Customer Ratings & Reviews

Awesome......sound....room filling.....breathtaking

Much better than the lower priced bars. Worth the extra $$$.

Great sound and works with TV volume control. 1 week of use

Awesome and great surrounds for the living room in the house

Awesome sound at a great value. A must have for all occasions.

Crisp clear sound at any volume and easy set up with QLED TVs.

Makes me feel like I’m experiencing Dolby Digital Sound

Looks awesome very good material and sound is good quality

Install is easy with new Samsung TV, Nice low profile design

Connects automatically without head ach can play from phone or laptop

VERY HAPPY WITH THE LOOK AND SOUND. EASY SET UP, USER FRIENDLY

Excellent soundbar good clarity and sound good price

great soundbar that pairs with my new Samsung television

Sound is perfect and love the product. Great purchase.

very happy with this system great sub! small platform

Perfect sound. Easy to use. No issues with it at all.

Sounds awesome with movies and music my teenagers was impressed

I know, just based on my Reddit experiences that "true" Home Theater people snub up over soundbars. I get that, I really do. I know that a soundbar will likely NEVER sound as good as a true, dedicated Home Theater system. However, they are slowly getting there, as they rise in recent popularity. Add on the fact of the price range for a soundbar vs. a true receiver/speaker setup is generally going to be much cheaper. Plus, just for a lot of us, a soundbar equals a heck of a lot less clutter. These two factors alone make owning a sound bar much more convenient (along with the fact that's there's far fewer wires). Now, myself, I'm a huge soundbar guy. I will note that I've never experienced the joy of building a full, custom Home Theater system, piece-by-piece. But, I have bought Home Theater-in-a-box kits in the past. For me, with my space requirements and household, soundbars just flat out win (as long as you have your expectations in order). If you are interested in a soundbar, now is the time to get into the scene. Enter the Samsung-branded Q series soundbar - The Q90R, Q80R and Q70R (there's also a Q60 as well, I believe). These were made in partnership with Harman/Kardon and woah, it shows. These soundbars are designed to go with their respective Q-series Samsung TV's, even down to the size, to match. If you already have one of these TV's, even better. If not, they still work great solo - just minus a few "quality of life" features that basically builds the soundbar into the TV (feature-wise). It's definitely not a deal-breaker, however. I personally feel that this series of soundbars is the first to make them a viable centerpiece for your Home Theater setup. I'm reviewing the Q70R, so, let's dive into it! OK, lets go over packaging first, as it's generally how most of us get that initial "first impression". I'm gonna say, compared to the soundbar itself, the packaging is the most blah thing about it. Everything is packaged in your standard "Tetris" L-shaped box. Nothing fancy and probably the most basic you can get. Which is a shame, given the high praise I have for everything else. Unboxing was a bit of a chore, as I was unable to locate an opening between the top section of the box (that has the sub) and the lower, longer portion that has the soundbar itself. I had to just get a box cutter and cut down the side corner to make an opening. Inside, everything is packaged pretty nicely in Styrofoam and other wrappings and there was no damage. Next, let's go over general impressions. I'm going to be pretty much gushing over everything except one aspect, which I will get to below, in my setup experiences. The quality of this soundbar is exceptional. Of all the soundbars I've ever owned in the past (mostly LG's for some reason...) or even seen on store shelves, this one far surpasses. It's solid and pretty heavy - definitely sturdy. It won't get knocked around easily. There are also wall mount brackets and "feet" that you can put under the bar to increase the height a bit. I didn't use either. I have a Sony XBR-65X900E TV in the room I tested (and will likely keep) this soundbar. The primary reason I chose this soundbar is the "low-profile" design of it. I needed a soundbar that I could sit in front of my TV, without going up and over the bottom of the screen. The Q90R and Q80R soundbars are huge behemoths and that definitely would not have worked - I would have had to put one of those on the shelf below, which I preferred not to - because of the way the room is set up. So, if you are limited on space or just want something that is slimline and fits in well, this is the soundbar to get. I had no issues with it in front of the TV and it has nice angles that make it look super sharp. It's definitely gets good attention! Aaah, setup! The fun part of any new toy. I have ONE. Single. Complaint...about this soundbar. The fact that is only has ONE. Single...HDMI port. For real? I mean, I get this soundbar is designed to compete in the budget market...but it would have only cost what, $30 to have another port added to it? Seriously, 1 lone HDMI port is all you get. I think I may have lost some sleep over that. I was seriously considering taking a star off from my 5-star review just because of this. However - because this soundbar does support the new e-ARC functionality, I'll throw it some slack. Had it not, yeah, I would have docked. This basically means, if you also have an e-ARC supported TV (likely via a firmware update, if one was done...I know the LG C8 TV's and previous models did not get an e-ARC update...) that you can plug the device into another HDMI port of