This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of Great Sound

It’s that special time of year again! Here are some great audio gift ideas from Yamaha for the music lover or movie aficionado in your life.

Headphones

YH‑L500A

Looking for a gift that turns everyday listening into an experience? The YH‑L500A is perfect for movie buffs and music lovers alike. These wireless headphones offer Yamaha Sound Field technology to create a spacious, three-dimensional soundstage that makes holiday movie nights feel like a trip to the theater. Switch to Cinema mode for crystal-clear dialogue or Music mode for rich, immersive audio.

Lightweight and comfortable for long sessions, the YH‑L500A offers up to 20 hours of battery life, Bluetooth^® multipoint pairing and support for high-quality codecs like aptX Adaptive. Add in advanced features like Listening Care and app-based customization, and you’ve got a gift that combines luxury and practicality — ideal for anyone who loves great sound.

AV Receivers

RX-V4A

The RX-V4A 5.2-channel surround sound audio-video receiver brings the theater experience to your living room, with the latest in HDMI video compatibility and advanced audio technology, including Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding.

A whopping 80 watts per channel provides plenty of power, and there are numerous onboard wireless streaming options, including Wi-Fi^®, AirPlay 2^® and Spotify Connect, allowing you to easily listen to your favorite music on services such as Pandora^®, Spotify^®, Amazon Music, SiriusXM, TIDAL and Deezer. There’s support for enhanced media and gaming, as well as Yamaha MusicCast multi-room technology, which allows you to control all functions remotely from a free app, as well as giving you the ability to connect optional wireless surround sound speakers. What’s more, built-in YPAO automatic room calibration can be used to analyze the acoustics of your listening and viewing space so that the sound you hear is the absolute best it can be.

Speakers

NS-777 Floor Standing Speaker

Every fan of great sound will be thrilled to receive this gift. The NS-777 is a floor-standing three-way bass reflex speaker that can handle up to a whopping 250 watts of music power. It incorporates a pair of 8″ cone woofers, a 5″ midrange cone driver and a 1″ aluminum dome tweeter for full-range sound from 30 Hz all the way up to 35 kHz. For improved imaging, the midrange and tweeter utilize Yamaha-exclusive waveguide horns that reduce reflected sound and increase the proportion of directly generated sound waves reaching your ears.

The NS-777 cabinet has a high gloss black piano finish that provides solid construction with minimal sound diffraction, and the included speaker stand provides the solid footing necessary for full floor contact, enhanced stability and minimal vibration resonance.

NS-C444 Center Channel Speaker

The NS-C444 two-way acoustic suspension speaker is specially designed to carry critical center channel information (which is usually dialog) in home theaters. It incorporates dual 5″ cone woofers and a 1″ aluminum dome tweeter that utilizes an exclusive Yamaha waveguide horn for a clear and precise sense of sound direction and placement.

The NS-C444 can handle up to 250 watts of music power with a frequency response of 65 Hz to 35 kHz. The cabinet has a high gloss black piano finish, which provides solid construction with minimal sound diffraction, and the grill cloth provides an attractive and acoustically transparent protective cover for the drivers.

NS-333 Bookshelf Speakers

The NS-333 two-way bookshelf speaker system is ideal for both music listening and home theater applications. It incorporates a 5″ cone woofer and a 1″ aluminum dome tweeter, and thanks to its bass-reflex design, can be used for main or surround channels. For improved imaging, the tweeter utilizes a Yamaha-exclusive waveguide horn.

The NS-333 can handle up to 150 watts of music power with a frequency response of 65 Hz to 35 kHz. The cabinet has a high gloss black piano finish, with an attractive and acoustically transparent grill cloth to protect the speaker drivers.

Home Theater in a Box (HTIB)

YHT-5960U

While there’s something to be said for assembling a home theater with hand-selected individual components, there’s no question that a complete turnkey “Home Theater in a Box” system like the YHT-5960U is a lot easier and more convenient — the ideal gift for movie and TV enthusiasts everywhere.

The YHT-5960U includes a full-featured 5.2-channel Yamaha RX-V4A AV receiver, along with a powerful subwoofer and complete set of surround speakers. The RX-V4A offers the latest in HDMI video capability and a whopping 80 watts of power per channel, along with advanced audio technologies like Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. It also supports enhanced media and gaming, YPAO automatic room calibration, and wireless streaming via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect and Yamaha MusicCast. The included front, rear and center speakers place easily in your room, and there’s a dedicated subwoofer for powerful bass, plus speaker wire perfectly matched for each speaker.

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