Samsung - HW-Q900F

When it comes to soundbars I see a lot of people mention Samsung Q990F as the best all rounder. I have a Q900F that’s basically the same as Q990F except for the 2 rear speakers. I also use it with a PS5 Pro and an LG G5. I’ve had 0 compatibility issues. I have an Apple TV and a Switch 2 connected to the soundbar with video passthrough to the TV. The only thing you’d miss is some extra features like when both your TV and the soundbar are LG, it uses both their speakers, but I heard it’s more of a gimmick and not a game changer.

Go for Samsung Q series preferably the Q9 or try the Samsung B750 if you are budget conscious. If you looking for JBL go for higher trims

Get at least. 3.1 bar. I like the Samsung q600f for it's value. It's enough. It's good. It's a hell of a lot better than the tv speakers. Something like the q000f will blow you away without being too bulky. But it's double. Split the difference with the q800. I quite like the Samsung bars. Sony's good but expensive and piecemail. I don't really like their sub and bar combo ones. Some with sonos or bose. Nice but expensive and piecemail. TCL and Hisense have stuff but I've never heard it. But also haven't heard discussion about it. I like JBL. But their bars are just too bass heavy and the mids aren't great. Lg's not bad either. But Samsung is my choice

If not the q990f get the q900f. Same bar and sub, no rears. It's honestly a fairly big difference, though I quite like the q800f

Using the rears as fronts, vastly improves music quality. But if u only want a standalone, maybe look to sonos arc ultra, if thats too much the q900 would be great as well, even the q800.

I’ve had the sennheiser ambeo, Bose smart ultra, and the Samsung q800, in that order. First two were returned for connectivity issues with my newish Samsung tv. The q800 has been great (the ambeo probably had the best surround but only if it connected). 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. And the subwoofer is amazing.

Everyone’s room size is different and furniture placement is different he only thing you have to do is see where your speaker system sounds right at in the room before returning anything. I think Sonos and Samsung have good audio speaker sound to them. The Samsung q990 f or even the q900f (without the rear speakers and is a 7.1.2 channel with just 11 speakers in the soundbar) are nice playing Blu-ray/4k Blu-ray films is fantastic, ready player one and starship troopers really felt nice listening to while watching them. No soundbar or soundbar system is going to be perfect or sound like an AMC Theater but at least you get a little taste.

Don't buy a soundbar just because it's the same brand as the TV, I tried Samsung's Q-symphony and it's ass. I also switched to a Sony TV while keeping the Samsung soundbar.

Q930 Q900 Maybe

Get the Sonos system. Samsung is terrible at support. Further you can buy the Sonos components from Costco. At least most of them. Return policy is quite generous as you probably know. Don’t be tempted by the Samsung pricing. It’s just not as good or reliable as the Sonos systems. He’ll even the JBL soundbar systems have better sound than the Q series.

I found that Q-Symphony adds a nice touch of fill-in to the front soundstage. Not life changing, but definitely worth it.