Samsung - HW-Q990B

Mostly recommended is the Samsung q990 for its value for money and quality. I have q990d and recommends it, it has atmos and dts x and been using it for my LG c3

I moved from Q990B To Q990D just yesterday after the 990B just gave in twice . Had to change the motherboard the first time . Other than HDMI 2.1 in 990D , no difference in sound quality between the two . Love this soundbar

At that price point, why don't you consider a Samsung Q990*? A true surround with an amazing quality.

Any soundbar can do. But depends on how immersed you want to be. A 200 dollar soundbar is not going to sound near as good as a 1000 dollar one. I have a Samsung q990 and it trumps every other soundbar I’ve had up to this point. I’d highly recommend it if you have the cash. But if not, any soundbar will be better than tv speakers.

Wait for the Q990 to go on sale. I promise you won’t regret the extra money. Watch one Christopher Nolan movie and you’ll be so thankful

The q990 is incredible

Samsung q990b , it’s awesome with zero issues

Q800 and Q990 are both the absolute best price/perf in their respective categories. Are they the best thing singe bread came sliced? No. Are they the best package you can buy in their price ranges? Absolutely.

Sonos without discussion…… I started with a q990 from Samsung, hell to sort out. I spent my time tinkering with the settings and was never satisfied, I sold it and bought an ultra bow! Then a few weeks later, an era300, then another! Then here I am today with a setup that is very, very heavy!

I had the same question, I was at the cheapest, I had bought a 990 precisely. I used it for 2 months, 2 months of struggle between unexpected source changes and adjustments, everything is horribly hollow, the surrounds are shrill and the central voice too hollow. I tried all the settings, I pulled my hair out, I tried everything, it was impossible to get a correct sound.....so I decided to sell it. With I financed an arc ultra, then 2 era300 then the sub! The sounds are crazy! The play thing really does a crazy job! I almost didn't touch the settings! The bass is physical and present even on the surrounds, the voices are clearly audible! Honestly, I don't regret the transition at all. It certainly has a cost, but the quality is there! Not to mention the music side which is very very good, absolutely nothing to do with 990…. Are you talking about application dependency? AirPlay works very well, you don't have to use the app :) and if the official app doesn't suit you, there's another app! Like Sonify for example

The Q990 has the ability, through the Samsung Smart Things app to set up the surrounds as extra "fronts".  So you can enjoy the Q990 by placing those speakers in front to widen the sound stage.  They don't have to be used as rear surrounds.  I'd get the Q990 and set it up that way, then if your living situation changes you have the ability to use them as rear surrounds.  Have your cake and eat it too. 

It's not 500 bucks better, that's always been the issue with the 990, it's generally been waay overpriced for the relatively small features. The 930 is already going to blow the socks off most people. It's not like going to the 990 is going to be a significant upgrade and 500 bucks difference is a significant difference.

There's no reality where the 990 is worth 500 bucks/euros more than the 930. They are simply too close together for that to make sense. If it was like 100 bucks or something, sure, no brainer, spend it. But the performance and feature set between the two isn't significant and that 500 price difference is significant.

It's just not waaay better. Definitely not 500 bucks better. Just look at the rtings reviews.

The Q990D is an amazing set. The Q990 series are pound for pound the best you can get. An all-in system that can be found for 600 euros is unbeatable with its great quality. However, you can definitely get better. It will cost you a significant amount more to get that though. As far as soundwise, the Q990D was to my ears essentially the same as the Q990B. And thats logical, as there has not been any change to the hardware channels since the Q990B. And the B only had minor improvements over the Q950A (only the sub had a little change to performance). But these comparison reviews from Rtings should be taken with a grain of salt. Especially the numbers that are given to the categories they are rating. I just sold my Q990D and gotten a second Sony Ht-A9 (with sw3 sub) to go with my G3 in my bedroom. I already owned a Ht-A9 with SW5 to go along my A95L in my living room. The ratings of Rtings for the Ht-A9 are number wise much lower than the Q990D (or heck even Q990B). E.g. the atmos is similar. But i can assure you that the Samsung sets dont get even close to that Atmos effect and being surrounded by sound. The samsungs do everything great, but arent the best in any category. Its a complete package, yes. 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 cant speak for this comparison between Sonos and the Q990D, as i never heard or owned Sonos myself. But again, these comparisons need to be taken with a grain of salt. Everybody has different needs and wants. Same goes for acoustics in your room.

No need to upgrade from 990B to a 990D. They sound pretty much the same (i couldnt tell a difference). Only upgrade to the 990D if you require those hdmi 2.1 ports.

My problem was never with the amount of power in the sub, but rather the quality of the bass. I live in a 75m2 appartment, so i generally put the subwoofer and bass on very low. Its really powerful, but the quality is not great imo. Ive had the Q950T, Q950A, Q990B and now the 990D. I also have a Ht-A9 with SWA-5 sub since a week or 2 to go with my A95L. And im so impressed by that thing that im going to change my Q990D for another Ht-A9, but with SWA-3 sub for my bedroom to go with the G3. That system is just so good. But i also found that the SWA-5 sub is just way better quality than that of samsung sets. Ofcourse, that comes with a price (650 euro is newprice for SWA-5). But that sub puts it power where its needed. Its a quality subwoofer. Not as powerful as the samsung sub, but much more refined. Thats what samsungs sub should be → more quality, not necessarily more power. I hope that new sub is the answer.

Ive owned every samsung Q950A and Q990 sets from Q950T to Q990D. And now I own 2 HTA9 sets with subs. I tell you so..