I've had this bad boy for just over a year now and the sound absolutely floors me every time I turn it on whether I'm watching movies or listening to music. I am a sound snob and this sound bar exceeded my expectations. There is no distortion whatsoever. The subwoofer is not huge and packs an amazing punch. The best way to describe this system is clean powerful sound. You will not be disappointed.

Do NOT buy this GARBAGE! It is very unreliable and glitchy when it comes to the HDMI ARC. It fails to connect to the Samsung TV (Samsung UN82NU8000). It goes ON and OFF on its own failing to hold a steady connection. Without ARC, Dolby Atmos is virtually a useless feature. Therefore it is a very expensive piece of JUNK. I have called Samsung Tech support 4 times in less than 24 Hours and spent over 5 Hours and the tech team seemed very unaware and uneducated about their very own product. No help or solution to this problem. If searching the web for Samsung HDMI ARC issues or Samsung S Mute, there are plenty of negative reviews on this issue. I am very disappointed with Samsung. My whole household uses Samsung products, from appliances, phones, tablets, TV's to Soundbar. This is by far the worst product that I have ever purchased. I will not recommend this product to my worst enemy. I have never taken my time to review any product, however, I feel that from my very own experience I need to save any potential customer from wasting their time and money with this product. I will be returning it ASAP!

The speaker sounds phenomenal; more power than you'll ever need and crystal clear, but has a few annoyances. It turns itself off automatically when pausing media for more than 5 minutes. I have to constantly turn it back on every time I sit down to resume a show. Why is this not something that can be changed in the settings? When using the hdmi inputs in the soundbar, you miss out on the ease of use that the samsung tv inputs provide (auto recognition, clean source selection), but you cannot hear the full capability of the speaker if you use the tv inputs, so it's either user friendly, or best sound, but not both. I thought that samsung tv and soundbar would marry together more seamlessly.