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if you just bought yourself a TV you're probably looking at something that can boost the poor sound it produces if you're not planning a wall mounting and almost no one does then a sound base is a great option hi I'm typing debris and the Yamaha SRT 1000 is an excellent sound base with a bunch of handy features and reel in quotation marks surround sound the SRT 1000 uses Yamahas digital sound projector technology to beam sound to the left and right and rear of your room using these eight drivers on the front of the unit the effect is much wider and more effective than the surround of X on most sound bars that the rear effect we found wasn't very strong the unit features a sturdy MDF cabinet with some nifty additions including this rear port access hatch and dedicated source indicators on the front no more complicated red equals blu-ray color coding systems you can instantly tell resource you're listening to the Yamaha uses for different sound modes and unlike some others you can slip it into stereo only when listening to music in addition it decodes DTS and Dolby so blu-rays are no longer a problem the Yamaha also accepts a bunch of different sources including two optical inputs though sadly no HDMI for sound quality there aren't many competitors at the price even though it lacks a real subwoofer it packs a real punch during movies and dialogue is clear music is also surprisingly good for a product of this type the only real drawback is the price at 500 bucks is starting to get on the expensive side but if you have a TV worth up to $1000 or more this is a very recommendable sonic upgrade this has been Ty Pendlebury for cnet.com