MusicCast is Yamaha's wireless whole-house music system with support for diverse music sources, streaming services, and high resolution music over WiFi alone with AirPlay and Bluetooth compatibility.

The soundbar and sub deliver powerful, detailed sound with superb bass performance, but the surrounds hold the package back ...

Multi-room audio is here to stay and all the major manufacturers are trying to muscle in on the act, either by developing their own proprietary systems for distributing music and sound around the home ...

Both soundbars occupy premium territory, with the Yamaha True X Surround 90A system launching at $3500 / £2116 / AU$4499. The ...

Yamaha’s MusicCast impressed us when the company first introduced the technology, leading us at the time to declare it the best multiroom solution since Sonos. MusicCast continues to make its way into ...

Ty Pendlebury has worked at CNET since 2006. He lives in New York City where he writes about TVs and home entertainment. Expertise Ty has worked for radio, print, and online publications, and has been ...

For some Sonos fans, soundbars — even very capable Dolby Atmos soundbars like the Sonos Arc Ultra — just don’t cut it when it comes to home theater surround sound. They want a fully customizable ...

Yamaha has created a new speaker for the home environment, the Soavo series of Natural Sound Speakers. The series consists of the Soavo-1 three-way bass reflex front channel speaker, the Soavo-900C ...

Welcome to our latest Rewind news digest, where we recap the top hi-fi and home cinema stories to break over the past week. It was a particularly busy one, especially for the home cinema team, who had ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.

Good audio quality is a key ingredient that can elevate any home cinema experience. Even a moderately capable cheap soundbar is, more often than not, leagues ahead of a TV's built-in sound system.