Samsung - HW-Q990F (2025)
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Last updated: Aug 14, 2025 Scoring
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"The sound is ridiculous right up to full volume, im a bit of a tech snob. ... 990 is the best quality sound I've ever heard. ... If you are coming from anything other than a sound studio, you hear notes in music you have never heard before, and movies are game changers."
"The 990F will blow you away coming from the N950."
"Having a samsung tv also gives you a symphony with ads, the tv speakers in also, and audio tracking. You hear bullets ping off the walls, and things bounce from the floor to the ceiling."
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"And it should, for the fucking price it should. But it actually doesn’t. That’s why the 990 series have always been praised. It’s like the Nissan GTR of soundbars, beating super expensive systems while still below $1k lol!"
"For the price you can't beat it. ... I saved $4k."
"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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"What truly impressed me right off the bat was how effortless the setup was. ... It couldn't have been simpler—unbox the soundbar, surround speakers, and subwoofer, connect the power cables, and everything pairs automatically. ... the setup was quick and seamless."
"it’s far more user friendly and everyone in the house can use it without worrying about which input etc. ... I wanted ease of use and something far more than tv speakers and my soundbar gives me exactly that without the headaches for my family."
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"My theater room is 19 x 16. Works perfect for me ... I'm using a Q990D in a 19 x 16 room and it's awesome."
"Q990C/D/F will all work perfectly for your use case."
"it gets quite loud, more than loud enough for me."
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"Dialogue and bass are perfect and have mine set to 0, so I can't imagine you would have an issue."
"I prefer the Bass over the Nakamichi 9.2.4. I have the sub right behind my couch. It works great."
"The subwoofer is much better than than the one I had previously. ... I think it does very well for a sub that small and I didn't notice any distortion when I ran some bass tests."
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"The subwoofer is boomy as fk as every samsung soundbar subwoofer has been, which stems from pushing too much the sub to mimic how actual subs sound like. ... All the previous Samsung subs were boomy af, this wont be an exception because of the aggressive DSP samsung uses in their soundbars."
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"The product can not replicate a 11.1.4 even at best conditions its hardly a 7.1.4 system. ... marketing gimmicks such as 11.1.4 channels, Eclipsa audio etc. are ultimately misleading and inflate expectations beyond what the product can realistically deliver."
"Eclipsa audio is marketing gimmick ... a useless feature with 0 real content that none knows if its gonna become popular and if it even becomes popular your soundbar will have died till then btw"
"It can provide a decent 5.1. 2ish experience in some rooms (if your ceiling isnt flat, or its tall its basically a 5.1)"
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"Q990F is overpriced at launch and not worth your money untill it drops in the 800 range that it usually does within a short period. ... it is insanely overpriced at the MSRP price for what it is."
"the investment was too much to justify the cost"
"Never buy samsung product unless you get really good price in India as they are always over priced and sale prices bring them down to normal"
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"But they drop the ball on their firmware update with bricking some soundbars with the last update on their 990. ... Samsung had a bad firmware release last month or two. And some 990 stop working aftet the update"
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"DSP is overly aggressive and it results in digitally processed sound that sounds off."
"Not really for straight music vs a hifi system ... For music I have a Frankensetup in a smaller, different room where it can shine with half the power output"
"the sub is mediocre."
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