Ok perfect, now we know you want rear speakers. That rules out a lot of other options.
IMO, you'd be very happy with the Q930f. It's slightly smaller and less powerful than the 990f, but I doubt you will be disappointed. I have the Q930C in my basement and I'm very happy with it.
This should save you quite a bit of money. Here in Canada the 930 is about $500 cheaper. Check for open box sales as well. Don't pay regular price 😜
I followed some advice on here with my similar LG CS and bought a black lack shelf from IKEA to lift the TV.
The black shelf blends in to the sound bar pretty well, and I think it actually looksokay. I'm using it with a q930c, but a q990 would hide it even more.
[https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/lack-wall-shelf-black-brown-40103633/#content](https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/lack-wall-shelf-black-brown-40103633/#content)
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I have two Samsung Soundbars...a Q990B and a Q930C.
Yes, I'd say they are the most popular, along with the Sony Bravia Theatre Quad.
The Samsung soundbars are probably the most popular because they not only sound great but they are also often heavily discounted - and they retain the previous years model. For example, you can get a Q990D for $750 if you have access to EPP discounts.
I'd second this. I have a Q990 and a Q930 and I'm currently listening to the Q930 and it's very good for the money.
The Q990 is slightly better, but you'll be delighted with the Q930 model as well.
Some good advice here. I also always liked to point out that it's not just two extra channels. It's five extra speakers in total. Also, someone else pointed out the drivers are larger all around and this means that even at the same volume, the q990 will sound slightly clearer/better.
More importantly, I always like to emphasise the point that the soundbars are significantly different size wise. Here is a picture of both together.
All that said, if you don't hear both of them together, you'll likely be more than happy with a q930, so to some extent it comes down to how much that difference in money is to you, and how much do you think you would notice marginal differences in sound quality.
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Thanks for the credit. Don't actually remember exactly what I said last time, but I do believe that in this situation it's actually an advantage to go for the q930 over the q990. There is a lot of flexibility to be had from not having the rear side speakers which restrict the orientation you can put them in. If you go with the q930 you can actually put the rear speakers behind the outside edges of the headboard facing outwards towards the corners and they will project the sound to where you want it to be sounding like it's coming from. Alternatively you can put them outside of the bed headboard pointing diagonally backwards but I think having seen these pictures your curtains may absorb the sound and stop it from being able to reflect off the wall behind you.
That's where I think the Q930 is a winner. Whilst it's a full set, you should be able to make it work like I've described, but worst case scenario you can use it without the rears or with the rears at the front in front mode. Around this time, with the H series incoming, there should soon be some amazing bargains to be had on the Q930F.
About the only truly decent soundbar that fills the 'void' is the Samsung Q930 series - in the UK you should expect to get hold of one of those for around £500 at the right time. You'd be looking at the Q930F currently as the newer Q930H will be full price (assuming that is a Q930H this year).
Remember you use deals like Bluelight card discount if you know anyone that has one.
If you can stretch the bank a little bit further look for deals on Samsung's Q990F. You should pay around £765. It's marginally better/clearer/more nuanced, but most people who go with the Q930 series are more than happy. It depends on what the price difference is and whether you can afford it at the time. If you can, I'd say it's worth the extra.
Both of these systems are very highly rated, and almost always the sweet spot when it comes to performance Vs price.
If you want Cinematic in that budget can echo either 930/990 i had a 930c for a year and then went to the 990d it’s definitely not “gimmicky” both are unbelievably immersive and neither fill the room with speakers as they are all incorporated into 4 (Bar x2 rears and Sub) would buy both again got both at very good prices in your budget 👍
no not really , your bar up mixes dts height channels better then whatever xbox is doing for atmos choose whatever you prefer , i have q930c and very happy with what it does with dts:x but i dont see the option in yours , try to search the store for a dts to get dtsx for home theater, if you cant gets it choose 7.1 uncopressed and see if your prefer it theres no latency penalty
edit : also some bars have better latency than others , samsung has game mod to drop it further
your tvs support doesnt matter if you choose pass through in the tv settings, it just passes the signal untouched to the bar as long as the bar is in the eARC port or you can connect the xbox dirrectly to the bar .
for my q930c a 9.1.4 bar dtsx sounds the best in xbox unless a game has true dolby atmos support most games dont, the dolby atmos setting on xbox upmixes the channels of lower tier formats and doesnt do it really well, the bar it self can up mix much better and cant do it if the xbox already sends an atmos signal, also with not native atmos some times the xbox confuses the channels and doesnt send anything to my left rear
also what ever bar you have is propably low end and has worse latency then new expensive one , would suggest you compare the latency in reviews from rtings
edit : if you do get the samsung batr use either surround or game mode , adaptive has high latency and its better suited for stereo content
the - 995gf witch is bassically a regional model of the q990f has 20 to 25 less ms latency in atmos but again i wouldnt reccoment it unless a game has real atmos support
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