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Samsung - 5.1.4-Channel Soundbar System with Dolby Atmos and 8" Wireless Subwoofer - Black

Enhance your home theater audio with this Samsung sound bar system. Its Dolby Atmos surround sound technology utilizes 15 built-in speakers with four upward-firing drivers, providing a multidimensional audio effect for a cinematic experience. This 5.1.4-channel Samsung sound bar system delivers the full-quality audio of your Ultra HD and Blu-ray movies wirelessly with its 4K pass-through.

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Great sound after firmware update 3108

on November 30, 2016

Posted by: Scholesy

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I've spent many months looking at options for a soundbar that can produce surround sound. While the easy option for true surround sound is to have a home theater set up with a traditional receiver, speakers, etc. I have my TV mounted in an orientation that does not allow for a receiver. So I turned to soudbars. I initially purchased a Samsung K650 with Radiant R1 speakers which came to about $600 due to sales. While the K650 could produce okay sound, the radiant speakers were only able of pumping stereo sound to the rear. Which sounded horrific.

My search went on..I was met with the Samung K950, Sonos Play bar + play:1s and the Bose sound touch 300 w/rears. All three options when you bundle rears and a sub come to $1,500-1,900. Certainly not cheap, even worse none are the perfect option. Each has several downfalls but you will have to weigh up the pros/cons yourself.

Speaking strictly to the K950. Initially, prior to update 3108, the rear speakers were not existent for most content. However, now they provide a pretty great sound all things considered. I am very happy with the sound this unit can produce especially for ATMOS content. In fact, I would say it challenges mid range theater set ups. Pretty great for spending about 5 minutes hooking it up.

Things to note, most TVs don't pass through 5.1 content and definitely not ATMOS. Luckily, there are 2 HDMI pass throughs to combat this. Despite mix messages, yes these pass throughs work for 4k HDR content. The biggest downfall is this unit does not process DTS. Why? Who knows. But you can by pass this by spending on a decent blu ray player than can convert DTS->DD pretty well.

My Best Buy number: 2762397077

I would recommend this to a friend!

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