Samsung HW-Q60T vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 review

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Samsung HW-Q60T vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 comparison chart

Overall
Samsung HW-Q60T
5.5
Denon Home Sound Bar 550
7.4
6
9

Samsung HW-Q60T vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 review

Samsung HW-Q60T
vs
Denon Home Sound Bar 550

An affordable soundbar is always a good option to consider, so Samsung HW-Q60T vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 comparison definitely makes sense. Based on our rating, HW-Q60T has a total rating of 5.5 out of 10 versus 7.4 for Home Sound Bar 550. The competitors' control buttons are different: volume down, volume up, power, source and power, source, demo, volume down, volume up, respectively.

Audio features

Both soundbars have active amplification type. A significant difference between the units in the number of channels, the Samsung HW-Q60T has 5.1 versus 2.1 for the Denon Home Sound Bar 550. The output power is different and equal to 360 (overall) W for the HW-Q60T versus 53 (overall) W for the Home Sound Bar 550. Competitors do not have a built-in subwoofer. The HW-Q60T has a wireless connection to separate subwoofer, and the Home Sound Bar 550 - wired. The Samsung HW-Q60T got our rating of 7 out of 10, and the Denon Home Sound Bar 550 4 for its audio features and specs.

Streaming services

Spotify support is available on the Home Sound Bar 550.

Connectivity

Only the Denon Home Sound Bar 550 can connect to the Internet via WI-FI. Rivals from our review have Bluetooth support. Each soundbar has 1/1 HDMI inputs/outputs. The HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) feature supports both devices. Both soundbars have a USB connector. For connectivity, the HW-Q60T received a rating of 7/10 versus 8/10, respectively.

Features

App control is available in every soundbar. A built-in microphone is present only on the Home Sound Bar 550. Soundbars do not have Multi-room support.

Multichannel surround

Only the Home Sound Bar 550 has a Dolby Atmos multichannel audio format support. A surround technology DTS:X is supported only by the Home Sound Bar 550. For multichannel surround Samsung HW-Q60T got a rating of 5, and Denon Home Sound Bar 550 6 out of 10.

Advantages Samsung HW-Q60T over Denon Home Sound Bar 550

  • Separate subwoofer in package

Advantages Denon Home Sound Bar 550 over Samsung HW-Q60T

  • Amazon Music compatible
  • Spotify support
  • WI-FI enabled
  • Microphone
  • Compatible with Dolby Atmos
  • Compatible with DTS:X
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