Samsung - HW-Q800D

Sound bars have their place. Typically a small apartment. I have a Samsung Q 800 it’s quite good. Would it be better with individual speaker of course but for my use case I prefer this. It’s cleaner looking and it works well.

I find my samsung Q800 looks alright. It blends in fairly well on my tv stand. Everyone has been impressed with it so far.

I find the cheap Samsung or the slim ones sound rough that’s why I called out the specific one I have. You have tried the Q800 or Q910/990 series? I used to have a Vizio that also sounded solid for what it was but the Samsung Q800 is far better. I went to a large audio shop and I wanted a soundbar for a variety of personal reasons and it was the best one that I could find.

I recently purchased the Samsung Q800D and am QUITE impressed! \* wide sound state \* gets lound \* bassy if you like it that way \* fantastic instrument saparation I consume more music than tv/movies, so I notice the details more than cinema consumption, I'd say. Highly impressed with this soundbar so far, also considering how it doesn't have rear speakers.

go for jbl bar 800 or samsung q800/930, jbl have excellent bass while samsung have excellent clarity

Q800D will suffice more than you need it have clear dialogue and crisp base as you requested, if prices are close get the F

Q800 and Q990 are both the absolute best price/perf in their respective categories. Are they the best thing singe bread came sliced? No. Are they the best package you can buy in their price ranges? Absolutely.

Soundbars (high tier) nowadays are very good. Although. But if you really appreciate surround sound and/or music I would recommend at least a 3.1 system+AVR instead. I was never pleased with my Samsung Q800 soundbar, so I went back to regular speakers again and couldn't be happier.

Ya I went from a JBL 2.1 soundbar that maybe cost me $300 in 2019, to the Q800 it there was little to no difference. Some movies even sounded worse especially with voices or dialogue. Luckily I got it on sale but the normal price of these Samsung set ups for the quality is insane. Just get a decent speaker and avr set up for that.

Go for q800d, even i am from India and been researching alot about it and with all the choices available to us q800d seems to be perfect option for you, plus one if you add rear speakers in the future. I bought q600c because i didnt have budget for 800d

Q800d/f is your best option. Slightly over your budget but worth it. I have bought 800d and q930f and both were excellent for movies.

Q800d/f is your best option. Slightly over your budget but worth it. I have bought 800d and q930f and both were excellent for movies.

The rears make a difference.I purchased the 800d thinking O have no space for the rears.Eventually I did get the 9500s for rears and it makes a difference.

Depends. I've got a Q800d which is a very good midrange soundbar. I genuinely got a fright watching Fight Club the other night with the sound of the faux plane crash. I'd recommend that one out of personal experience. But any decent soundbar should comfortably twat TV speakers, especially any with a subwoofer

Q800d/f is your best option. Slightly over your budget but worth it. I have bought 800d and q930f and both were excellent for movies.

Get the Sonos system. Samsung is terrible at support. Further you can buy the Sonos components from Costco. At least most of them. Return policy is quite generous as you probably know. Don’t be tempted by the Samsung pricing. It’s just not as good or reliable as the Sonos systems. He’ll even the JBL soundbar systems have better sound than the Q series.

At a minimum get the samsung q800. Movies with Disney, prime and apple TV sounds great on surround sound. Unfortunately Netflix wants to ridiculously charge for 4k and dolby surround. Like 29 a month

If you are not interested in the Multiroom abilities at all, it's hard to recommend the Beam. For 800 bucks you can get a  Samsung Q990D, which comes with Sub and rears and destroys the Beam Gen 2. Even the 800D performs better. It comes with a Sub and costs roughly the same as the Beam alone. The Sonos Arc Ultra is significantly more expensive, but also in another galaxy regarding sound quality. However, if you care for money more than for multiroom audio and music, the Samsung would again be the better choice.

for that budget, top up a bit for the q800d

I have both.  7.1 Home theater at home and a Q800D in an apartment I rent for work.  There's no comparison.   The soundbar is good, and infinitely better than a TV speaker, but my home theater blows it out of the water. However,  there's no way I'd use that home theater in an apartment or townhouse, so the Q800D with subwoofer at a low volume is my apartment choice.   

I’ve had the sennheiser ambeo, Bose smart ultra, and the Samsung q800, in that order. First two were returned for connectivity issues with my newish Samsung tv. The q800 has been great (the ambeo probably had the best surround but only if it connected). Q symphony is amazing. With the first two bars, you could clearly tell the sound was coming from below the TV… q symphony fixes that completely. And the subwoofer is amazing.

Yes, but I'd wager that he wants a full body sound stage. Pick up an open box Q-600C/F or QS-730D, then test it out. You'll be very surprised. I personally have a Samsung Q-800D (5.1.2) with Samsung SWA-9500S rear speakers (2.0.2) combined with the TV speakers (Q-Symphony) for a total of a 7/9.2.4 channel surround sound system. Along with the 77" S90D streaming through an Apple TV 4K ethernet model, it's truly an immersive experience! You won't be disappointed if you decide to get one. Even go to Best Buy and listen to a demo model on display!

I live in an apt and just got the Q800D, and use it without the sub. It sounds infinitely better than my TV speakers.  That said, it doesn't have the low end below 80-100Hz, but I don't want that anyway. I looked at other options, but they were way more expensive since I was able to get the 800D for around $550 with discounts. 

Q800 I have them and then added rear and was even better

There is no "best soundbar" for any TV. If your TV and soundbar both have HDMI ARC or eARC (LG C3 does), your soundbar's power and volume can be controlled by the tv's remote. Samsung HW-Q800D regularly goes on sale around $649/$699. I have one, it sounds great, does well for dolby atmos, the subwoofer is very good, it has lots of features like HDMI eARC, wifi, Spotify Cast, smart things, google amazon & amazon alexa support. It's rated well by RTINGS as well. Also supports SWA-9500S wireless rear speaker kit if you want to upgrade it down the road.

Q800D will suffice more than you need it have clear dialogue and crisp base as you requested, if prices are close get the F

Go for q800d, even i am from India and been researching alot about it and with all the choices available to us q800d seems to be perfect option for you, plus one if you add rear speakers in the future. I bought q600c because i didnt have budget for 800d

Get a Samsung QS-730D from BB. Or, find the used/Amazon Renewed Q-800 (my personal setup is Q-800D with SWA-9500S rear speakers)

If the Q990 doesn't fit, don't force it. I will say that the 9500s rears that you can purchase are decent, but NOT the same speakers that you get with the Q990. I would 100% buy a Q990 for future proofing just for the improved rears, even if I didn't use them for awhile. Alternatively, but the Q800 now (I love mine), and then upgrade to the Q990 when the time comes. it's not going to kill you - you can always repurpose the Q800 to another room or sell it to get a bit of $$ back.

I would go with the q800d(eventually u can get a 7.1.4 with the rear), and samung is known to be better than lg, lg soundbars are ranked as the lowest. The wow orchestra isn't important, all companies do that so u choose to buy they soundbar.

Go for Q800D or Q800F. Q800D you can get it under 35K. I got it for 34K almost 1 year back.