Volume levels are enormous, far beyond anything your average Hi-Fi system might manage, and within that volume range, detail levels are excellent without becoming excessive or clinical. I did miss the extra sense of width the side-firing drivers in the Q990B’s rears create, which leaves sound transitions from front to back with the Q930B occasionally sounding a touch funnelled, relatively speaking. Some of the remote control’s buttons could have done with sitting a bit more proud of the remote’s surface, to make them easier to find in a dark room. There's a little extra punch in the bass, too, making it suitable for bass-heavy music genres like EDM and hip-hop.

And since the upfiring drivers in both the main soundbar and the rears are both angled slightly forward, there really is a ‘joined up’ sense of overhead effects at times. But here the remixing almost convinces you you’re listening to an actual studio mix rather than something Samsung processing is coming up with on the fly. However, it still comes with a dedicated subwoofer to bring plenty of rumble in the bass, as well as rear speakers with a new design that maximizes immersive audio formats like Dolby Atmos.As well as suggesting that the Q930B is a more bespoke and hopefully balanced product than Samsung’s previous step-down soundbars, this smaller main soundbar could also appeal to people whose TV or furniture design makes it hard to accommodate the Q990B’s bigger main unit. One last point worth mentioning here is that since the up-firing and front side-firing drivers in the Q930B system need to bounce their sounds off ceilings and walls respectively, you may find the quality of its sound compromised if you have a vaulted or heavily beamed ceiling, or a large gap (such as a wide doorway) in a side wall.

With the Q930B's home cinema rear speakers you can enjoy the most realistic, multi-dimensional sound experience. Samsung even provides a pair of wireless rears and a bass-boosting subwoofer to deliver precise and detailed multidirectional sound directly to your home. Underpinning the surprisingly large and detailed sound created by the Q930B’s rear and front components is some serious bass from the subwoofer.It also has more sound enhancement features, including bass and treble adjustments, and a more bass-heavy sound out-of-the-box. The bass provides good rumble, too, so you feel the rumble in explosions and other action-packed scenes like you would at a movie theater.