Product Comparison: Samsung HW-K950 vs Sonos PLAYBAR

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Samsung HW-K950

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Sonos PLAYBAR Wireless Soundbar

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General Specifications

Brand

Samsung

Sonos

Model

HW-K950

PLAYBAR

About the Product

Dolby Atmos takes you there with realistic audio that flows around you. Untethered to channels, sounds exist as individual entities, positioned in three-dimensional space at precise points-even from above. So you're always at the center of it all.

PLAYBAR´s nine–speaker design floods your home with huge waves of epic, full–theater sound for TV, Web, Movies and Video Games. It is also a stand–alone all–in–one Sonos player that allows you to wirelessly stream all the music on earth—your iTunes library, your favorite music services, and thousands of Internet radio stations, shows and podcasts.

Origin

China

Key Specs

Power Output

500 Watt

What customers say about "Key Specs"

Sonos PLAYBAR Wireless Soundbar

The SONOS sound bar provides very clean sound reproduction in all frequency ranges.
The response time is amazing. I expected switching applications on the app to take seconds, but it's virtually instantaneous. Sound quality is superb.
Really impressed by the full sound including the low end bass response.
Nice sound. This gives the music a clear and powerful sound.
This playbar sound speaker is a good one and very powerful in sound production.

Size & Weight

Color

Black

Height

5.2 in.

3.3 in.

Width

47.6 in.

35.4 in.

Depth

32.2 in.

5.5 in.

Weight

14.77 lbs.

11.9 lbs.

What customers say about "Size & Weight"

Sonos PLAYBAR Wireless Soundbar

Great sound in a compact size that packs the power of three speakers.
This is a fabulous product! Works really well in any size room.
Not only does it have a great sound, but I like the slim size.
Sounds good for the small size. You need the subwoofer. Packed well and is a quality piece.
The sonos system is very impressive for its size and ease of use.

Features

Type

Tabletop

Installation Type

Stand-alone

Number of Channels

5.1.4

3.0

Sound Enhancing System

Dolby Digital, DTS Studio Sound, DTS TruSurround, DTS Circle Surround

Dolby Digital, DTS TruSurround

Extras

Crystal clear sound from all around, 15 built-in speakers including, Connect wirelessly, seamlessly.

Alexa app., Voice Conrol with Alexa, Realistic and Impressive Sound

What customers say about "Features"

Sonos PLAYBAR Wireless Soundbar

Soundbar was extremely easy to install on wall with their mounting bracket.
The Playbar was easy to install and integrate with my Play 3's to get the surround sound effects.
The installation is very smooth (specially if you already other Sonos devices). The sound quality is pretty good and automatically becomes integrated with other Sonos components.
The soundbar is a great unit. The bar actually contains the center channel and the two front channels.
Soundbar works great, but my tv like many others doesn't output Dolby digital 5.1. Had to buy an hdmi switch and now have Dolby digital 5.1 from all decices.
Disappointing soundbar. Thought it would be a great purchase and am already invested with a bunch of other Sonos gear. Bought the Playbar and two Play:1s since Sonos says they can work together to do 5.1 surround.

Setting

App-Controlled

Yes

Equalizer Settings

6 sound modes (DSP)

Bass/Tremble control, Night mode, Surround sound control, Movie mode

App-Controlled

Connectivity

Wireless Connectivity

Wi-Fi, Blueetoth

Blueetoth

Interfaces

USB 2.0, Digital optical audio, HDMI, LAN

LAN, Digital optical audio

What customers say about "Connectivity"

Sonos PLAYBAR Wireless Soundbar

Easy wireless connection with Bluetooth for Pandora or other iphone media.
This is an amazing product. I connected the playbar into a pre-wired LAN jack in my family room (routed through a ethernet switch to the LAN jack) to my cable modem (located in a separate room).
A really good concept with only one major hole in it. As others have mentioned, there's only an optical in and not an hdmi in.
It doesn't have bluetooth or the capability to connect to my devices over wireless for anything other than music.
Minor limitation may be the optical audio input for 5.1 as newer HDTVs are tending to HDMI and may not have an optical output.

Warranty / Certifications

Certifications

FCC

Other Information

Manufacturer

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Manual

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