Samsung - HW-Q950A
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Last updated: Aug 13, 2025 Scoring
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"I love gaming and watching movies on the den TV and think the Samsung sound great."
"Bought a Q950 and now I know what is atmos. It’s much much better."
"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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"Especially for that price it cant be beaten."
"It's value/money is just hard to beat."
"I don’t need a system that cost $5000 to meet what my $1500 split over my 2 systems does. ... Best of both worlds for easily 25% the total price of a Dolby 11.1.4 klipsche system or what not"
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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."
"I found that Q-Symphony adds a nice touch of fill-in to the front soundstage. ... Not life changing, but definitely worth it."
"pairs with my TV speakers."
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"typically with the Samsung lineup you'll get much better performance when disabling the rears/surrounds. I can confirm this was the case with both my Q950A ... resulted in a more impactful and more cohesive frequency response when listening to music. ... it is a perceivable enough difference for me that it was worth the additional setup and cost of the plugs."
"I set up an automation, running those two smart plugs, called "Listen to music," which automatically turns off the rears. ... This works well for me, as when I turn the plugs back on, the rears automatically reconnect and it goes right back to its default surround mode."
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"Bought a Q950 and now I know what is atmos. It’s much much better."
"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."
"my Samsung 11.1.4 atmos setup is way fucking better for tv and movies. ... Way better than a 2.1 system. ... Still better than a 5.1."
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"For this usecase, the Samsung would be a total disappointment ... I had the 950a"
"That was my only real complaint with their 900 series sets. A small settings change in the menu, or even some system-wide awareness that allows switching to a different mode specifically for listening to music -- or even older Dolby 2.1 and stereo channel content from any source. ... not having solid music playback was a tough pill to swallow."
"As an audio enthusiast myself (I'm a musician and mix engineer), I found performance for music listening serviceable. ... Sub/mid bass is too forward, boomy, and ephemeral; it lacks impact and slam. ... Mids are far too recessed and there's not enough detail past 1-2k. ... In summary, it's too warm, dark and veiled."
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"As an audio enthusiast myself (I'm a musician and mix engineer), I found performance for music listening serviceable. ... Sub/mid bass is too forward, boomy, and ephemeral; it lacks impact and slam. ... Mids are far too recessed and there's not enough detail past 1-2k. ... In summary, it's too warm, dark and veiled."
"My problem was never with the amount of power in the sub, but rather the quality of the bass. ... Its really powerful, but the quality is not great imo. ... No, the sub is probably the weakest part of the entire set. Its not a good quality bass. ... And the samsung sub is not one that produces high quality bass."
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"my Samsung hw-q950a got knocked off by our dog and yanked the cable out of the back. This damaged the single eARC input ... despite having 2 other hdmi ports, the soundbar became useless for surround sound as my only other option for connecting and getting surround was through WiFi, which my LG tv does not support with Samsung devices ... it sucks that there is really only one port for surround sound"
"But on my current G4 I can't do pass through anymore, it won't pass through atmos. Need to do auto now for it to work."
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"But i also believe that the Samsung sets are less refined than other top end models. ... They require more volume to achieve that effect what other sets can do with less volume."
"I use my 950a at 12 and it's very low already."
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"But i can assure you that the Samsung sets dont get even close to that Atmos effect and being surrounded by sound."
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