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Impressively, Samsung manages to cram the 15 drivers in the main soundbar unit into a 48.5 x 2.7 x 5.4-inch shell (WxHxD). The HW-Q950A also offers another feature that’s exclusive to Samsung TVs: Q-Symphony, which syncs up with the built-in speakers on select Samsung 20 TVs to deliver “perfectly synchronized audio” for a “harmonious, cinematic experience.” Sounds cool, but as with SpaceFit, you’ll need a Samsung TV to use Q-Symphony, and since I don’t own one, I wasn’t able to test the feature. The HW-Q950A does boast a pair of room-correction features-SpaceFit and Auto EQ-that tweak the audio depending on the acoustics of the room, but SpaceFit (as I’ll describe later) requires a supported Q-series Samsung TV. The up-firing drivers supplying height effects for Dolby Atmos and DTS:X soundtracks require a flat-not angled or vaulted-ceiling that’s ideally between 7.5 and 12 feet high, while the distance between your side walls will affect the performance of all those side-firing surround drivers. Of course, the effectiveness of all those side- and up-firing drivers will depend in large part on the configuration of the room. So yes, that’s a lot of drivers-22 total, for those of you keeping track, which should leave your living room swirling in sound. Last but not least are the four height channels, supplied by two front up-firing drivers in the main soundbar unit and two rear up-firing drivers in the satellite speakers, giving us the final “4.”Īngled and side-firing drivers supply just some of the HW-Q950A’s many surround channels. Next comes the subwoofer and its single driver, giving us the “.1” for low-frequency effects. All told, that’s 11 channels, representing the “11” in the Q950A’s “11.1.4” configuration.
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You also get a total of eight rear and surround channels, which are powered by four drivers in the main housing (two angled and two side-firing) plus four more drivers in the satellite speakers (one angled and one forward-firing for each speaker). I’ll start off with the typical left, right, and center channels, which are powered by a tweeter and two oval-shaped drivers for each of those front three channels. The HW-Q950A is a full-on 11.1.4-channel soundbar, but what does that mean exactly? Click that link to read reviews of competing products, along with a buyer’s guide to the features you should consider when shopping. This review is part of TechHive’s coverage of the best soundbars.