First Look: Samsung HW-Q800T Soundbar
A soundbar is an essential part of your home theatre system given that most of the modern TVs put more emphasize on the slim profile and picture quality. That indirectly affects the home theatre experience no matter how good your TV is if the sound is lacklustre. Today we are going to take a look at the Samsung high-end soundbar – the HW-Q800T which is designed to pair with their Q800T series QLED TVs.
Samsung HW-Q800T
The Samsung HW-Q800T soundbar is a 3.1.2 sound system whereby:
- The 3 means three frontal channels – left, right and centre
- The 1 means one subwoofer channel
- The 2 means two upper firing front channels – upper front left and upper front right
Samsung’s Acoustic Beam technology which has been around since we first tested the Samsung HW-N650 soundbar uses the up-firing speakers on the soundbar to provide a more immersive listening experience. The Q-Symphony feature allows the soundbar to synchronize to a selected Samsung QLED TV speakers to create a more cinematic sound experience. Unfortunately, we don’t have a compatible TV with us to try out the feature at the time of reviewing the speaker.
The overall sound quality is excellent and there are a number of sound profile customisation available to fit your content. We had a pleasant experience with it during the entire review period. It is not just suitable for blockbuster movies but also great for music listening.
All in all, the Samsung HW-Q800T soundbar comes at the official retail price of RM3,999 which some of you might say it is more expensive than some 4K TVs. One thing you will have to understand is, the HW-Q800T is meant for the mid-high range segment especially to pair it with the 65- inch Q800T 8K QLED TV that starts from RM22,999. So there you have it
