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EPP Samsung HW-Q910B 9.1.2ch Soundbar w/ Wireless Dolby Atmos / DTS:X $559.99
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I was a car audio enthusiast in the 90s and pretty familiar with amps, driver materials, crossovers and tweeters. I would say that decade was the pinnacle of audio technology and custom fabricators before the industry became a commodity with only large brands being able to leverage with economies of scale at the expense of product quality. I had everything from diamond audio, focal, eclipse, jl audio, kicker and image dynamic component systems and subwoofers. I designed and built subwoofers systems. And created SQ setups for car audio.
The last home audio system I had purchased was an energy take 5.1 system; the enclosure, drivers and tweeters were superb in this sub-$400 system. Life happened and moved on from sound systems in general. 20 years later looking for something simple at home
Samsung isn't an audio company. I decided to look for a YouTube review of a teardown of the 900+ series to look at the speaker components.
All their speaker drivers are either plastic or paper. No kevlar, aluminum or composite materials for the drivers. No aluminum, titanium or silk tweeters. No horn. At most, each driver for the 11 channels costs them probably <$10 in driver components each and the bulk of their engineering went into a class d amplifier and a soc dsp processor that is probably less than $50 in cost and a plastic enclosure.
Sure you get convenience of an all in one package. But, sounds bars are an example of repackaging old technology and marketing differently at an inflated price point.
I would pay $1000 if they gave me a solid wooden or composite enclosure with an intricate acoustic layout, drivers made of kevlar, aluminum or some composite; and some real tweeters made of metal or maybe even a horn for highs. What my ears heard during the live audition confirmed with what I saw in the teardown. This is a pile of poor components that are designed to be loud with average sound quality. People don't understand that loud does not equal sound quality. Audition a real snare drum, a high hat, cymbals and crash and commit them to memory. Than audition these sound bars..... They don't sound too good. They prioritize loudness, compactness, visual design and ease of use. SQ seems to be on the bottom of their priorities. Hard pass.
I was a car audio enthusiast in the 90s and pretty familiar with amps, driver materials, crossovers and tweeters. I would say that decade was the pinnacle of audio technology and custom fabricators before the industry became a commodity with only large brands being able to leverage with economies of scale at the expense of product quality. I had everything from diamond audio, focal, eclipse, jl audio, kicker and image dynamic component systems and subwoofers. I designed and built subwoofers systems. And created SQ setups for car audio.
The last home audio system I had purchased was an energy take 5.1 system; the enclosure, drivers and tweeters were superb in this sub-$400 system. Life happened and moved on from sound systems in general. 20 years later looking for something simple at home
Samsung isn't an audio company. I decided to look for a YouTube review of a teardown of the 900+ series to look at the speaker components.
All their speaker drivers are either plastic or paper. No kevlar, aluminum or composite materials for the drivers. No aluminum, titanium or silk tweeters. No horn. At most, each driver for the 11 channels costs them probably
I was a car audio enthusiast in the 90s and pretty familiar with amps, driver materials, crossovers and tweeters. I would say that decade was the pinnacle of audio technology and custom fabricators before the industry became a commodity with only large brands being able to leverage with economies of scale at the expense of product quality. I had everything from diamond audio, focal, eclipse, jl audio, kicker and image dynamic component systems and subwoofers. I designed and built subwoofers systems. And created SQ setups for car audio.
The last home audio system I had purchased was an energy take 5.1 system; the enclosure, drivers and tweeters were superb in this sub-$400 system. Life happened and moved on from sound systems in general. 20 years later looking for something simple at home
Samsung isn't an audio company. I decided to look for a YouTube review of a teardown of the 900+ series to look at the speaker components.
All their speaker drivers are either plastic or paper. No kevlar, aluminum or composite materials for the drivers. No aluminum, titanium or silk tweeters. No horn. At most, each driver for the 11 channels costs them probably <$10 in driver components each and the bulk of their engineering went into a class d amplifier and a soc dsp processor that is probably less than $50 in cost and a plastic enclosure.
Sure you get convenience of an all in one package. But, sounds bars are an example of repackaging old technology and marketing differently at an inflated price point.
