Nakamichi - Shockwafe Ultra 9.2 SSE

Nakamichi 9.2.4 absolutely blew me away compared to the q99d.

100% Samsung. I sold my Nakamichi 9.2.4 and upgraded. I definitely prefer the Samsung. Overall dialogue clarity and surround sound effects are far superior.

Its a great system, but for the price it's not great..you can get a system that comes close for 50% less.

Lol. Most people don't want that. Especially at a cost of $5k+. I had a Nakamichi 9.2.4 and sold it for the Q990D. I'm much happier. I prefer crystal clear dialogue and surround effects over Bass my neighbors can hear.

I have had and do have a lot of nice audio stuff. Through the years I've tried it all. I have some older Vandersteen speakers upstairs in my listening room. In my theater room I have mostly velodyne subs and definitive speakers. I was raised on mainly bigger theater setups and they're awesome. But I'm shocked and how far along sound bars have come. I've tried several different sound bars from the Samsung 900d, Vizio,etc to a bunch of different other brands. I fell in love with the nakamichi shockwafe 9.2.4? The one that has the two 10-in subs and the four surround speakers. I got it refurbished from nakamichi on eBay for $657 delivered.. It's the only sound bar I've ever owned or listened to that has the real theater experience without running a bunch of wires and a bunch of hassle. I could hook that sound bar up in anybody's living room in 10 minutes and have amazing sound.

My theater room with the velodyne subs and definitive speakers are all 18 year old tech mostly,sure I've had a few new bits here and there..it's a 7 channel and it outperforms my nakamichi easily two fold it more. But it's also 50x the price or more and effort to install. The nakamichi setups I had so far are the 7.2.4 that has the two 8" subs. And then I moved onto the 9.2.4 with the 10" subs and the two extra surround speakers with a little more punch. Better sound bars are worth looking into imo.. technology has come along ways. I have a lot of audio file friends who come over and visit me in my second sitting room where I have my nakamichi. And not a single person has sat in that room and not made a comment to the effect of " is that soundbar making all that sound"...

None so far I own two of the nakamichi sound bars atm. The 7.2 with the dual 8" subs and now the 9.2 with the bigger subs and more surrounds. Same as you with each system I think it can't get better, but it does! The 7.2 I ordered new with no QC issues so far, the 9.2 I ordered refurb from nakamichi and it's smooth sailing still. Fingers crossed

Same reason I ditched my 990d after a few weeks of trying all the tricks and went with the nakamichi 9.2.4., heck even my spare room soundbar Vizio M has a better sub than the 990d did.

I suggest avoiding Samsung. They tend to get good reviews, and then start having issues after a year or so. A friend of mine recently got a Vizio SV510 and is happy with it so far. Before I had a soundbar I had a Sony subwoofer that was excellent. Eventually I moved and switched to a Nakamichi Shockwafe Ultra 9.2. I really dig it, but admittedly it's overkill.

you can get a great set from Nakamichi for under 1k on eBay with 2 subwoofers and great atmos bubble, and of course way WAY better customer service in case something happens. Like the Shockwafe 9.2.4 soundbar.

What guy said the soundstage was the weakest? I’m Comparing The new Shockwafe at $2277 vs the dragon at $3999, Obviously that’s with the 8” subs. Basically half price and never enough tech said Atmos is better, immersion is better and the subs are better on the Shockwafe! Maybe I’ll give it a try! I demoed the dragon and I liked things but disliked things more and overall to me it wasn’t worth it. Everyone is different and I’m sure the new subs are good, but only hitting 30hz for a $1500 sub is clearly not a good deal, it’s average at best. Many of the people touting these highly overpriced subs obviously have never heard real subs before, but if it makes you happy do it. I’m obviously not a Nakamichi hater or I wouldn’t consider demoing the new shockwafe, Watching NET say it’s better than the dragon with 8’s and basically half price, gave me a inkling to actually give it a try.

I’d agree with what @djsimmz said. I demoed the dragon and it was good, but I couldn’t get any overhead-spatial effects and the subs would die and bottom out and the noises it would make drove me insane. I myself have the Sony Quads and although their sub is also pretty bad, I still can’t believe how awesome its Atmos effects are. I also tried the arc ultra with era 300s and a gen 4 sub and I’d say that system does everything well. It was close but the Quads just wow me and I was sold. I would look at the Shockwafe with the 2 10” subs that is going for 2299-2499, as with the dragon and it’s chuffy 8” subs, I would need the 12” subs and I’m not paying 6 thousand for 2 12” subs that are not great. People, some of them say the 12”s are great and they are far from great, but this just shows how pitiful the 8”subs are. I would demo my Quads vs the new Shockwafe, but forget the dragon imo

Who? Scooby? He’s got buyers remorse and is taking it out on the world. Hey, if people like it that’s great, but I tried it and sent it back after 12 days. Those 8” subs were awful and I only got Atmos effects during the demos which sound good on most soundbars. The one thing that irks me is his and anyone else who says “It’s Not A Soundbar”.. I’m literally not a Nakamichi hater and after watching nets review of the Shockwafe at half the price and what he calls the best bass he’s heard yet on a soundbar system gave me pause to maybe give it a try. But I don’t like how nakamichi lied about several specs and there were tons of owners(total 603🤣) that were super pissed on Facebook, AV Forums and AVS too.

