I have the QN90D with the QS700F soundbar, and the difference between the TV speakers and Q-Symphony is night and day. But if you don’t have a good spot near the TV for the sub, you’re probably better off going with something like the QS90H. Moving the sub away from the TV can make the whole setup sound thin, at least that’s how it was in my case.
Title. I just got a Samsung HW-QS90H and to my disdain it doesn’t support 4K 120Hz only up to 4K 60Hz and for some reason my Nintendo Switch 2 is bugged on it where it can’t output that either and defaults to 1080p while docked. So looking to get another soundbar to replace this one since eventually I’ll want to run something more demanding on it.
Which is the best soundbar with HDMI 2.1 in 2026?
The q symphony is hard to notice if I am being honest. Not because it isnt good, it seems decent, but I had a 5.1 Logitech PC system before. The THX was nice but 11 speakers of Atmos is so amazing that adding 4 is like putting chocolate fudge on a chocolate bar after just eating vanilla wafers for years. Its richer and you cant say no, but the chocolate bar would have already been more than enough at this point.
And yeah, I pushed to 30 for a bit and it was a lot in most cases. Went to 50 for fun and started getting worried I may blow a speaker out haha.
A soundbar is always an improvement, even if your room was 3 square meters.
That is to say, Samsung soundbars are very good, but don't count on Q Symphony. It has an echo on Dolby Atmos content and almost all content is Dolby Atmos nowadays. You'll probably just not use the TV speakers at all.
You definitely have no use for a flagship soundbar with rear speakers, like the Q990F in such a room, or any bedroom, for that matter.
But depending on whether you want and have space a dedicated subwoofer or not, yiu can either get one of those Samsung soundbars with a dedicated sub, or an HW-S60D, which doesn't have one and will lack punchy bass, but will still provide a much better sound than the TV. It's also super small, so it will fit on any width of a cabinet.
All soundbars are designed to be able to sit on the TV's pedestal stand, so don't worry about that either.
P.S. Soon a standalone Samsung soundbar with an internal subwoofer, kind of Sonos-style, will be released. But it will probably be wider than your TV and cost as much as the Q990H flagship, so you might not be interested in that.
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