
Samsung - HW-Q800C
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"I got the rears one year later and was an amazing upgrade for a relatively small cost, especially with any surround content :)"
"Q symphony is amazing. ... With the first two bars, you could clearly tell the sound was coming from below the TV… q symphony fixes that completely."
"see the options pop up for the spatial sound. ... I can feel Dolby Atmos as well as DTS:X sound effects and, in a word, awesome. ... Dolby Atmos sounds terrific"
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"I bought Q800C just 5 months back for $239 only from samsung website."
"Q800C on a deal is great."
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"i was amazed by the bass coming out when watching movies with this soundbar for the 1st time"
"And the subwoofer is amazing."
"The bass sounds good ... I have "bass enhancement" enabled to give it some extra kick ... the bass can thump for especially impactful sound cues or music"
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"Features like midnight playback and dialogue boost works great!"
"Dialogue quality is great ... it sounds very natural and very clear ... I have no problems following along with TV shows without subtitles."
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"Q symphony is amazing. ... With the first two bars, you could clearly tell the sound was coming from below the TV… q symphony fixes that completely."
"see the options pop up for the spatial sound. ... I can feel Dolby Atmos as well as DTS:X sound effects and, in a word, awesome. ... Dolby Atmos sounds terrific"
"big improvement on Dolby Atmos performance"
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"DTS:X is a little bit muffled at the same volume level."
Samsung Q800c which I had prior to the LGC4. I’m very happy with it since the bar and the tv make use of Atmos and DTS .
Firstly q-symphony is more of a gimmick so don't bother with it(it is nice but no big deal). Also the q800c is a better soundbar than the bar 500, so go with the samsung. Yes go with the q800f if u can.
I have the Q800C, with a set of matched rear speakers. If you get the Q800 and the rears, it's wonderful.
With the rears, it's 7.1.4!
Damn i thought the 800 series have the same power output for the sub as 990 series but i was wrong since the sub size is the same..i bought the q800c and i was amazed by the bass coming out when watching movies with this soundbar for the 1st time...now i feel it's not enough...probably gonna try the high end 990 series
If they put some room correction into the newer ones it would go a long way. But I could never go back to my $800 soundbar after getting a real 5.1 setup with room calibration.
Spacefit isn’t room correction. I had a 800c. I’m talking about a calibrated mic you hold at your listening position to get perfect speaker level matching to your target EQ curve with filters to smooth the subwoofer response and change distance/delay on all the channels to remove phase cancellations.
Left and right speakers should be as far apart as you are from them. And sound from a speaker is better than 10 drivers bouncing sound off god knows what before it gets to you. Going from q800c (with the satellite speakers) to a used 5.1 setup was a massive improvement
At a minimum get the samsung q800. Movies with Disney, prime and apple TV sounds great on surround sound. Unfortunately Netflix wants to ridiculously charge for 4k and dolby surround. Like 29 a month
Q800 I have them and then added rear and was even better
You definitely want the rears. Buy a stand for them. I got the q800c with rears a couple years ago for 549. For that price the q990d is a steal. I wouldn't worry about it not being the 990f
I'd spend a bit more , a soundbar is something you'll have around for years , plus ask to try them out , when I went to buy mine I heard the base b650 and thought it was good , then I heard then q700b and I was shocked on how much more depth it had , I spend the extra 200 and bought that q700b , now I have the q700b , q800c, and q990d , and each one is better then the previous and its noticeable
I had a Samsung Q800c and Sub for a couple of years and recently upgraded to a Sonos Arc Ultra with a pair of Era100s. What a difference. The Samsung sounded like a louder TV speaker with no separation. Also since I have a Samsung TV I thought they would pair nicely. Nope. I was always re-pairing and turning it on. The Sonos Arc Ultra is so immersive and I don´t even need a sub. Get the Sonos
Rather than ¨bigger is better¨you might want to consider a soundbar with the biggest soundstage. I just got a Sonos Arc Ultra with two era 100s to replace a Samsung Q800 with rear surrounds. Even though they are similar in size the Sonos soundstage blows the Samsung out of the water.
Hi, absolutely, the stereo of the HW-Q800C at this listening distance will be pure bliss, and with the subwoofer on top of that, you guys are the best.
Q990c Q800c are really good, don’t even use any of the voice enhancements. My folks both wear hearing aids with the 800c and both say it’s really clear, nice bass too. I also own JBL Bar 500, not as good as the Samsungs, but drop the bass and raise the mids it’s not half bad.
My folks both wear hearing aids, I got them a Q800C and they like it, that’s without any of the voice enhancements turned on. So throw that choice in the mix.
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