Samsung - HW-Q600A (2021)

I have a samsung hw-q600a attached to an older samsung tv a UE39F5500AKXXU which is also about 11 yrs old. I dont think ARC works properly or I have the wrong cables, there is no HDMI ARC port on the back, just three HDMI in ports. I connected up optical and HDMI cable anyway the sound goes over optical. The TV can turn the soundbar on and off and the TV remote volume control works, this is likely working over the HDMI cable via CEC. To me it sounds good enough its 3.1.2ch with wireless sub and at your price point. I was gifted the soundbar so I didn't really research anything.

That's hard to say, I don't know your budget and all but I would say you should consider Samsung, ever since they bought Harman Hardon in 2017, their Q series Soundbars have been many people's favorite, they are pretty high end. I have a Q600A(3.1.2) and a Q800B with the SWA-9500S Rear Speaker Kit, so it's 7.1.4 or 5.1.2 without the optional rear kit. Let me tell you, these Soundbars are amazing, at least the Q800 is for sure without the need for the rear speakers. I just wanted to kick it up a notch and have a home theater experience in the living room. The Q600 is still great but it became my bedroom Soundbar. If you don't care for surround sound then the 3.1.2 channel is still amazing and pretty clear. Nothing overlaps, the frequencies stay in their place, I can hear the action and hear dialog. This is just my opinion and some may disagree but I feel like having a separate receiver and separate speakers is old school or only needed if you plan on having a real big Atmos experience in a very large theater room. For everything else a Soundbar can be amazing in most people's houses with an exciting Atmos experience. As for Sonos, they are sort of a rip off for what you get, you can get their Soundbar with no subwoofer at all for over $1000 which is ridiculous, and doesn't have rears either! You may notice here on Reddit many people will say get a Samsung Q990 but hardly recommend Sonos because they are sort of like Apple, you pay this huge price for a lower experience. It's still a good experience but once you add all the money up, you realize you could have bought a cash car on Facebook Marketplace for that amount. Lol I will say to save money many people find deals on Soundbars on Amazon Woot. So you can search "Q990 Woot" on Google and see it's $1000 off to $997 right now. Or I see the Q930 is $697 which is a big upgrade above me which is annoying for me to find because I spent almost $900 on my Q800 setup at Nebraska Furniture Mart. Lol So these are just my opinions but if you have a lower end Soundbar or using TV speakers then a good high end Soundbar will still trip you out, I didn't know Soundbars can be this good. Remember stores always have return policies, just use a credit card so no real money is spent yet and try one out, if you don't like it then return it. Double check Woot though, since it's an overstock warehouse, there might be no return policy or a limited one, so I would confirm that if you went the Woot route.

I had the same problem with the hw q800 series 3 years ago. Had a hw q600 series soundbar and sub that sub was way punchier than the big one. I had found a way to download a bass test somewhere to see if it was me or sub just underwhelming. Turned out the latter, returned it and got a refund. Some reviews of the q990d say the same, others don't for some reason.

Grab a samsung 3.1.2 there around 300$ open box Canadian usa prob like 199$ I forget the model

Ι had the d60 and the nova s80. They are temu quality speakers, they are toys. They are barely worth 50 euros let alone 300. You can buy an actual soundbar at this pricepoint. Samsung q600, q700, q800 whatever. Check also on the used market