your TV and it would basically act as if it were plugged straight into the soundbar. You can get full, uncompressed audio, including Dolby Atmos, via ARC. As for the rest of the setup, it's super simple. Plug your best device into the soundbar via that poor, lonely HDMI input. Then run an HDMI cable from the HDMI output of the soundbar to the HDMI (ARC) input of your TV. Then, from your TV, just plug your other devices into the TV's HDMI input ports and you're golden. For the Device in your soundbar, make sure you have HDMI selected as your input. For the devices in the TV, change your soundbar input to ARC. I did want to note the wireless bass speaker. Not only is it MUCH bigger than I expected, but it's side-firing. Also, if you own cats - be super careful. The side of the bass has a huge, round fabric mesh on it which can easily be clawed and destroyed. Just be mindful of that. I did also quickly want to go over the Samsung SmartThings app. Honestly, this gave me the biggest impression of all. I was worried that it would be useless, not very functional or just gimmicky. Seeing it had great reviews in the iOS app store, I immediately thought...well, it must not be that bad! It's great, actually. Download the app, create or sign into your Samsung account and get started. You can create a "room" in the app that each of your Samsung devices are located and even move the devices in-between rooms. You can also fully control the soundbar via the app! This includes input, levels for bass, center, left, right, etc. Oh and the main reason you want this app is for the firmware updates. There WILL be one waiting on you and you need to download it before you do anything. Doing the update is super easy as well. I do want to say, however, that my first soundbar was defective, which is why it took longer that I wanted in writing this review and also why I wasn't able to take any pictures. It was weird. I hooked it up later in the day that I received it. It worked fantastic and did so the next day as well. However, the morning of the 3rd day I had it, I turned everything on like normal and there was no sound at all. I even went into the TV's Netflix app, because it worked perfectly the night before and still, no sound. So, to rule out a possible issue with my TV's HDMI ARC port or the cable itself, I quickly hooked up my old soundbar, which worked fine. Plugged this one back in and no-go. I called Samsung and went through the replacement process. I'm not going to count this against this soundbar because, really, it can happen to anything. Just luck of the draw, I guess. Finally, lets go over sound quality. Let me preface this by saying I do have a hearing disorder (mostly in my right ear), but both ears have certain tone frequencies that I can and cannot hear easily. I want to say, this Q70R soundbar has the best sound that I've ever heard from either a soundbar or a dedicated Home Theater System. Remind me again that this is a budget-level soundbar!?? Cranking up Fortnite on my PS4, which was PLENTY loud for me, even at 40% (it goes to 100...), I was able to hear sounds and effects that I've literally never heard before. EVER. Mind blown. Even my wife was seriously impressed and she's not easily impressed by electronics and gadgets. I moved to Netflix, via my Sony TV app and tried out Love, Death and Robots. On my previous soundbar, the audio was so low, I could barely hear it at near-max volume. I had to go into another room to watch it. With this Q70R...it almost blew me out of the room - I had cranked the volume, blindly adjusting it higher than I normally would have, because I knew the audio was lower for this show. I had to quickly grab the remote and turn it down. Let's say that has rarely every happened to me. ***Because of this soundbar, I can hear things so much better and so much clearer and for that, Samsung, I thank you. Thank you for providing me with something that will allow me to experience and enjoy fuller and more sound in my games and movies that I otherwise would have never experienced. I've never been this far immersed in sound in my life.*** I put asterisks in the above paragraph because I feel it's important. Some of us aren't gifted with "normal" hearing and I feel this may be an important aspect to others, like myself, who find it hard to experience full audio immersion or even certain tones and frequencies. If you fall into this category, please, give this (or any of the Q-series!) soundbar a try. In conclusion - I love, love, love this soundbar. Yeah, I had to get a replacement due to the first one going out and yeah, it only has ONE measly HDMI port. Also, I did notice that my Nintendo Switch, using my TV's ARC channel to the soundbar, does have some audio cut-out and delay issues in the menu, which my old soundbar did not have. Once you get a game going, it's fine, but a small annoyance, nonetheless. Hoping a future firmware update may fix this. Overall though, I'm not letting these factor affect my review. This baby is getting 5-stars, all the way! The price and sound quality alone kills any other soundbars in it's "budget" tier. I seriously can't recommend this (or again, any soundbar in the Q-series) enough.

Great soundbar good for listening to music or movies

No a fan of this sound bar and wish I returned it when I had the chance. I bought it specifically for the Dolby Atmos support, but anytime I play anything with Atmos the audio cracks in and out and there will sometimes be random loud “pops.” I thought it may be the HDMI connection at first, but bought 2 new monster cables which didn’t correct the issue. It doesn’t do to this when I’m playing a non-Atmos show or movie.