Samsung - HW-Q990C
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Last updated: Aug 1, 2025 Scoring
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"the Q990 series is a killer killer killer value ... I picked up a new Q990C for under $700 from Samsung direct for my son's new house."
"Only gets beaten by the HTA9 and Theatre Quads. But those cost significantly more than the Samsung sets."
"With the big epp discounts the q990c was less than half the price of the hta9 so went with the Samsung. ... No regrets."
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"the center channel dialogue and clarity is awful compared to the Samsung."
"one will always struggle on dialogue clarity and absence of speaker levels on jbl. Smsung 990 is a true winner."
"Clear speech, while not ‘thin’"
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"I remember watching top gun and hearing jets fly by my head in my dreams."
"The side firing channels on the rear surround make a *huge* difference on regular Dolby Surround coming from the Switch. ... The sound of an exploding bomb rock or the chomp of a Bulborb eating your Pikmin revolves *perfectly right around you* as you when Captain Olimar is walking in an arc. It's better than on my "real" 5.1.4 system."
"the bass shakes my couch and fills the room so much better now. ... Feels better than being at the movies!"
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"works perfectly paired together"
"always start up and connect instantly when i turn the TV on."
"The 990c’s rears are wireless. ... It makes everything so freaking easy. ... Something to be said for plug and play."
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"the bass shakes my couch and fills the room so much better now. ... Feels better than being at the movies!"
"the subwoofer allows you to feel everything!!!"
"if I play a 4k bluray through my PS5 such as Interstellar, the sub literally shakes my single family house to the point where I’ve watched movies on -3."
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"I hate how loud the Q990C is without making dialogue any better."
"Mine does the same thing fur 990c."
"I tried the Beam Gen 2 and Q990C and the dialogue on the Bose beats them hands down."
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"I m not in a box ... No wall behind the seating position and no wall to the right of the seating position. There is a ceiling which isn terribly high maybe 9fit? So hopefully the Atmos sounds will reflect correctly. ... It s probably my room. Tray ceiling and not a perfect square. It s in an open concept of sorts."
"So disappointing. ... Any time I want to turn the lights off and get lost in a good movie... down to the basement. It's night and day. ... Sounds are supposed to bounce off the ceiling... fully immersive sound that surrounds you, blah, blah, blah."
"But I honestly hate the lack of sound stage even on movies."
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"However the sub lacks a major punch. ... It is frankly pathetic. ... I tried different placement of the sub which actually dramatically improved the bass however it is not punchy. ... Funny thing is that I had a much cheaper Vizio soundbar which had a smaller sub but the bass was much better. ... for my use case where I didn't need it for specific home theatre usage but rather both music and movies (More music than movies), I had to return it because despite getting a phenomenal deal, while listening to music, I constantly felt that the bass is missing."
"the Samsung Bars just suck for Music."
"playing music fuck they suck lol"
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"Realistically, Q990d surpasses Q990c as the best Samsung soundbar. While many would point to the largely unchanged sound profile, the support of full HDMI 2.1 video passthrough is a godsend for all the gamers out there"
"I was having signal loss issues going from Bluray player/console to soundbar directly then out to TV"
"It lacks HDMI 2.1 ... If you are a gamer, I still recommend the Q990D."
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"However the sub lacks a major punch. ... It is frankly pathetic. ... I tried different placement of the sub which actually dramatically improved the bass however it is not punchy. ... Funny thing is that I had a much cheaper Vizio soundbar which had a smaller sub but the bass was much better. ... for my use case where I didn't need it for specific home theatre usage but rather both music and movies (More music than movies), I had to return it because despite getting a phenomenal deal, while listening to music, I constantly felt that the bass is missing."
"But soundbars from LG and Samsung mainly use tweeters for the main soundbar and a separate powered subwoofer which handles midrange and bass... The bass will be terrible as it will sound deformed and the separate subwoofer will emphasis that deformed midrange and bass sound a lot more."
"The Samsung subwoofer...I think you were too kind. I think it's horrible. ... The Samsung sub has a very hollow sound and is overly sensitive to where it's placed. I tried placing it in several different locations in my living room and no matter what I tried, I had almost no bass in my living room but a level of bass in my kitchen that was intolerable."
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