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

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I had a Sony bar 6. It's just ok. It's a stereo upgrade to TV speakers. Got zero height out of the upfiring speakers. Send it back and bought an Ultimea Skywave x60. Sooo glad I did.
That may not have live support, but if you state an issue you are having in their forums, they will try to help you out there. Me and some other users were getting a problem where when you turned the system on, skywave x60, it would be at full volume. They put out a firmware update a week later and it was fixed.
https://preview.redd.it/d763jphrqwpg1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b3aaca73f4d3f007b94760ba1cc4ba304c0770b1 I've got the Skywave S60 and I really like it. Sounds way better than my Sony theater bar 6. And the Sony theater system 6. You couldn't even tell those had upfiring speakers. On the Skywave x60 you definitely can
They're just whiny ass people that like to hate on shit That's inexpensive and and performed as well as higher price stuff. Don't know why. But apparently I'm a schill too because I liked my Skywave x60 a lot.
Other companies pay for reviews too. It's not just Ultimea. It's just the people who actually bought the Skywave x60 or x70 really seem to like them. And people still seem to hate on them for some reason because they paid $1,000 and we paid half and we get the sound that's almost as good. Because the Dolby Atmos is pretty damn convincing. Nowhere near as good as a dedicated Dolby Atmos setup, but it's pretty damn good. Especially for $550. That's what I got mine for
Get the skywave x60 I just got it and upgraded from the Poseidon d60. Huge upgrade and well worth the price difference. Buy once cry once.
Looking good! Ummm, still more room for a larger tv! HAHA! I just got my Ultimea Skywave X70 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos dual up firing front & rear speakers w/10" Sub down to 20hz. Very happy with how it performs!
With the up firing front & rear speakers, The Skywave is really cool. I have the Skywave X60 which is the baby brother up on Ebay brand new untouched if anybody is interested for a nice price. 700 on Am... only 500 buy it now. The X60 is an 8" subwoofer instead of a 10" but still goes down to 28hz. Slightly less wattage, but everything else is all the same. It truly is a high end system at more budget pricing. It has Xupmix which will upgrade stereo & 5.1 for Atmos sound. These are a beast. [https://www.ebay.com/itm/277465478895](https://www.ebay.com/itm/277465478895)
As an X70 Ultimea owner positioned in my testroom as the X60 is in the same ball park just a smaller sub I think ,the following thought ; The sound clarity is ok just good enough but the Samsung are in that regard are a level higher so is the Hisense budget all rounder sx125h . Strong points are the sub if you get it dialed in at a lower volume and surrounds are very good. All depends of course is the room layout and what are your priorities so good luck.
I've tried 3 ultima systems in the past 8 or so months. A 5.1 a 7.1 and a 7.1.4. all 3 of them had really bad surround speaker volume. The best was the 7.1.4 but that's probably from the extra 2 upfiring channels in the back. The 5.1 and 7.1 both had an amazing subwoofer and bass as well as a great sound bar but before I returned them via Amazon the last 10 days of testing both systems I didn't even bother to turn on the surround speakers they were borderline useless.
Ultimea for me. Bought last year D80 boom. But if you prefer with height up firing Speakers get the sky wave x series. Besides affordability without breaking a bank but standard Dolby Atmos speakers is my preference for now. But if you have extra budget. Get the bar 800mk2 or 1000 of JBL. With regards to your preferred brand against LG, Sony theater 6 is better but extra functionality of Sony features will require Sony TV. Nevertheless its all good. Check also Polk magnifi series.
Ultimea for me. Bought last year D80 boom. But if you prefer with height up firing Speakers get the sky wave x series. Besides affordability without breaking a bank but standard Dolby Atmos speakers is my preference for now. But if you have extra budget. Get the bar 800mk2 or 1000 of JBL. With regards to your preferred brand against LG, Sony theater 6 is better but extra functionality of Sony features will require Sony TV. Nevertheless its all good. Check also Polk magnifi series.

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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