HW-Q800F
Samsung · £549
Worth being NRY provisional
Eleven speakers including side-firing drivers, with a wireless subwoofer in the box, at £549. That last part is the argument: the Sonos Beam at £449 is a bare bar and its sub is another several hundred, so this undercuts it on what actually arrives. Side-firing drivers do more for the sense of width in a real room than height channels do for the sense of height.
- For
- Someone who wants proper bass without buying a subwoofer as a second decision.
- Not for
- Anyone short of floor space: the subwoofer has to go somewhere and it is not small.
What we checked
- Eleven speakers, including side-firing drivers for surround direction. Richer Sounds
Marked provisional: the justification rests on 1 source(s); two independent ones is the bar. We publish it anyway and say so, rather than waiting for evidence that may never arrive.