
Samsung
Q990F
Value for movies and easy setup, but music falls flat.

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Ah fair enough just did the conversion ! Samsung Q600c is a good option, and similar price
Samsung Q600c fits your price range
Wow is known to be terrible and worse than not using it ! Beyond that all LG soundbars have awful reviews, even for there price ! I’d go Samsung q600c at this price range … entry level Dolby atmos with great reviews
I just bought Samsung and for that category, it's an immersive.
It was the Q600C. Wasn’t even half the price of the Q990D when I first looked at it however it dropped from over £500 to £279 here when I bought it. Genuinely thought I’d bought low end for the price but been blown away by it.
Why not just get some speaker wire? I have the Q600C, w/ the SWA-9200s rears, and the wire it comes in the box with is 6 meters ~19.7 feet. If that’s too short, I can’t imagine it would be too expensive to get a roll of some equivalent-sized speaker wire - and as a plus you could get it in whatever color works best, so you can hide it easily in your space. If hiding the wire is your concern - this wire is small enough, that you could honestly probably tuck it in the little gap under your baseboards, and hide it that way. Or run it along the little edge at the top of the baseboard, tacked down with a couple dots of silicone, and then painted to match the wall color.
if you want nice sound quality for a small medium room go for the q800f. 5.1.2 system more than enough, I've upgraded from the q600c and the improvement is quite noticeable
For this setup, honestly, I would keep it simple and use eARC rather than trying to blend TV speakers with Bluetooth. When I tried that kind of mixed setup before, the delay and volume matching were more annoying than the extra fill was worth. If you want to stay on brand, [TCL Q6510 5.1 soundbar](https://featherab.com/shopit?TCL+Q6510+5.1+soundbar) is the cleaner fit because it gives you the rear channel effect without making the TV do weird speaker combining. If you are open to another brand, [Samsung HW-Q600C soundbar](https://featherab.com/shopit?Samsung+HW-Q600C+soundbar) is a solid step up for movie dialogue and effects. I would use HDMI eARC, turn TV speakers off, then tune delay if needed.

Samsung
Q990F
Value for movies and easy setup, but music falls flat.

Sonos
Beam (Gen 2)
Compact value, but virtual Atmos and app issues.

Samsung
HW-Q990D
Powerful, immersive value, but poor music and buggy software.

Sonos
Arc Ultra
Immersive Atmos and bass, but pricey and poor for music.

Samsung
Q930F
Strong value for movies, but music and HDMI 2.0 limit.

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