The Samsung HW-Q800A brings room-filling 3D sound from Dolby and DTS to your home for less than 700 euros. It plays naturally and powerfully and offers practical and good automatic sound adjustment for switching back and forth between movies, series or music. However, other models in this category are better at reproducing individual 3D effects and deceptively real sounds from the ceiling...

The Samsung HW-Q800A realises spectacular film sound and also delivers a more than respectable result in music reproduction. You should not always expect maximum hi-fi authenticity, nor the clear directionality of a full Dolby Atmos/DTS:X system. If you do, however, you will not be disappointed, but rewarded with an immersive, very atmospheric and dynamic soundscape, which is supported by the wireless...

Samsung's HW-Q800A scores with good sound and new features such as a calibration function and AirPlay 2. For that extra portion of surround, Samsung's rear speaker set "SWA-9500S" is recommended.

Samsung's 800 combination offers audio-visual entertainment at its best and from a single source. The perfect interplay of the relatively discreet and nicely designed living room duet provides the greatest incentive to buy.

New in the current 2021 test field are ?21 soundbars with prices between 90 and 900 euros. Among them are one-piece models and two-piece models with a separate bass box (subwoofer). Pleasing: the test winners are comparatively inexpensive. Soundbars tested: What you need to know Soundbars with or without subwoofer in comparison One-piece units without subwoofer: Soundbars without subwoofers save...