VIZIO SB3821-C6 vs Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400

SB3821-C6 vs MusicCast BAR 400 comparison chart

Overall
VIZIO SB3821-C6
4.5
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400
8.2
5
10
Votes 1 1
Rating 5 5
VIZIO SB3821-C6

Nov 22, 2019

If for once you believed that SB3851-C0 was the best of Vizio's soundbar speaker system, then you probably have not seen the VIZIO SB3821-C6 review. Other than the room-filling sound from the wireles...

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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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Common

Product

VIZIO SB3821-C6
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400

Model

SB3821-C6
MusicCast BAR 400

Brand

VIZIO
Yamaha

Reviews

8357
159

General

Placement type

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

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

power, input, Bluetooth, volume down, volume up
power, volume down, volume up, input, mute

Audio features

Built-in channels

2.1
5.1

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

200 (overall)

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

has not
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, Deezer, TIDAL, Napster, SiriusXM, Qobuz

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

0
1

NFC

HDMI input/output

0/0
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

1/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

1/0
1/0

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 TruSurround
DTS Virtual:X, DTS Digital Surround

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

96.5 x 7.6 x 7.6/38 x 3 x 3
94.2 x 8.3 x 11/38.6 x 3.3 x 4.3

Weight, kg/pounds

2.6/5.8
2.7/6

Other

Release year

2015
2018
VIZIO SB3821-C6
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400
VIZIO SB3821-C6
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400

Soundbars CHooseratoR comparison rating

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  • 4.5
  • 8.2
  • 4.5VIZIO SB3821-C6
  • 8.2Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400

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