Any idea why Yamaha went away from Sound Bar on tower for 2025 and 2026 255XD models?

[NewBoater]

As title states every video I’m seeing of 2025 and 2026 255XD it shows the 2 big speakers up top on the tower but not the Sound Bar up there anymore? I guess they switched from Wet Sounds to Hertz? Maybe Hertz doesn’t make or had a good compatible sound bar? I’m wondering if the sound system will be lacking without the sound bar as the old Wet sounds systems would pump with those 2 big speakers and sound bar. If it does not come with it I wonder if it can be added easy?

 

[VitaminSea]

Don’t have a direct answer to your questions but learned that WS no longer offers white soundbars to match with white towers.

I have a 24 252SD and was able to source a left over white Stealth Ultra 10 (powered) soundbar. Haven’t installed it yet, but hope to do so in the next week or so. From chatting with @Adrian @ JB Solutions it seems pretty straightforward with his harness, outside of snaking the wiring through the tower. Not sure if the Hertz system has the same harness. Outside of the harness, perhaps a LOC would work.

 

[NewBoater]

Was looking on hertz website and looks like the don’t even make or sell a soundbar. Guess that explains why there’s not one. I’ll have to wait and judge the sound system of it hopefully don’t have to add a non hertz sound bar to get some loud audio for surfers. Hoping the Hertz is loud enough right from factory