Finally, an impartial review of soundbars not influenced by advertising dollars.
The Best Soundbarhttps://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-soundbar/The identities of the soundbars was concealed to eliminate the listening panel's bias.
The bottom line:
"Our listening panel picked the Samsung HW-Q900A ($1198.00) as the best-sounding system, even before they learned that it’s a simple, two-piece setup consisting of the soundbar and a subwoofer. The HW-Q900A can play back the more immersive Dolby Atmos and DTS:X audio formats...The soundbar incorporates front speakers, upward-firing speakers, and side-firing surround speakers to produce a room-filling sound with music and movies, and the relatively compact, wireless 8-inch subwoofer offers plenty of deep bass with lots of punch and satisfying couch shake..."Wirecutter is the independent NY Times site where everything is reviewed. If you don't like the Times you can subscribe to Wirecutter individually*.
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