Samsung Drops Dual Powerhouse Soundbars: Elevate Your Audio Experience!

With their substantial channel configurations, considerable power output, and unmatched skill at fabricating ultra-immersive three-dimensional surround sound experiences from Dolby Atmos and DTS:X audio tracks, Samsung’s premier soundbars have been longstanding favorites among AV enthusiasts for years. However, in the last two or three generations, while enhancements have been made, the yearly updates have been fairly minor. For its 2025 lineup, the brand is introducing some genuinely impactful modifications.

At the pinnacle of Samsung’s 2025 soundbar lineup will be the HW-Q990F. This successor to the award-winning HW-Q990D signifies a considerable shift from its predecessor, replacing Samsung’s typical heavy acoustic lens-equipped subwoofer with a novel 300W cubic bass speaker configuration, which consists of an 8-inch dual active unit where the two drivers are positioned on opposite sides. According to Samsung, this innovative design leads to diminished unwanted resonance and a frequency response reaching as low as 32Hz in a unit that is merely about half the size of its predecessor.

Alongside potentially enhancing the Q990F’s low-frequency capabilities, the new subwoofer’s significantly more compact design naturally facilitates its concealment in your tastefully decorated living space. Even if complete concealment isn’t possible, it boasts a smoother, more sophisticated finish compared to its forerunners.

The Q990F system also benefits from Samsung’s commitment to AI, integrating several AI-driven sound optimization capabilities. A Dynamic Bass Control system improves low-frequency clarity by consistently applying non-linear bass management, while an AI-enhanced version of Samsung’s Active Voice Amplifier Pro utilizes real-time content analysis to minimize background noise and clarify dialogue.

Samsung’s Q-Symphony functionality, which allows the soundbar to share audio responsibilities with speakers in compatible Samsung televisions, has also undergone AI enhancements for Samsung’s 2025 soundbars, now capable of accommodating three extra wireless speakers instead of two, and automatically detecting the placement of those other wireless speakers — such as Samsung’s Music Frames — to optimize the soundstage based on each speaker’s distance and angle in relation to a Samsung television.

The latest Q-Symphony system also enables the Q990F to utilize a new Neural Processing Unit in Samsung’s latest televisions to further refine dialogue and improve synchronization among the increasing number of audio components the soundbar can connect with.

The Q990F will continue to provide an 11.1.4 channel count in its “solo” configuration, achieved through a combination of a primary soundbar, the new subwoofer, and two multi-channel wireless rear speakers that include up- and side-firing drivers alongside the standard front-facing driver.

The 2025 HW-QS700F ‘lifestyle’ soundbar, on the other hand, introduces new adaptability to Samsung’s 2025 model line, thanks to an entirely new “rotatable” structure that permits it to be mounted horizontally or vertically, based on whether you wish to place it under a television on a piece of furniture or hang it in a sleek vertical profile beneath a wall-mounted TV.

Its streamlined design appears refined in either orientation, with gyro sensor technology within the soundbar allowing it to automatically recognize whether it is mounted vertically or resting horizontally, adjusting the output of its speakers and 3.1.2 channel count as needed.

The QS700F’s lifestyle-oriented design means that it does not come with any rear speakers included; however, as one would expect from a soundbar crafted with such a slender profile, it does include an external wireless subwoofer that adopts a similar cubic design to the subwoofer provided with the Q990F.

Both of Samsung’s new premium soundbars will be compatible with the new YouTube-targeted Eclipsa 3D audio format mentioned in a previous article, along with Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, and are anticipated to be launched in the spring, with pricing yet to be disclosed.

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