I bought one of these recently and I'm happy with it. It had the best score on Rtings within my budget (7.5 for mixed usage). I don't care about Atmos, though, so if that's important to you then it may not be the best choice. I also didn't care about not being able to control it with an app. What sound mode are you using? I tend to stick to Surround with the sub at -6 (I'm not that into bass I guess) and the centre channel at +2. Content also matters. It sounds much better with a Dolby Digital signal, but the stereo upmixing is surprisingly good.
I have a ten year old Yamaha ATS 1050 soundbar that I just upgraded to the Samsung HW-B750D. The Samsung has a separate Woofer, is ten years newer, and does sound a bit better but not by nearly as much as I thought it might. They are actually pretty comparable.
That said, settings do make a difference and not just in the soundbar. Enabling things like pass through on the Apple TV input helped so check your TV audio settings too.
If you can do without the Dolby Atmos, just get yourself a somewhat entry level Samsung,
[Samsung HW-B750](https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-HW-B750D-ZA-Soundbar-Expansion/dp/B0CTKTRYX7?th=1) This really does punch above its weight, I think I have a 730 C? That is more than enough to change how you hear TV content. I did have a 9 series Samsung and that was immersive, huge sound.
Samsung do make some of the best soundbars around, 7 series is what I would be looking at and fits your budget.
Samsung hw b750ef or samsung hw q600f will be the best for u if u can get them under 20k and sure u will.Samsung hw b67ef is an excellent soundbar but as u said u dont want rears so these will be best for you.And i can tell you bass is excellent and it will not overpower mivies or music.Dialogue clarity is insane in these samsung models and u will get definitely get good immersive feel bec one is 5.1 and the Q model is 3.1.2.
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