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You can get the Q990F brand new from woot for under a grand. It comes with all mounting brackets for the satellites. We just received ours and it sounds fantastic! (NEW) Samsung HW-Q990F 11.1.4ch Dolby ATMOS Soundbar w/Subwoofer - $997.99 - Free shipping for Prime members https://electronics.woot.com/offers/new-samsung-hw-q990f-11-1-4ch-dolby-atmos-soundbar-w-subwoofer?utm_medium=share&utm_source=app
I like “tight” sounding bass vs boom and rattle, so I chose the F. The Rtings reviews effectively place them equal. Just decide which sound you prefer and pull the trigger, you won’t be disappointed either way.
We love our new Q990F. It is so much more than just a soundbar. We also have a new Samsung TV and like the “Q Symphony” feature that links the TV speakers with the soundbar. Also really like the built in Homethings Hub and Alexa capabilities built into the Q990, we use these to control home automation, and Ring cameras and Ring Alarm.
We find the bass on our 990 to be plenty. It’s enough to bring my wife downstairs to see what’s happening when she hears it rumbling.
Like I said, the bass is plenty. It rumbles. OTT content is handled fine, no concerns. It’s a fantastic soundbar.
Thanks, I just picked this one up!
(NEW) Samsung HW-Q990F 11.1.4ch Dolby ATMOS Soundbar w/Subwoofer - $967.99 - Free shipping for Prime members https://electronics.woot.com/offers/new-samsung-hw-q990f-11-1-4ch-dolby-atmos-soundbar-w-subwoofer?utm_medium=share&utm_source=app Hurry and get it. I already got this. Sounds awesome.
Q990 for me to complement that TV! You can pick up the latest model for just under $1k on Woot, it’s a superb piece of kit OP https://electronics.woot.com/offers/new-samsung-hw-q990f-11-1-4ch-dolby-atmos-soundbar-w-subwoofer?utm_medium=share&utm_source=app
I think I’m one of the few whose impressed with music in Surround Mode, I have my Q990 on auto EQ and tweaked some channel levels based on my room. It’s definitely a different sort of sound to a 2.1 system but in terms of the “surround bubble” it for sure ticks that box ✅ Also not a huge fan of Atmos music, those CD quality (High on Tidal) and HiRes (Max on Tidal) work the best IMO. I’ve found giving the soundbar as much audio bitrate as you can leads to a better surround upmix.
Agree on all counts man! Soundbars USP is the surround bubble and that’s what it does, and really well too. Surround mode makes it feel like being a concert and what’s not to love about that?
Just got a Samsung Q990F from Amazon at 50% off and it's blown me away. Wonderful.
It was just on sale on Amazon uk for 50% off for a while. Still is: https://amzn.eu/d/6uecAtD
I have the 990F and have to turn the bass down as it's very powerful 🤣
I don't understand, you bought the best soundbar in that price range and returned. Jbl will not be as good. You should have stuck with 990d and if you really hate the music on it so much, then get something dedicated for music. I am sorry, but I have been reading for a while and 990d/f are the top in that price range
Q990f owner here. If you are comparing to cinema or a dedicated 7.1 system with an amplifier, of course this is not going to reach those levels. People who love this soundbar, like me, compare it to other soundbars. In that case its pretty darn good. For the subwoofer placement, place a box or chair on the sofa where you sit to watch movies, place the subwoofer in the position where your head would be, play your fav bassy song, then crawl around the room. The place where you will hear the best bass, place the subwoofer there. Worked great for me and in my room it is actually not near the tv and not behind the couch, but at the side wall midway inbetween couch and TV. Good luck!
Just got the q990f and it's inane. I absolutely love it.
It's been a long time. I had a sony 5.1 setup over a decade ago. This seems much more immersive and powerful.
In that case the q990f is hard to beat for the price. You can often find it heavily discounted on woot.
Yeah I have q990f strickly for movies and a pair of klipsch forte’s for music. There are some movies like Amadeus and Bohemian Rhapsody that I prefer just using the Forte’s
For a street price typically under 1k, you are getting 15 discrete channels, full amplification, like 20 something drivers, ai based sound correction, multiple 3D sound processors, Bluetooth, airplay 2, wifi connectivity, cromecast, Spotify, 4k pass through multiple HDMI inputs, a 300 watt dual driver sub, all inside 4 boxes that are literally as small as they could engineer at that price point. Your complaints are basically that it’s too loud (have you adjusted the settings?), and that you think a bar that’s 2.5x the price looks a little better. Is that the issue?
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