If you want a big dawg when it comes to Dolby Atmos soundbars, and you’re willing to pay for it, it’s hard to imagine doing much better than Samsung’s HW-Q990B.
The Samsung HW-Q990B serves up 11.1.4 channels of pulse-pounding audio, and SpaceFit Sound room correction now works for all. But other features, namely Q-Symphony TV speaker syncing, still only work with Samsung TVs.
the upgrade of the 11.1.4 sound of the Samsung HW-Q990B soundbar has enhanced the already excellent sound field effect and surround sound, especially with the upgrades to the height channels and subwoofers, making the Dolby Atmos 3D sound more three-dimensional and the overall sound more exciting.
The Samsung HW-Q990B is a powerful soundbar with built-in Dolby Atmos. While we wish it had a UI and some streaming apps of its own, its impressive Dolby Atmos performance is enough to warrant an audition in your home theater.
The Q990B continues Samsung’s domination of the premium home cinema soundbar market, delivering a combination of power, detail, dynamics and full surround sound cohesion with movie soundtracks that no rival we’ve seen to date can match.
When it comes to providing an epic, high quality sound experience for movies and TV shows, there’s simply no soundbar system better than the Samsung HW-Q990B. When dealing with stereo music, the returns aren’t as high, with a bass performance that feels detached from the rest of the frequency range.
The Samsung HW-Q990B is an impressive soundbar system, which will delight home cinema fans by offering object-based audio without needing to resort to an AV receiver and speaker package. It also manages to deliver maximum immersion with the minimum amount of inconvenience.
The Samsung HW-Q990B has no right to deliver the amount of power, precision and soundstage craft it does from just four speakers. Basically, if you want the sound of a talented separates system but without the cables and clutter, your search stops here.
Nov 04, 2022
If you want a big dawg when it comes to Dolby Atmos soundbars, and you’re willing to pay for it, it’s hard to imagine doing much better than Samsung’s HW-Q990B.
Ryan Waniata
Reviewed
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Jun 23, 2022
There is simply no other soundbar that currently delivers what this 11.1.4 design does at the price.
Josh Smith
Newsweek
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Sep 23, 2022
The Samsung HW-Q990B serves up 11.1.4 channels of pulse-pounding audio, and SpaceFit Sound room correction now works for all. But other features, namely Q-Symphony TV speaker syncing, still only work with Samsung TVs.
Ben Patterson
TechHive
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Nov 12, 2022
As Dolby Atmos soundbar systems go, the Samsung HW-Q990B is the best there is.
Caleb Denison
Digital Trends
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Feb 08, 2023
Samsung's HW-Q990B is a high-performing Atmos soundbar that easily substitutes for a full AVR-speaker setup.
Rob Sabin
Sound & Vision
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Mar 21, 2023
the upgrade of the 11.1.4 sound of the Samsung HW-Q990B soundbar has enhanced the already excellent sound field effect and surround sound, especially with the upgrades to the height channels and subwoofers, making the Dolby Atmos 3D sound more three-dimensional and the overall sound more exciting.
Gordon Lyn
Hi-Fi Report
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Oct 21, 2022
Room-filling 11.1.4 Dolby Atmos sound. Easy to stream music. Quick setup. Pairs with modern Samsung TVs’ built-in speakers.
Parker Hall
Wired
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Dec 12, 2022
The Samsung HW-Q990B soundbar offers the audio imaging power of 11 surround channels and four height channels for sound that truly envelopes you.
Will Greenwald
PCMag
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Feb 02, 2023
The Samsung HW-Q990B is a powerful soundbar with built-in Dolby Atmos. While we wish it had a UI and some streaming apps of its own, its impressive Dolby Atmos performance is enough to warrant an audition in your home theater.
Nick Pino
tom's guide
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Apr 26, 2022
A superbly immersive Atmos delivery makes this feature-packed soundbar the multichannel system to beat in 2022
Stephen Withers
expertreviews
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Jun 07, 2022
The Q990B continues Samsung’s domination of the premium home cinema soundbar market, delivering a combination of power, detail, dynamics and full surround sound cohesion with movie soundtracks that no rival we’ve seen to date can match.
John Archer
T3
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Apr 22, 2022
there’s no other soundbar out there today that delivers a more convincing, immersive and powerful Atmos soundstage than the Q990B
John Archer
AVForum
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Mar 20, 2023
When it comes to providing an epic, high quality sound experience for movies and TV shows, there’s simply no soundbar system better than the Samsung HW-Q990B. When dealing with stereo music, the returns aren’t as high, with a bass performance that feels detached from the rest of the frequency range.
John Archer
Trusted Reviews
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Oct 27, 2022
The Samsung HW-Q990B is an impressive soundbar system, which will delight home cinema fans by offering object-based audio without needing to resort to an AV receiver and speaker package. It also manages to deliver maximum immersion with the minimum amount of inconvenience.
Steve Withers
Pocket-lint
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Dec 05, 2022
The Samsung HW-Q990B has no right to deliver the amount of power, precision and soundstage craft it does from just four speakers. Basically, if you want the sound of a talented separates system but without the cables and clutter, your search stops here.
John Archer
techradar
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