It's far from a perfect product, eARC is broken on many TVs, rear speakers sometime turn off on their own.
But when it works it sounds fantastic. I should also mention the Avforums where owners discuss this rather complex piece of hardware and how to get the most from it, that has been a really nice experience.
I was looking at that but saw so many reviews stating that the rear speaker connections didn't work well and got scared off. I got a sonos arc and speaker set instead.
My setup runs to a projector with no eARC support. I found this thing which splits a signal directly from source into two paths with eARC support. Haven't tried it yet, but optimistic that it'll work.
These systems look great, and I'm casually in the market. Wireless aux speakers + bluetooth connection for phones is basically what I'm looking for (on top of great sound obviously).
Right now I have an older Vizio set which has served me well, and I've been checking out Sonos lately.
Would the A be worth the extra $500? I'll use it for TV/movies via HDMI Arc, music via bluetooth (yes I know I shouldn't use BT), and vinyl via RCA/aux.
edit: It actually looks like there is no RCA/aux. I could use optical I guess.
Actually Bluetooth has been more reliable than Wifi in getting sound on all channels.
I'd say it's worth the extra $500, you get two extra rear channels, built-in room correction (finally) and a Night Mode made for late night movies or listening to music.
And i think a discount should also be possible.
But you can always check out Avforums for more in-depth information.
https://www.samsung.com/dk/audio-devices/soundbar/9-1-4-ch-s...
It's far from a perfect product, eARC is broken on many TVs, rear speakers sometime turn off on their own.
But when it works it sounds fantastic. I should also mention the Avforums where owners discuss this rather complex piece of hardware and how to get the most from it, that has been a really nice experience.
And now the Q950A is almost here :) https://www.samsung.com/my/audio-devices/soundbar/q950a-blac...