Samsung S801B Ultra Slim All In One Soundbar Speaker (2022) - 3.1.2ch All In One Soundbar With 10 Speakers Alexa Built-In, Surround Sound Expansion, Wireless Bluetooth Connection And Dolby Atmos

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Better still, the orchestral score sailed on unaffected above the action in the best Indiana Jones fashion. It sounded just a little thinned of lower mids, and a frequency sweep revealed a significant dip in response centred on 170Hz, just above the crossover point; this is perhaps a gap between the ability of the sub to go high and the super-thin bar to go low.

The price puts it in line with the Sonos Arc, which is a perfect example of the kind of hefty, tall soundbar the HW-S800B is trying to offer you an alternative to. It also tells you a lot about the kind of quality Samsung is overall aiming for with the audio here, which it largely nails. As part of keeping the subwoofer small, there's actually an external power box, which is unusual for products like this. It's no problem, but will want hiding away. Treble-led effects especially always lift right out of the mix – in some cases, this just serves to make it even clearer when the mid-range struggles to quite do the same. But the strong treble adds prominence and thrills in many cases – a brighter and sharper effect to gunshots, laser fire or the a door slam.

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During Kylo Ren’s flyby of the bridge in The Last Jedi, the familiar TIE whining noise streaks from left to right near the top of the TV, and then the metal of the ship rumbles and creaks from the after-effect with convincing menace, thanks to the subwoofer. In the Crait battle at the end, the Millenium Falcon arrives with a shadow on the screen, but the engine howls from right up on your ceiling. It has multiple listening modes, including a Night Mode for capping how loud things can be, a DTS Virtual:X mode for upscaling stereo to 3D sound, and a Game mode, among others. It also includes Samsung's SpaceFit tech, which listens to the output of the soundbar and adjust it to compensate for any quirks caused by the layout of your room.

The speakers inside the soundbar are understandably small, but they do an excellent job of reproducing clean mids and nicely detailed highs. The subwoofer is surprisingly powerful given its size, and thanks to SpaceFit Sound technology, it is also well integrated with other speakers. Samsung HW-s801b subwoofer There's tons of width too, and great precision and movement of sound from left to right. I need to do more testing for our full review, but so far I can't believe how strong the sound is considering what a squeeze it must be in there. Once on Wi-Fi, the bar can be connected to and controlled from Google or Alexa voice assistants, in addition to the little physical remote control, and most likely your TV remote too. When you cycle through modes, you get a voice announcement as to what each one is, which is nice and clear. But when you cycle through options that can be turned on an off, it feels much less clear – including what you press to turn it on or off. It's all understandable with the manual and some time, but it's not what we'd call intuitive. Of course, if you don't plan to mess with the modes much, you won't need to worry. Converted to Test Bench 1.1. With this update, we've added a Mounting test and added information about Subwoofer Output, Spotify Connect, and Microphone Mute.Transfer your music with one simple tap. Just tap your smartphone anywhere on the Soundbar to hear the rich sound mirrored without any need for manual pairing straight to your soundbar. This isn't the fault of the Sonos Arc, of course – other TVs elevate themselves higher than mine does, and don't have this issue. And many other soundbars that have the same kind of speaker array that the Arc does are similarly tall, so would also cause me a problem.