HW-Q990F
Samsung · £999
Worth being NRY provisional
Not a soundbar so much as a system in a soundbar box: 11.1.4 channels across a bar, a subwoofer and two rear speakers, all included at £999. Real speakers behind you will always beat processing that aims sound at your ceiling, and this is the only thing here that gives you them without a second purchase. The cost is four objects to place and power instead of one.
- For
- Someone who wants actual surround sound and has somewhere to put the rear speakers.
- Not for
- Anyone who wants one tidy box: this is the opposite of that, deliberately.
What we checked
- It is an 11.1.4 channel system with a subwoofer and rear speakers included. 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.