Samsung - HW-Q990D
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Last updated: Aug 4, 2025 Scoring
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"Plus this only cost €500 ... I don’t think anything beats the Q990D when it comes to that."
"The Q990D offers unbeatable value though ... If you don't care about music, but care about the best bang for the back, go with the Samsung! It's value is unbeatable. ... I would still go with the Q990, as OP asked to factor price into the decision. If you do so, Samsung is the clear winner."
"With the discount, the value is too hard to pass up."
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"EDIT - I tried Ready Player One with the rears & it was SICK"
"The positional audio (with Surround setting or Adaptive setting as they use the extra wide speakers the Standard setting does not) is amazing, especially in gaming. I tested it in God of War Ragnarök standing next to a water fall and slowly rotated the camera and it sounded just like the waterfall moved around me slowly as I rotated."
"Q990D is the perfect partner with firestick 4k max 2023, your movies will output dolby atmos."
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"Dialogue is leaps ahead on the Samsung for example. ... The dialogue again for example was clearly more clear and louder overall even at the lowest volumes for the Samsung. ... I 100% noticed it was harder to hear dialogue at the majority of volumes compared to the Samsung. ... the Q990D was another step up from my personal experience and opinion."
"The standout feature is the clarity and expansiveness of the center channel and vocals."
"The clarity of dialog is so much better in the 990d then my pervious Samsung soundbar. ... On some cable channels or just watching movies, dialog would get blended into the background sound and get lost. Now it's clear as day and couldn't be happier."
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"integrated seamlessly with my 75" Bravia 7. Setup was straightforward. ... Absolutely 0 - it was super easy and has been faultless"
"I was dumbfounded that I could just plug it in and it just work well."
"connect your console to your soundbar via 4k passthrough, this way you will have Dolby Atmos/surround with 0ms audio delay"
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"EDIT - I tried Ready Player One with the rears & it was SICK"
"I turned up the height speakers (front and back) to the max and turned up the rears, and maybe some of the wides (can't recall) and I'm getting an impressive Atmos experience. ... Just watched the original Blade Runner movie last night and it was fantastic. Lots of stuff coming from above my head, such as the sounds of rolling thunder moving across the ceiling. There's a great outdoor market scene where it sounds like your right in the middle of the crowd."
"when I am watching movies it is not constantly rattling my windows, but that is because whoever did the sound for the movie did not want it to do that,but man when they want the base to hit it will rattle my whole house. ... I am 100% satisfied with the base."
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"the current sub is beyond terrible, at least to my ears. ... my 80W 10" Vizio subwoofer that is miles better than the Samsung ... The biggest complaint about the Samsung soundbars was always the lack of bass. ... I returned the B and the D due to the poor subwoofer performance. ... The weak sub was always the main problem with these bars."
"It feels like the sub is non-existent. My old system sounds a lot punchier. ... Changing any settings in the app for the sub doesn’t seem to make any difference. Played around with it and nothing really happens in terms of bass. ... the Samsung might as well be considered a standalone system if the sub is so “quiet”."
"Will they fix the subwoofer dropage issues? ... Ended up returning it due to the neverending link problems."
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"During"
"Mine has been bricked ... But is still absolutely ridiculous that it happened in the first place"
"just don't connect it to wifi ... Major issue with a recent software update, which effectively kills the unit."
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"I can confirm this was the case with both my Q950A and 990D. If you're a frequent music listener, you can run two cheap smart plugs to your rears and set up a scene to enable/disable them. ... what I believe is happening is an adjustment is taking place when the soundbar doesn't see the surrounds -- it's as if there's an additional parametric EQ or virtualized surround feature that is disabled when the surrounds aren't available. Which resulted in a more impactful and more cohesive frequency response when listening to music. ... 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. ... but not having solid music playback was a tough pill to swallow."
"the Samsung Bars just suck for Music. ... even more in the music department than for movies. ... Samsung's shortcomings in the music department are just too significant for me to go the final step."
"I can't understand why Samsung always seems to score highly for music when their soundbars clearly perform poorly in this use case. ... I use my system as a one stop shop with 60 % music, 10% TV and the rest ist Streaming on Netflix etc. For this usecase, the Samsung would be a total disappointment"
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"sudden raise of volume when switching from eARC at level 15 to a WiFi source, suddenly playing at level 60 or higher"
"the Jump from volume 9 to 10 is quite scary tbh"
"Samsung seems like they “unlock” their internal amp where blasting it at 20 is ungodly yet it can go to 100."
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"I just bought the Q990D and I'm returning it because constant woofer drop outs. ... I tried everything. Changed WIFI (2.4G and 5G), changed WIFI channels, used other HDMI 2.1 cable (certified by HDMI.org), used other TV (LG B9), far from the unit, near the unit, far from my ROUTER, another room, hard reset, ID set, disconnect from Alexa, disconnect from Smart Things APP and Space Fit Pro off. ... Thanks for the tip, but still disconnecting. I think I did everything I could and nothing worked. I am definitely returning."
"Will they fix the subwoofer dropage issues? ... Ended up returning it due to the neverending link problems."
"ditch the crappy sub"
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