A soundbar is a great way to improve your TV’s sound quality. It replaces your TV’s lackluster audio with high definition surround sound. A soundbar is made up of multiple specialized drivers that attend to different frequencies of the incoming audio signal. Rather than being treated uniformly, the bands receive the custom-designed processing. The result is crystal clear audio with a wide soundstage where every spot is a sweet spot.
Curved soundbars are currently the hottest new thing in the soundbar market. They are built for TVs with curved screens and are often accompanied by subwoofers.
Let’s Check The Features of Samsung HW-M4500 In Detail :
The Samsung HW-M4500 is a top-rated product in this category. It is designed by Samsung to go with its wide collection of curved flat-panel TVs. Let us do an in-depth study of the HW-M4500’s design, technology and sound performance.
Design and Technology :
The Samsung HW-M4500 is a 2.1-channel soundbar with a peak power output of 260W. It has a slender curved body that compliments most curved-screen TVs. Minimalistic and stylish in design, the soundbar sports a smart black/silver color with a brushed finish. A metal grille runs the length of the soundbar, fully covering the front and side panels. The top panel has illuminated buttons for power and source.
The HW-M4500 speaker bar consists of 6 powerful full-spectrum drivers with vented enclosures. It comes with a wireless bass reflex subwoofer with a 6.5-inch driver. It is an active subwoofer, meaning it has its own integrated amplifier. The HW-M4500 is capable of both wired and wireless connections. It uses Bluetooth technology to pair with a wide range of devices. You can live stream music on your smart phone using Bluetooth Audio Streaming. You can also play songs on your laptop and enjoy them on the soundbar’s superior speakers.
The HW-M4500 pairs with its subwoofer via Bluetooth. This gives you the freedom to place the sub anywhere you want. It can also pair with your Samsung TV through Bluetooth. However, this feature is available only on select Samsung flat screen TVs. Therefore, it is important that you check the soundbar-TV Bluetooth compatibility before going in for a purchase. One amazing feature of the HW-M4500 is that it can be controlled via Samsung Audio Remote App. Just download and install the app on your smart phone and manage the soundbar wirelessly from anywhere around the house. The app has controls for power, play/pause, mode, input source, volume, mute, playback and more.
Let us now discuss the audio profile of the Samsung HW-M4500. First up, it has DTS Digital Surround 2 channel and Dolby Digital Surround 2 channel sound. Both these technologies create multi-channel surround sound for the best cinematic experience. The audio formats are playable through surround speakers of a home theater system.
The soundbar also has a digital amplifier with Crystal Amplifier Plus. Most importantly, the HW-M4500 has Surround Sound Expansion. This technology expands the sound field horizontally and vertically to produce genuinely immersive and room-filling sound. The Samsung HW-M4500 speaker bar can be controlled with your Samsung TV remote. This makes the device very flexible as you don’t need separate remotes for TV and soundbar. However, the bar does include a remote control in case you need one. The speaker bar has five sound modes. It has 3D Video Pass and supports the following AV decoding formats: AAC, MP3, WAV, OGG and FLAC.
Input connections include Optical Digital Audio, Analog Audio, HDMI and USB 1.1. For output it has HDMI ARC. The advantage of having HDMI inputs and outputs is that high definition video and audio signals can be sent and received over a single cable. The HW-M4500 Samsung curved wireless soundbar can be connected to additional satellite speakers via Bluetooth. The bar is wall and shelf mountable and comes with a complete set of mounting brackets and screws. The carton contains the soundbar, the wireless subwoofer, an HDMI cable, batteries, mounting hardware and a user manual. Dimensions of the soundbar are: 42.5” x 11.8” x 1.9”. It weighs 10.1 lbs. Dimensions of the subwoofer are: 7” x 5.1” x 13.9”. It weighs 6 lbs.
Sound Quality :
The Samsung HW-M4500 produces stunning surround sound with high definition clarity. It has Dolby Digital 2 Channel and DTS Digital 2 Channel Surround Sound technology that produce multi-channel spacious and natural sound. It also boasts Surround Sound Expansion that projects sound waves in such a manner that it engulfs the viewer(s) from all sides creating a cinema-like surround sound effect. The sound field is expanded horizontally and vertically to encompass even the remotest corners of your living room. No matter how far from the TV you are seated, or at what angle, you will hear loud and clear sound with intelligible dialogues, sweet high notes and hard-hitting bass.
This Samsung curved soundbar is equipped with 6 full-range drivers with vented enclosures. They replace your TV’s tinny sounding speakers to give you booming theatre-quality sound. They process high and midrange frequencies to make sound more nuanced and life-like. The HW-M4500 is Wireless Surround Sound Ready. This means it can be paired with additional rear satellite speakers to get a wider sound field.
You can club it with the Samsung SW-8500S wireless speaker kit (optional) to build a multi-room home entertainment system. All connections are Bluetooth-based. You can place the speakers anywhere you wish. You can mount them on walls like the soundbar or install them on shelves. Bluetooth helps optimize space and keeps your room free of clutter. The soundbar has an HDMI output with ARC and CEC. This output reproduces the audio generated by apps built into your display like YouTube and Netflix.
Key features :
- Curved soundbar with external wireless subwoofer
- 1 channel, 260W max power
- 5-inch subwoofer driver, 6 soundbar drivers with vented enclosure
- Bluetooth Audio Streaming
- 1 HDMI input, 1 optical input, 1 USB input, 1 HDMI ARC output
- Wall and shelf mountable
- Wireless Surround Sound Ready
- Dolby Digital 2 channel and DTS Digital 2 channel
- Surround Sound Expansion
- Can be controlled with Samsung TV remote
- Can be controlled via Samsung Audio Remote App
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