It seems that the snobs followed you here OP, lol. A lot of salty responses here. On topic: check the q800 series from Samsung or see if they have the q990 series on sale, they often have last year's model on a deep discount. I have the Q800C and really like it

For some reasons those samsung soundbar will display by default only 1/ "Dolby Atmos" if you are playing Dolby Atmos (via DD+ or TrueHD) 2/ DTS-X If it's another format soundbar will not notify you by default even it's a surround DTS track But there is a little trick that Samsung should make clear :

This is going to be long but I hope it helps.... I have both the Q600A with no rears and the Q800B with the 9500S rears and I have to say... It's kind of a tough one but I would say the Q800 Series is the much better investment in the long run. The Q600 is great compared to TV speakers of course so

Was having the same problem, no matter what i did i couldn't get my rear speakers to play sound and it was like this for months till i enabled audio passthrough in sound settings, damn what a game changer now movies sound amazing! This is on a Samsung q800c, shield is connected to SB then SB to Sony

Try a Samsung system. The Q-990C is 11.1.2 and the Q-800C is 5.1.2 and both are under $1000.

Q990c Q800c are really good, don’t even use any of the voice enhancements. My folks both wear hearing aids with the 800c and both say it’s really clear, nice bass too. I also own JBL Bar 500, not as good as the Samsungs, but drop the bass and raise the mids it’s not half bad.

Probably Samsung q800c/d with swa-9500s or Q930c/d or Q990c/d JBL 9.1, 1000x, 1300x

Personally I wouldn't buy anything below the Q800's. But I honestly would say to find a Q800D or even a Q800C over the Q800F. The new Q800F subwoofer is a single 6.5" driver & 8" PR sealed enclosure, which is the same subwoofer from the S800's slim series soundbar. It doesn't hold a candle to the Q8

Firstly q-symphony is more of a gimmick so don't bother with it(it is nice but no big deal). Also the q800c is a better soundbar than the bar 500, so go with the samsung. Yes go with the q800f if u can.

Yeah it’s been great, i find I do t end up using the rear speakers a lot but they’re nice to have, no Issues with battery they last HOURS, I don’t tho k they have ever run out on me even doing 2-3 movies in a row. Even if they did the package is powerful enough that you plug them back in and you hav