Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar Review
Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar is way ahead in competition with other soundbars. This advancement has been granted to Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar because of its wireless rear speakers and 4 upward-firing drivers. The upward-firing drivers combine and deliver a genuinely immersive surround sound experience. The surround mode of sound with the Dolby Atmos and DTS: X makes it a great object-based performing device. No other soundbar comes in competition with Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar.
Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar has a very impressive and good sound quality. The full immersion and Dolby Atmos along with DTS: X in addition to easy installation and setup system makes it a great choice for the purchasers. The soundbar has been built to look good with great quality.
Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar is undoubtedly a very good soundbar option but still, it has many shortcomings. The features that are not included in the Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar are unlimited HDMI inputs, auto-calibration. The soundbar is very expensive as well.
Samsung HW-Q90R Design:
Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar would look familiar to you if you have already seen the Samsung HW-N950. The bar has been designed very efficiently. The bar is a well-built unit in terms of quality and looks. The soundbar has metal grilles and a carbon silver finish.
It is a fairly wide soundbar. The width of the soundbar makes it ideal for the now-a-day’s big-screen TVs. A lot of space is required to place the soundbar under your TV. However, placing the soundbar if you don’t have enough space is not a big issue as the option to mount Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar in the wall is available. Some control buttons are located at the top center of the soundbar as well.
Samsung HW-Q90R Features:
The headline feature of Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar is its support for Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar does not resort the acoustic beaming or psychoacoustics. The object-based audio formats is delivered by the soundbar. The soundbar uses 12 speakers and 17 drivers. The front 3 channels use 3 drivers each. The speakers have been divided into 12 channels as well. The front left and right, two sides, two rears, center, two front heights, a sub and a pair of rear heights. A 512 W amplification drives all these speakers.
Samsung HW-Q90R Performance:
The main asset of Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar is its immersive audio skill set. The sheer size of the bar permits the superb separation of left and right speakers. The stereo imaging and precise location instruments result from such isolation.
Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar delivers great object-based audio soundtracks. While playing the Bohemian Rhapsody, the soundbar made use of all available channels and created the scale of a great show. The music is handled by the front two channels. More width is added through the side-firing drivers. The sound of the audience is provided through the rears and recreation of echo chasm is produced through the overheads.
Samsung HW-Q90R Pricing:
On first glance, the Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar seems very expensive. But as you look and understand all its features, you find it worthy of its price that would otherwise cost you more. To prepare such a soundbar would need you to have a nine-channel AV receiver and matching speakers along with the subwoofer package. The end result prepared might have a better sound but it would cost you more than Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar as well. Moreover, it would be hard to install it as well.
Other Soundbars to consider:
Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar has set its own standards. Other soundbars have not yet accessed the class of the Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar. The Samsung soundbar has a class of its own. It is very difficult to recommend alternative soundbars for Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar. No other soundbar is presently delivering a 7.1.4-channel experience with the use of wireless rear speakers and 4 upward-firing drivers.
Though the alternatives are difficult to devise, we recommend Sony HT-FZ9, Yamaha YSP-5600, and LG SL10YG. All these alternatives are less expensive than Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar and do not have real rear speakers. The soundstage of these soundbars is very front heavy.
Immersive sound experience with the saving of some bucks would lead you to Samsung HW-N950. This soundbar is identical to the Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar virtually.
Final Verdict:
Samsung HW-Q90R Soundbar is an awesome audio soundbar. The wireless subwoofer and wireless rear speakers with 4 upward-firing drivers are made quite finely and have been designed cleverly. Other soundbars have not yet been able to create the full Dolby Atmos and DTS:X experience. The set of features provided by the soundbar and the fully-specified HDMI connections constitutes just a perfect and flawless package.
