The Samsung HW-Q990F hosts a fantastic selection of sound enhancements. The soundbar calibrates itself to your room with ‘SpaceFit Sound Pro.’ You can choose between four listening modes: ‘Standard’ (which is the one we used), ‘Game,’ ‘Surround,’ and ‘Adaptive.’ There are both EQ presets and a comprehensive graphic EQ, but you can only access the graphic EQ in ‘Standard’; otherwise, it’s Bass and Treble sliders for the other modes.

You can adjust the tuning for different content mixes and listening needs with Night mode and two types of dialogue enhancement: ‘Voice Enhancement’ alters the EQ to push up frequencies where speech reside in the mix, and ‘Active Voice Amplifier Pro’ behaves like a dynamic digital signal processor (DSP) emphasizing speech, but the difference is subtle with well-mixed audio. The soundbar also offers control over height and relative volume level adjustments. Private Rear Sound lets you localize the audio to just the rear satellites, so you can control how enveloping the playback is, if you don’t want to disturb people in the same room.

Other features unique to the SmartThings ecosystem include Group Play, which lets you group together compatible devices (from 2024 onwards) with the soundbar to receive and share audio. Samsung includes Q-Symphony, which utilizes compatible Samsung TVs in combination with up to three of the manufacturer’s sound devices grouped in the same ecosystem to simultaneously playback audio. Your experience will vary depending on your TV model and the particulars of any other devices you own from the brand.