Nakamichi Shockwafe is no big deal. Tried it like I tried the dragon over a year ago and it just doesn’t seem right for 2 10” subs to have average bass and my Quads Atmos is leagues ahead. I guess it’s okay for the price but I’d rather pay more and be happy with the quality than save and be disappointed. My Arc Ultra era300s and 2 subs was expensive but it does everything so well. It’s your money, you should try several different brands til you find the one that you love. After all that the Ambeo max with a svs pb 2000 pro or 1000 pro. But obviously wait until prices plummet

I went from the Nakimichi 9.2.4 to the Samsung Q990D and it's an entirely different experience. The Q990D blew my Nakimichi out of the water even going down to 1 sub.

My 9.2.4 was bought new ~6 years ago for reference. Loved it, just wanted to see what all the hubbub was about with the 990D. And phew. At least for my living room and setup, it's very good.

Been using the Nakamichi 9.2.4 for about 6-7 years now. Would the q990d be a noticeable upgrade?

Go for the 990D it’s by far the best for the money. The Nakamichi shockwafe 9.2 earc is $1299 right now and it’s 1300watts with 2 10in downfiring sub woofers.

The 9.2.4 earc shockwafe is 1300watts and has side and rear speakers with 2 10in downfiring subs. The 11.2.6 shockwafe has a bigger sound bar but only 2 side or rear speakers with 2 10in downfiring speakers and is 2300watts. The 9.2.4 is $1299 and the 11.2.6 is $1699. They are both two of the best soundbars u can get. And it’s a lot for the money they are both on steep discount from there website right now

Go for the 990D it’s by far the best for the money. The Nakamichi shockwafe 9.2 earc is $1299 right now and it’s 1300watts with 2 10in downfiring sub woofers.

The 9.2.4 earc shockwafe is 1300watts and has side and rear speakers with 2 10in downfiring subs. The 11.2.6 shockwafe has a bigger sound bar but only 2 side or rear speakers with 2 10in downfiring speakers and is 2300watts. The 9.2.4 is $1299 and the 11.2.6 is $1699. They are both two of the best soundbars u can get. And it’s a lot for the money they are both on steep discount from there website right now

Nakamichi shockwafe earc. That one is a lot better for music

Nakamichi hands down makes the best systems. The new shockwafe is as good as the dragon also. Even the 9.2.4 earc is badass

If money was not a factor then I'd probably look at the Sony Bravia Theatre Quad with the bigger of the two subwoofers. For the biggest sound for say a home theatre without going the AVR route, I'd take a look at the Nakamichi Shockwave Ultra 9.2. For me the Sonos has too many negatives such as no Passthrough ports or DTS support. The Q990F is excellent as well. I think RTINGS is the best site to look at reviews as they are objective and not subjective. Their best soundbars page is useful: https://www.rtings.com/soundbar/reviews/best/soundbar

I like my Nakamichi 9.2 eArc i had got in 2022 2 sub and 4 surrounds in upmix surround mode fills up a bigger area nicel. I only use sound bars in spare room and bedrooms tho AVR in main room i now use my JBL as a blutooth speaker setup you can’t complain how they sound either with there beefy 10” sub

I wish JBL offered there older bars with a 12” like there 1300 models do but there 10” sub sounds better then most. Ill use sound bars in my bedrooms and office i also got all mine stupid cheap when they were all fairy new or been out a year or so. A vizio m512a in office if came w an 8” sub wouldve been nice. Then 2 Nakamichis a 7.2 with dual 8” subs for 200$ was 1500$ or so new at time and 250$ for a 9.2.4 eArc 10” subs which was over 1600$ on Amazon back then. Both Geek squad had lost connection with sub which took out both surrounds on 1 and both subs and 4 surrounds on the other. Both Customers didn’t even try to fix them apparently because i messaged Nakamichi on each system they sent me out thumdrives for subs to try for free which worked on the 7.2 but lastthing they tried on the 9.2 was sent out new sub plates to try and if worked then id send mine back to them with a shipping label they also sent out. That actually worked out I couldn’t believe it for free in under 2 weeks and both sound better then other bars at the time especially in bigger rooms. Then some crack head was selling a JBL 5.1 multibeam w/ 10” sub for 175” I offered 125$ didn’t think id see a response but he messaged back a week or so later to sell BestBuy was selling it new for over 600$. I use it as a blutooth system in my garage off basement and sounds mint mostly because of the sub. Most sound bars I don’t think music sounds good at voume the Nak 9.2.4 still sounds decent id like to hear the 1300Pro just check Marketplace sometimes be surprised what you find sometimes.

Honestly those prices I’d get 1 of the couple Vizio M series 5,1,2 or check out used. I got a crazy deal on a Nakamichi 9,2,4 and a 7.2.4. You can’t beat dual 8 or 10” subs on anything really.

Id get a JBL the 10” with mine sounds decent same with the 2 10’s with my Nakamichi eArc 9.2.4 system at least for soundbars.

Definitely check used Market first the 2 soundbars im using in bedrooms and a Den smaller living type room i got off Market place for stupid cheap to point I almost felt bad 2 had been out almost a year 1 the Vizio Elevate was a little older. A JBL 9.1 which now i use as a blutooth speaker in my garage/basement can’t beat there 10” sub and the other back at the end of 2021 a Nakamichi 9.2.4 eArc version which sounded better then the Arc. With 4 surround then the 2 10” subs sounded better then any in 2021/22 wgen it came out id still put it up there with the all channel stereo and upmixsurround in a bigger room.