I would pay $1000 if they gave me a solid wooden or composite enclosure with an intricate acoustic layout, drivers made of kevlar, aluminum or some composite; and some real tweeters made of metal or maybe even a horn for highs. What my ears heard during the live audition confirmed with what I saw in the teardown. This is a pile of poor components that are designed to be loud with average sound quality. People don't understand that loud does not equal sound quality. Audition a real snare drum, a high hat, cymbals and crash and commit them to memory. Than audition these sound bars..... They don't sound too good. They prioritize loudness, compactness, visual design and ease of use. SQ seems to be on the bottom of their priorities. Hard pass.
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I was a car audio enthusiast in the 90s and pretty familiar with amps, driver materials, crossovers and tweeters. I would say that decade was the pinnacle of audio technology and custom fabricators before the industry became a commodity with only large brands being able to leverage with economies of scale at the expense of product quality. I had everything from diamond audio, focal, eclipse, jl audio, kicker and image dynamic component systems and subwoofers. I designed and built subwoofers systems. And created SQ setups for car audio.
The last home audio system I had purchased was an energy take 5.1 system; the enclosure, drivers and tweeters were superb in this sub-$400 system. Life happened and moved on from sound systems in general. 20 years later looking for something simple at home
Samsung isn't an audio company. I decided to look for a YouTube review of a teardown of the 900+ series to look at the speaker components.
All their speaker drivers are either plastic or paper. No kevlar, aluminum or composite materials for the drivers. No aluminum, titanium or silk tweeters. No horn. At most, each driver for the 11 channels costs them probably <$10 in driver components each and the bulk of their engineering went into a class d amplifier and a soc dsp processor that is probably less than $50 in cost and a plastic enclosure.
Sure you get convenience of an all in one package. But, sounds bars are an example of repackaging old technology and marketing differently at an inflated price point.
I would pay $1000 if they gave me a solid wooden or composite enclosure with an intricate acoustic layout, drivers made of kevlar, aluminum or some composite; and some real tweeters made of metal or maybe even a horn for highs. What my ears heard during the live audition confirmed with what I saw in the teardown. This is a pile of poor components that are designed to be loud with average sound quality. People don't understand that loud does not equal sound quality. Audition a real snare drum, a high hat, cymbals and crash and commit them to memory. Than audition these sound bars..... They don't sound too good. They prioritize loudness, compactness, visual design and ease of use. SQ seems to be on the bottom of their priorities. Hard pass.
I was a car audio enthusiast in the 90s and pretty familiar with amps, driver materials, crossovers and tweeters. I would say that decade was the pinnacle of audio technology and custom fabricators before the industry became a commodity with only large brands being able to leverage with economies of scale at the expense of product quality. I had everything from diamond audio, focal, eclipse, jl audio, kicker and image dynamic component systems and subwoofers. I designed and built subwoofers systems. And created SQ setups for car audio.
The last home audio system I had purchased was an energy take 5.1 system; the enclosure, drivers and tweeters were superb in this sub-$400 system. Life happened and moved on from sound systems in general. 20 years later looking for something simple at home
Samsung isn't an audio company. I decided to look for a YouTube review of a teardown of the 900+ series to look at the speaker components.
All their speaker drivers are either plastic or paper. No kevlar, aluminum or composite materials for the drivers. No aluminum, titanium or silk tweeters. No horn. At most, each driver for the 11 channels costs them probably <$10 in driver components each and the bulk of their engineering went into a class d amplifier and a soc dsp processor that is probably less than $50 in cost and a plastic enclosure.
Sure you get convenience of an all in one package. But, sounds bars are an example of repackaging old technology and marketing differently at an inflated price point.
I would pay $1000 if they gave me a solid wooden or composite enclosure with an intricate acoustic layout, drivers made of kevlar, aluminum or some composite; and some real tweeters made of metal or maybe even a horn for highs. What my ears heard during the live audition confirmed with what I saw in the teardown. This is a pile of poor components that are designed to be loud with average sound quality. People don't understand that loud does not equal sound quality. Audition a real snare drum, a high hat, cymbals and crash and commit them to memory. Than audition these sound bars..... They don't sound too good. They prioritize loudness, compactness, visual design and ease of use. SQ seems to be on the bottom of their priorities. Hard pass.
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