New Yamaha Soundbars revealed! The YSP-4300 and 3300 - Page 6

It only has wireless there is no subwoofer output jack, you have to use their adapter if you want to use your HSU. I'm sure for this market you are a very small percentage of people who will use a different subwoofer than the one supplied. So I don't think Yamaha found a need to put in a subwoofer jack.

I am not certain but the wording of the description of that adapter indicates that the subwoofer would need to be another Yamaha product and/or support yAired technology.

Hi All,

I didn't want to create a separate thread since there is healthy discussion here. Does anyone have experience comparing the 4300/3300 to the prior models ysp-4100 or ysp-5100?

Some of the differences I have gathered from the specs are:

• 4100/5100 are taller, but thinner than the 4300/3300.
• 4100/5100 have quite a few more mini drivers than the 4300/3300.
• 4100/5100 are pricier
• 4100/5100 use 1/8" larger mini drivers
• 4300/3300 come with a wireless sub
• 4100/5100 comes with wireless sub adapter (BYO Sub)
• 5100 system is 120W vs 194W of the newer models (Sub excluded)
• 5100/4100 has 4.5" woofers, 4300/3300 have 2.5" woofers

So this all great, but my primary concern is which sounds the best, has anyone compared them?
I'm presently leaning towards the older models because I have a home built sub I wish to use, but I'm willing to forsake that if the newer units offer a significant overall upper frequency superiority.

Send me the ysp-4300, ysp-4100 and ysp-5100; and I'll let you know

I think you would be hard pressed to even find these in a store to demo.

I can't even find 1 of them where I live. I figure someone here has "upgraded" or at least owned one and got to try the other. We'll see.

On my setup, a u-verse STB is connected to the YSP-3300 HDMI1 input, and a Sharp Elite TV is connected to the YSP-3300 HDMI (ARC) output.

When the input on the TV is switched from HDMI1 (the YSP-3300) to antenna (broadcast), the YSP-3300 front panel display automatically changes from "HDMI1" to "TV-ARC".

Of course, this is after going through the TV and sound projector menus to enable ARC.

I like the 4100/5100 series better than the 3300/4300. I think they tweaked the 3300/4300 for better auto calibration. But, if you tweak the 4100/5100 you can get much better results plus you can easily pair it with a nicer sub. I think the tall size and cost of the 4100/5100 has not made them as popular especially for TVs on stands. Some of them are tall enough to block bottom of the TV screen.

Interesting, thanks. I agree, the height of the 4100/5100 likely inhibits their sales to a degree. For me its mostly a non-factor as I plan to wall mount the unit. I've noticed the 4300 keeps being available for under $1200, I wish I could find a similar deal on a 5100/4100.

OK, after some more playing with then system, it looks like I got the ARC working. Audio from the TV will play on the 3300. Turning the TV OFF also turns OFF the 3300, but the 3300 does not turn ON with the TV.

The first HDMI cable I ran between the TV and the 3300 appears to be non 1.4. I can't read the writing on the cable because it was covered in the woven mesh.

Here are photos of the Port Savers I purchased through MonoPrice. With these connectors the 3300 will sit right up against the wall (then the only problem is the mic input for the system tuning).

FWIW,

My YSP-3300, in the setup described in my previous post, turns and and off with the TV.

The 3300 also cycles on and off correctly when driving a Sony XBR HX929.

Just curious, what drove you guys to the 3300 over the the 4100?

In my case the $950 sale price.

I was on the fence about the Atlantic Technology H-PAS Powerbar 235

The 3300 is $947 shipped at Buy.com again, also 4 available at their Ebay site for the same price.

Ditto on the price, and it's much better looking than the 4100 and 5100

Back up at buy.com for $1137 shipped. Finally got my order in.
http://www.rakuten.com/prod/yamaha-ysp-4300-7-1-speaker-system-324-w-rms-wireless-speaker-s-black/245460203.html

better hurry if anyone else wants one. I got the first of the 4 available YSP-4300s as well at 1136.99 on the rakuten.com and their ebay seller website pages...an hour later there's only one left.

i have an unopened YSP-3300 i am now going to return (it arrived today via UPS) that I got from them. if anyone wants it instead lemme know and I can send it for that + shipping via Paypal. ohterwise it goes back this weekend via RMA.

I ordered mine this morning at that price. Hopefully they still have some. Update. Since I had never ordered anything from that website before my credit card would not be accepted. By the time I got it fixed, they were sold out at that price. So new soundbar for me.
Edited by tigercat74 - 3/9/13 at 8:01am

Here is my Yamaha YSP-4300 with my Samsung UN60ES7500 on a wall unit IMG_20130309_140643.jpg 915k .jpg file

I did end up getting a 4300 at the price you guys mentioned last week. It works great except the subwoofer does lose connection and then takes some time to reconnect. Do you guys think my wireless router is causing this problem? I have DSL modem that has built in wireless. Could this be the problem? I saw where someone got an Airport Express and this fixed his problem. Would this be a good option for me. Plus the router is in a different room then the subwoofer. Thanks in advance.

Certain Routers have known to cause problems. I think since yours is so far away i dont think that would be it. I do run a Apple Airport extreme and have no problems.

Thanks for your answer. I have not had any problems with it today,

I too have been having issues with my wireless sub. It will lose connection and take a while to reconnect. Problem is that I am getting random "pops" and "clicks" from the sub. It can get super annoying.
I have resorted to disconnecting it and making it reconnect. It will get a clean connection and not have the pops and clicks.

I am wondering if my wireless router is contributing to channel interference. It is a Linksys 4300 that is in the same room as the YSP 4300.

Anyone know what channel/frequency the wireless sub works on?

I suppose I can try and pick up an Airport if that is what has fixed it for others, although I'd rather not shell out more cash.

Try changing the access code on the back of the subwoofer and in the setup menu. I switched mine to C3 and have had no problem with disconnect since then.

I too have heard those very same 'pops' and 'clicks' but what I'm noticing is that, when I use my soundbar my wireless devices like iPad, iPhone and laptop cannot connect to the net anymore. I assume that it has something to do with both the WiFi and the wireless subwoofer both using the 2.4GHz band to transmit their respective signals. The only way I can use my wireless devices, would be to switch off the soundbar and then reboot the router. It gets annoying quickly but it was a workaround for now.

I've ordered a dual band Linksys 3700 router and I plan on setting it up so that the TV and XBox will use a wired setup while the wireless devices use the 5GHz band. I hope this will work, I'll soon find out. But I'm not sure if it'll solve the intermittent sounds/connectivity issues for the subwoofer. I really don't want to buy an Airport router. Does anyone have the same issues with a Linksys router?

I will give this a shot this evening and see if it helps.

FWIW, my LinkSys E2000 wireless router is in a different room from my YSP-3300, separated by two walls. The E2000 is set to N mode on the 2.4 GHz band.

I did not change the yamaha wireless access code from the factory setting. I have never detected any disconnects with the wireless sub, which is located about 6 feet from the right end of the sound projector.

If your wireless router permits adjustment of transmit power, that might be worth experimenting with too.

The 4300 is listed on Rakuten.com for $1136.99 again... snatch it up!