definitely makes sense. Based on our rating, YAS-207 has a total rating of 5,4 out of 10 versus 7.4 for Soundbar 500. The competitors' control buttons are different: input, mute, volume down, volume up, power and microphone, respectively.

Audio features

Both soundbars have active amplification type. A significant difference between the units in the number of channels, the Yamaha YAS-207 has 2.1 versus 3.0 for the Bose Soundbar 500. Competitors do not have a built-in subwoofer. Rivals have wireless connection to separate subwoofer. The Yamaha YAS-207 got our rating of 7 out of 10, and the Bose Soundbar 500 6 for its audio features and specs. Spotify is available on each of the soundbars.

Connectivity

Only the Bose Soundbar 500 can connect to the Internet via WI-FI. Rivals from our review have Bluetooth support. Each soundbar has 1/0 HDMI inputs/outputs. The HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) feature supports both devices. For connectivity, the YAS-207 received a rating of 6/10 versus 8/10, respectively. App control is available in every soundbar. A built-in microphone is present only on the Soundbar 500. Soundbars do not have Multi-room support.

Multichannel surround

Only the Soundbar 500 has a Dolby Atmos multichannel audio format support. The soundbars do not support the surround sound technology DTS:X. For multichannel surround, each of the opponents received 4 points out of 10.

Advantages Yamaha YAS-207 over Bose Soundbar 500

  • Separate subwoofer in package

Advantages Bose Soundbar 500 over Yamaha YAS-207

  • Amazon Music compatible
  • WI-FI enabled
  • Microphone
  • Compatible with Dolby Atmos
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Common

Product

Yamaha YAS-207
Bose Soundbar 500

Model

YAS-207
Soundbar 500

Brand

Yamaha
Bose

Reviews

2182
407

General

Placement type

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

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

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

Audio features

Built-in channels

2.1
3.0

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

200

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

wireless
wireless

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wireless
wireless

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

AirPlay 2

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

has not
Pandora,Tuneln, Deezer, iHeart, SiriusXM

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

0
1

NFC

HDMI input/output

1/0
1/0

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)

1/0
0/0

Headphone output

0
0

Subwoofer output

0
0

Features

Voice control

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital

DTS:X

DTS (other)

DTS Virtual:X
has not

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

92.9 x 5.8 x 10.9/36.6 x 2.3 x 10.6
80 x 4.3 x 10.1/31.5 x 1.7 x 4

Weight, kg/pounds

2.7/6.1
3.1/7

Other

Release year

2017
2018
Yamaha YAS-207
Bose Soundbar 500
Yamaha YAS-207
Bose Soundbar 500

Soundbars SoundStrokes Art comparison rating

  • better
  • worse
  • 5,4
  • 7.4
  • 5,4Yamaha YAS-207
  • 7.4Bose Soundbar 500

Yamaha YAS-207 competitors

Bose Soundbar 500 competitors