The sale ended on the q600f unfortunately. I ended up picking up a Sony HT-S2000 and think it sounds heads and tails better than the Samsung S60D. Definitely keeping this one as I'm finally happy with my purchase.
I found out I'm pickier than I thought when it comes to soundbars.
First sound bar was a Sony hts2000. Decent vocals, on its own the bass was weak, but only came alive with sub and satellites, but sub is very boomy. However Sony's bravia app is decent, and you can control levels well. Cheap entry to sound bars, and expandable down the track if this appeals.
Went to a Bose smart ultra, has enough bass standard, excellent vocals if you like to watch dialogue heavy TV series at night. Bass is fair, but not outrageous, Just doesn't like being on very low volumes.
Finally found a good Samsung q990d used locally for very cheap, nearly as good as the Bose for vocals, the satellites only mode can go down to a whisper, however it takes some serious volume to wake the sub up. May be up your alley.
If I had a crazy budget, I'd look at Sonos. No experience with them.
Ultimately if you aren't tied to a soundbar, look at floor standing speakers, with at least a class D mini amp with 50w> power per channel, preferably with treble and bass knobs.
Neighbour gave me some basic Welling towers, 2 x 6" woofer, tweeter and 8" sub, paired with a cheap Fosi amp from Amazon. Instant step up on volume and quality, albeit without the surround sound.
Found some Dali concept floor speakers for dirt cheap online, blew the old pair out the water, I reckon the Neighbours hate me at this point. Great quality.
Have a center and rears now, if I can find a good AV receiver I'll be in heaven with good surround.
However the amp with bass and treble is key; I can cut bass out almost entirely, but bring it up above and beyond with the turn of a knob, no sub needed.
If you're dead set on a soundbar? Bose is a cheap flagship, Samsung q990x combo could be the last you need. Or step to the top with Sonos.
It's decent if you don't want rears or sub, just for late night TV series watching. But I switched to a cheaper Sony hts2000 with rears and subs, much better for movies.
Sony HT-S2000 was on sale in my country by Sony Malaysia for just under $220 (RM846 after stacking with voucher, official store thru online shopping platform) recently and I got one for my parents’ 2017 Sony Bravia K series TV, sound is good and not harsh, plenty of bass yet vocal clarity is good, thanks to its center channel speaker. Overall I am pretty happy with it. I wanted to get it since two years ago but price back then was still too high for me (RM1500+), so I got a Yamaha SR-C20a as a temporay solution (bought at RM838) and waited until recently which I got the Sony, not a big upgrade but the deal was too good to resist.
If you can get HT-S2000 for under $300 it is a no-brainer choice, or else budget option like Yamaha SR-C20A or even B20A is very appealing at discounted price, they are wrapped in fabric and will need more frequent dust cleaning though, so you may consider something else if that bothers you.
Recently bought HT s2000.
Can recommend this very much.
It sounds really good, LIKE really really good and cost 250 or below that.
And since you specifically asked for only the bar and no separate subs or surround sound tweeters HT s2000 3.1 would be the perfect choice.
If you want the woofers and tweeters then the HT S2000 5.1 is what you want
The tvs have pretty loud speakers, but they don't tend to be as detailed as a soundbar
SONY have much more to offer .....( in a normal living room \~20 m2 , i use only 1/3 of the effect with that model ;) .... ( and you can add extra wire less speakers to it , like Rear and Sub when it suits you ) ... [Sony Soundbars](https://electronics.sony.com/audio/soundbars/c/all-soundbars)..... wait for a Sale , it can saves a lot .
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