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The best sound bar to me are Samsung’s premium sound bars. I still have the HWN 950 from years ago and it still sounds great and shakes my whole house.
For my apt living I've used a Samsung Soundbar, n950 I think. The newer models are now called the Q series. I have dedicated rear channels and upfiring speakers and the bar even has side firing speakers too. I would prefer an avr and dedicated speakers per channel, but this works great in my apt. I just recently moved to another spot and it is working even better as my TV area is narrow and has a more reflective ceiling. So yeah, it's not the same quality as the AVR setup, but given the size of most apartments it can get the job done very well
Samsung Q series soundbar. Send that shit back. I go a few weeks without using the sub on my 950 and it’s still superb without it.
I picked up a Q7CB from Costco on clearance for $150 and added open box excellent 9500s for $120 from Best Buy to pair with it. I guess $35 for speaker stands too but I love my set up and watching atmos movies has been great.
Just get a samsung 800 series (without satellites) or 900 series (with satellite) and ffs!
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