It makes sense comparing Samsung HW-J355 vs Samsung HW-A450 because they both are able to give some premium features. Based on our rating, HW-J355 has a total rating of 6.6 out of 10 versus 4 for HW-A450. The competitors' control buttons are different: power, volume down, volume up, input and power, source, demo, volume down, volume up, respectively.
Both soundbars have active amplification type. Soundbars have the same number of channels on 2.1. The output power is different and equal to 120 W for the HW-J355 versus 300 (overall) W for the HW-A450. Competitors do not have a built-in subwoofer. The HW-J355 has a wired and wireless connection to separate subwoofer, and the HW-A450 - wireless. The Samsung HW-J355 got our rating of 7 out of 10, and the Samsung HW-A450 5 for its audio features and specs. Spotify support is available on the HW-J355.
Only the Samsung HW-J355 can connect to the Internet via WI-FI. Rivals from our review have Bluetooth support. The HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) does not support any one of these models. For connectivity, the HW-J355 received a rating of 6/10 versus 5/10, respectively.
App control is available for the HW-J355. None of the models under consideration have a built-in microphone. Soundbars do not have Multi-room support.
None of soundbars equipped with Dolby Atmos multichannel audio decoder. The soundbars do not support the surround sound technology DTS:X. For multichannel surround Samsung HW-J355 got a rating of 4, and Samsung HW-A450 6 out of 10.