Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400 vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550

MusicCast BAR 400 vs Home Sound Bar 550 comparison chart

Overall
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400
8.2
Denon Home Sound Bar 550
7.4
10
9
Votes 1 1
Rating 5 5
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400

Jan 24, 2020

Yamaha has extensive experience with sound panels, so when it releases something new in this area, expectations are high. Fortunately, the Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400 - a 2.1-channel soundbar consisting...

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Product

Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400
Denon Home Sound Bar 550

Model

MusicCast BAR 400
Home Sound Bar 550

Brand

Yamaha
Denon

Reviews

159
0

General

Placement type

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

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

power, volume down, volume up, input, mute
power, source, demo, volume down, volume up

Audio features

Built-in channels

5.1
2.1

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

200 (overall)
53 (overall)

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

wireless
has not

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wireless
wired

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

AirPlay 2

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

Pandora, Deezer, TIDAL, Napster, SiriusXM, Qobuz
Pandora, SoundCloud

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

1
1

NFC

HDMI input/output

1/1
1/1

HDMI ARC

HDMI eARC

HDMI CEC

Optical digital input/output

1/0
1/0

USB

1 (USB 2.0)
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
1

Features

Voice control

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital

DTS:X

DTS (other)

DTS Virtual:X, DTS Digital Surround

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

94.2 x 8.3 x 11/38.6 x 3.3 x 4.3
65.7x7.3x11.9/25.9x2.9x4.7

Weight, kg/pounds

2.7/6
3.5/7.8

Other

Release year

2018
2020
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400
Denon Home Sound Bar 550
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400
Denon Home Sound Bar 550

Soundbars CHooseratoR comparison rating

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  • 8.2
  • 7.4
  • 8.2Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400
  • 7.4Denon Home Sound Bar 550

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