I will try to give a simple review of both my soundbar. I have Sony HT CT150, yamaha ysp 5100. Sony was in my bedroom previously and yamaha in living room.

Sony HT CT150 in a room size around 11x16, soundbar at longer wall. Listening position is 7' away/
Can only hear 5.1 sound, but the surround sound is near to none, i give surround sound 2/10 points, have to adjust the surround volume to almost maximum to be usable. Dialog is clear, can hear the voice moving from left to right clearly. Subwoofer sounds ok.

Yamaha YSP5100 was in a opening living room, roughly size around 25x30, soundbar at longer wall. Listening position is 15' away.
Can hear clearly 7.1 sound after calibration. Dialog is clearer than Sony. If no sobwoofer is not connected, bass out of question. You can clearly hear the left and right channel separates very far away. Sound stage is huge. Sweet spot for listening is big, around 2m apart. If a sound is running in circle, you can clearly hear it spinning around ur head I did turn my head around for the first few times when there were sound behind me when watching movie. Everything is better than Sony beside the bass.

For the soundbar to be usable, you gotta use it in a square or rectangle room for it to work well. Please choose your cabinet wisely, else the soundbar will block your TV. I personally do not have the space in my room now to accommodate cables running to the back of my wall now, so i can give any opinion compare to true surround sound.

That depends on how your living room/bedroom is setup to be like. The shape of the room and the size most importantly. Other factors are important too, but that's another topic.
A lot of people jump into a 5.1 setup without first looking at their room then ended up with dissapointing results. Sound bounces off objects and reflects off walls.

I've always believed that soundbars are meant for small bedrooms or small SOHOs.

so any good soundbar other than that ht-260 i'm currently using? (it's a big turn off )

LG NB4530 if you don't want to go above RM1.2k.
Other than that, you could want for the upcoming CT330 which shold be around the RM1.3k mark or lower.

Above that, I'd suggest starting to look for custom 2.1 setups.

thanks for the feed back, will look into them

Am using LG NB4530. Sounds awesome. Just don't expect any surround sound (not into that).

im using philips fidelio sounbar. after listening all type yamaha soundbar im chosing this one.

all type soundbar surround sound crap in my ears. fidelio got true surround. u can detach left right front speaker and put at back left and right. battery operated.. anyway .. not everyday watch movie on surround mode..

So, how do you rate the product? Very pleased with it?

I am thinking of getting one.

How is the performance for Astro? And media player?

for astro it depends.. if your astro hd setting audio to 5.1 .. the volume will a bit high compare non hd channel. but this model got auto volume... u just use auto volume at remote if you change from 5.1 to stereo non hd channel on astro.

when u try to soundbar, dont get cheat with boom boom sub sound.. compare with main dialoque balance between spoken lines, sound effects and music.

bring u own movie on your handphone.. u can try the sound yr fav movie cause this model got bluetooth.

Thanks, Sorethroat.

Have yet to test one yet as not many shop carries this unit. Harvey is having a sales. Hope to test this weekend.

BTW, how much did you pay?

Around rm2.5 with philips media player hmp8100.. The soundbar alone i cant remember

This post has been edited by sorethroat: May 4 2014, 08:13 PM

Yamaha YS-2200 with Philips HTL9100?

Which is better?

The Philips.

HN Gurney Paragon selling rm2699 after rm300 discount. Tested and sound impressive. Detachable speaker as rear surround and can hang on to wall using a normal screw,like we hang our wall clock.

How are the philips and yamaha compared to jbl sb300? Last time i went to HN gurney paragon, they only have JBL soundbar and i like premium design of jbl sb300

No chance to test ysp2200 and jblsb300. The Philips seems a good buy.

if yr tv got hdmi arc is advantage...... no need to use so many remote.. only use tv remote can control volume on the soundbar...cause this philips got hdmi arc.

my tv got no hdmi arc.. cannot test this feature..

Saw this JBL SB400 at HN selling for RM2899. Anyone has experience with this soundbar? Is it worth buying?

Bought LG 4530 soundbar yesterday at rm 990 in penang.
2.1CH sound not bad when direct compare to the sound from the TV....

The soundbar matched perfectly and looks neat and tidy under my Sony W904A LED TV ....unlike the full home theater system in my HT room.

Overall pretty impressed by the SQ for a sub 1k sound system.

yup, this is a value buy item...