Samsung - HW-Q800D
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Last updated: Aug 1, 2025 Scoring
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"The bass is pretty insane, I’m in the basement and it can be heard from upstairs!! Also makes the painting in the room shake lol."
"it REALLY fills the space ... As close to cinema as I'm going to get on a budget"
"Bass and volume are more than enough for my needs ... I forgot to comment on the bass on the 800. It’s really quite impressive IMO. ... I’m not the most discerning listener but am a bit of a hip-hop/rap bass head and love it. ... Quantitatively the bass is definitely there and I often have to tune it down so my flatmate’s room across the hall doesn’t shake."
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"The bass is pretty insane, I’m in the basement and it can be heard from upstairs!! Also makes the painting in the room shake lol."
"Bass and volume are more than enough for my needs ... I forgot to comment on the bass on the 800. It’s really quite impressive IMO. ... I’m not the most discerning listener but am a bit of a hip-hop/rap bass head and love it. ... Quantitatively the bass is definitely there and I often have to tune it down so my flatmate’s room across the hall doesn’t shake."
"can absolutely shake my house when turned up all the way"
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"Features like midnight playback and dialogue boost works great!"
"there’s a noticeable difference between 3.1.2 and 5.1.2 just in voice clarity and clarity in general."
"Voice clarity is what shocked me the most."
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"Got a great discount at the q800d ($479) plus referral discount (5%)"
"It ’s just a battery value soundbar with a subwoofer. ... I think so, it’s by far the lowest it can get on Amazon. I can’t find another model beats it at this price point."
"if you can get the q800d on sale, and the 9500s on open box from BestBuy - this is a killer setup for the price!"
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"if you have a samsung tv with q symphony then its a no brainer to go with q series. ... if you have q symphony compatibe tv."
"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."
"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."
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"when i turn night mode off on the samsung q800d, i get the same voice experience as the old sony had with its night mode on! which is great for voices. but then i all the explosions or even something such as someone slamming a door in a tv show makes the walls shake. ... i'm forever adjusting the bass during viewing its driving me mental."
"Bass wise, it absolutely blows my Samsung out of the water…"
"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."
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"I'm very disappointed - it sounds incredibly 'tinny' ... I wanted clearer vocals, and it has that, but I sacrificed 'rich sound' for 'tinny tv speaker sound with a thumping subwoofer'. ... Even my wife noticed that its awful and she's not into this stuff. ... I have an old samsung DVD player sound system from like 10 years ago that I likely only paid $200 for and the sound had much more depth and sounded like a quality system."
"Music sounds like crap, no bass at all (except for that low kick thump which I cannot silence except for switching off the sub)."
"the quality is no better than my old portable speaker and the base is flat."
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"Seems I can't set up wireless Dolby Atmos without connecting Bluetooth either, I had read it wouldn't work over Bluetooth? ... no joy with a wireless connection, I've had to plug a cable in. Not sure what's happening but the soundbar will not be found on the TV without the e-ARC cable. ... I begrudgingly plugged a cable in and atmos was pretty good. But I had hoped my qned88d and soundbar would work wirelessly!"
"Atmos Spatial Audio music through airplay from my iPhone which didn ’t work funnily enough ... seems like atmos content does work through the airplay but only Bluetooth atleast on my 14 Pro."
"there is not much of a surround effect in Q800D due to the lack of rear speakers"
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"Without the rubber feet that come with the soundbar, the Q800D fits very closely under the QN90C. But it can only go back about 2cm, and the top speakers reach underneath the TV's lower edge. ... With them on, it doesn't fit under the TV anymore, but it has a good grip, doesn't slide around at all, sits flush with the TV's lower edge, and the top drivers aren't covered at all. This only loses ~2cm in depth (the bar sits a little more forward), but it's the formula that I liked best after some trial and error."
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"Last but not least Q-Symphony is kind of pointless. ... Idea is cool but when you buy any high-end audio system you will never want to use TV built-in speaker. ... At best it's a very minor "upgrade" and realistically it's marketing gimmick."
"Hmm maybe it's Q-symphony that gives those mid frequencies that I am having trouble getting? I don't have a Samsung TV so I am unable to use that. ... It seems the soundbar also doesn't have too many lower mids and it's designed with Q-symphony in mind. E.g. some standalone soundbars have bass reflex ports and can go pretty deep, but it seems it's not the case with Samsung's Q series."
"there is not much of a surround effect in Q800D due to the lack of rear speakers"
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