Room calibration has been asked for in previous years but there’s a caveat to its implementation. It adjusts and tunes the soundbar by analysing its environment, taking into consideration soft furnishings, walls, and curtains. The room calibration technology is referred to as SpacetFit Sound+, but essentially, it’s the Adaptive Sound+ mode seen in the settings of compatible Samsung TVs. You can run this at any time from the SmartThings app or via the remote. The latter uses a built-in microphone and test tones to optimise and calibrate the subwoofer’s low frequency performance. The second feature is SpaceFit Sound+ technology and Auto EQ. AirPlay 2 is included great news for iOS users who can now stream audio without resorting to Bluetooth. It’s in the features where the HW-Q900A diverges – a little – from its predecessor. Alexa plays music from Amazon Music, not Spotify.Turns out the Panasonic was causing the issue, so for those with a Pana player as part of their set-up, connect the Samsung TV and soundbar first and then add the Panasonic player. I encountered HDMI handshake issues with the soundbar when used with a QN900A 8K QLED and Panasonic DP-UB820 4K player. Wall-brackets and screws are supplied, while in a recessed area lies an HDMI out (eARC), two HDMI inputs that can pass through 4K HDR10+ and Dolby Vision, plus a digital audio optical input. It’s big, well-built and looks like it means business just about fitting on a TV stand designed for 65-inch TVs. Out to the sides are the side-firing speakers with a silver grille that reminds me of Jaws from the Bond series. It’s draped in the same Kvadrat fabric that, perhaps deliberately, looks both smart and nondescript. The number of speakers is rather ridiculous at 16, with a centre, side-firing and upfiring speakers making the numbers. There’s no change to the remote, which is the same easy-to-hold ergonomically shaped zapper.ĭimensions are identical to its predecessor (1232 x 69.5 x 138mm, WHD) and so is the weight – 7.1kg and 9.8kg for bar and sub respectively. If you make the trip, the top surface is home to the same coterie of buttons as before, which includes a multi-function button, volume controls and a privacy button. This is not a soundbar for couch potatoes. That means you must get up and walk over each time you want to adjust, say, a specific speaker level. But it doesn’t, as the app doesn’t go into the minutiae of advanced settings. If Samsung’s SmartThings app offered the same level of control as the remote, perhaps this wouldn’t be as much of an issue. And once again, Samsung’s placement means you can’t see it from a sitting down position. The top surface features the more useful display, which lists the audio format that’s playing, the current input and the settings for the speaker levels, among other details. The latter is a series of three blink-and-you’ll-miss them LEDs, like the one seen on the HW-S61A. The HW-Q900A has two: one on top and a front-facing effort. The issue centres – pun intended – on the placement of the display. The similarity in appearance to the previous model presents an issue as the design wasn’t perfect. So, for those in the market for a soundbar that can do justice to their 4K Blu-ray collection or streaming library, the HW-Q900A’s performance may have you clearing out space for this colossus of a soundbar. The tweaks lie inside with room calibration and more ways to feed the bar with audio. The HW-Q900A looks identical to 2020’s HW-Q900T, with the same ridiculous number of speakers. Samsung’s step down soundbar, the 7.1.2-channel HW-Q900A, has arrived to partner your TV with cinematic, room-filling sound.
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