Dragon is awesome with the 12s. If the is so not in your budget, new shockwave wireless!
The Sony is supposed to have superior atmos capabilities, but Sony subwoofers don’t hold up to the competition.
There are better soundbars out there, just depends on what you want to spend.
I have Nakamichi Dragon with two 8” subs and two 12” subs.
The house shakes, your chest rumbles, lo and behold, this ain’t the soundbar you thought it was!!!
You’d be surprised at the music modes. There is a studio mode that makes the whole bar into two channels and there is an all channel stereo mode.
Works great!
There are some with the money for Nak that don’t want all the wiring hassle as well. This is what the soundbar was made for and it rocks!
115 db of crystal clear sound!
I just bought the 8inch dragon set from best buy and one single 12 inch add on sub on ebay from the source grade A I think this should be great and it was all still cheaper than the normal price of just the system
Are those the only options? And what do you plan to use it for? Movies? Music? Regular TV? Gaming?
If you have the money, the Nakamichi Dragon with four subs is probably the best soundbar you can get. It's expensive as hell though. The Nakamichi Shockwafe Wireless is a great more affordable option.
If you like Klipsch, for full surround if you're going to be watching movies, the Flexus Core 300 plus a couple of the matching subs would be awesome.
The Sony you mentioned is just OK.
If you want a no fail of a soundbar system you could go balls to the wall and do what I did and drop $2800 on a Nakamichi Dragon. That thing is the absolute best system I have ever used.
Check out the Samsung Q900F…EPP pricing is right at $800. There are other ways to qualify for discounts outside of EPP…military, 1st responder, student, etc.
I have (2) Full 9.3.6 systems w/ fairly high end components and a Nakamichi Dragon w/ (3) SVS Sub integration..each costing significantly more than the 900f. As a comparator, from a cost standpoint, there is no single component in any of my room setups that cost less than the 900F.
My assessment so far is that the Samsung system is pretty good, especially for $800! Bass response is not exactly what I’m looking for, but in my use case (office system), it’s enough. At some point, just like with the Dragon, I will add a standalone sub…but not a requirement nor is it an “urgent” need.
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Value for movies and easy setup, but music falls flat.
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