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!
Klipsch 200 was cool. Returned it as I didnt want to spend 500 for the surr200. Had a sonance ms10sub. Return it and got the samsung q990f. Bass isnt as hard, but it sounds better and more balance. Consider that one if you could. Otherwise just get the klipsch and add the sonance ms10sub. Sounds great
I’m in a house in Ireland, not large but no shared walls or floors where the tv is. The sub gets pretty loud but beyond that, it’s more about the clarity and atmos. No noise complaints so far even with some loud movies.
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?
Q990F is everything you need. I noticed a lot of your choices don’t have rear speakers. If you really you don’t want rears don’t even bother with a soundbar, the surround effects don’t work without the rear speakers. You’d be much better off with a 2ch speaker system.
I agree with this as well, it’s actually terrific with dialogue and special effects. Its weakness is music. I have a 2ch setup I use for that purpose. I have yet to come across a sound bar that works well for music. None of them image well due to the bar configuration.
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Value for movies and easy setup, but music falls flat.
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