Samsung SWA-9500S

The sound just blew me away! Even my wife agrees! The rears SWA-9500S are amazing.

The Samsung SWA-9500S rear speakers each have their own power supply and use a 5’ power cord. That is different from some other Samsung and Sony rear speakers that use a powered hub and speaker wires connecting the hub to the speaker’s themselves, which do not have a power cord of their own. These s...

Rear speakers are absolutely fantastic for movie watching and even modern shows. SWA-9500S with upfiring Atmos speakers makes them even more immersive. Definitely go for them and convince your wife to let you install them.

Can hardly hear theses speakers, only kick in when scenes get really loud. Not worth the high price tag.

However, for $1000CA (after taxes), I would pick something a bit more higher-end, especially with the Black Friday around the corner. The Samsung HW-Q700A is a real 3.1.2, with 2 up-firing speakers, contrary to the Sony which just emulates the vertical signal (currently on sales at 650$ instead of 900 at BestBuy Canada). It also have the advantage to be upgradable with the addition of optional rear speakers SWA-9500S, which will add 2 back channels and 2 up-back channels, for a complete 5.1.4 system. In the same order of idea, you have LG soundbars, like the SP7Y, a bit more expensive but better sounding according to reviews, which is also upgradable with rear speakers.

I’m giving them 4 stars because the wires that Samsung included are useless. They are really short and the angled receptors don’t fit through any stand on the market to conceal them. Sure, the angle conceal the connection to the speakers themselves, but that angle makes it impossible to conceal the ...

I also set up the soundbar for best settings: auto equalizer on, ava on and increased the rear speaker level to 6. I watch movies with Atmos support and 7.1 on Tv via external hard drive and still no sound from the 2 rear speakers. I tried all the sound modes on the soundbar but nothing works.

Added these to the Q800A soundbar set up and we're enjoying the surround effects. It just feels like more sound should be coming from the rears through the whole movie instead of just peak moments. But that could just be how I have them set up. I might need to raise their volume a notch or something...

Thanks for the review - mine is sitting in boxes in my hallway.

I do not have anything currently but hoping this adds to my experience. In the UK we got the rears free on all the new soundbars, so I have the SWA-9500S to play with!

These work great with the matching sound bar. The only thing I would improve on this is to have a way to adjust the volume separately from the sound bar. There are time I would like just a bit more volume from them. Otherwise they are a good buy for the money.