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Yamaha True X Surround 90a Review: Not Quite Perfect

Simon Cohen

created: Oct. 16, 2025, noon | updated: Oct. 20, 2025, 9:44 a.m.

Throughout the first 15 years, its flagship models were among the best you could get. The recently launched True X Surround 90A is also its most capable Dolby Atmos soundbar yet. It’s also the first soundbar with Auro-3D, an immersive spatial audio processor typically only found on high-end AV receivers. Tricky SetupPhotograph: Simon CohenSoundbars, by definition, are meant to be a simpler option than an A/V receiver for home theater sound. But Yamaha’s approach to the True X Surround 90A is anything but straightforward.

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