I was concerned as well but let's see. The msrp is a little high though at 2.4k but they did offer it at 1.8k during payday last month. Now it seems to be around 2k. It was lacking DTS support though but I will only used it for streaming.

I actually ordered a set from Taobao few days ago and it was around 1.32k shipped via sea. I have forgotten about the import duty though. Let's hope they will close one eye.

My Edifier B70 (Malaysia version is B700) finally arrived.

Much cheaper than buying locally... RM1,317 including sea freight. Luckily no kena import duty.



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I still havent registered for Netflix yet to try Dolby Atmos. I also never tried other soundbar before to give a good impression. I'm just going to compare it with what I'm using previously which is a set of Edifier S730 connected via a USB DAC.

The loudness is enough for me at 90% volume (seated 20ft away). The way it filled the living room is different compared to a 2.1 speaker. The subwoofer is okay at bass+3 but no match for the 150w S730 subwoofer. The good is that the subwoofer is not over powering, thus even playing (midnight) at 90% volume also didnt get complaints from wife upstairs.

If Edifier would add another 25-50w for the subwoofer, I think it would be even better. Even though the soundbar is listed as 7.1.2, the front L R Center driver are really small, almost like tweeter size. Perhaps that's what help with the clear vocals.

Overall, kinda satisfied with it since it only cost 1.1k++ and the rest are basically shipping charges.

I don't really worry about product quality with Edifier.

It did mention hdmi 2.1 and also HDR pass through but there's no mention if one or both port support them.

Vocals is clear. I think soundbar characteristic tends to favor vocals since there's so many small driver. Having said that, my volume level is between 70~90% depending on content. Plus I'm seated 20ft away.

Well, it is a 30+ years old house therefore the layout partly contributed to the extra space in living room. Newer houses would have the direct access to the back of the house and a front section half sealed for living room. Parents wanted the altar to face the main entrance thus TV is placed on left side. Sofa can only placed to the right wall and wall besides main entrance. Unless spent some money to hack a smaller entrance on the right side to create a direct access to the back of the house, this is what I have to live with. Inefficient usage of space. It was kinda useful at times when you have little ones and they have larger space to train on a walker.

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You need to try them out yourself. Not all the RM800 went into sound quality.

Q800B:

1. WiFi - you can control the soundbar from your smartphone app
2. Wireless Dolby Atmos - as the name suggest, you do not need to attach cable to get wireless dolby atmos with certain Samsung TV
3. 5.1.2 - you get 2 more side firing speaker on the soundbar for better surround

I can't answer you since I have never listened nor know anything about other soundbar.

I only searched about Samsung since my sister work in Samsung and sometimes I googled about the specs to see whether it's worth buying or not. In the end, I settled for the cheaper Edifier since I only want Dolby Atmos and has no use for DTS:X.

Is that how it's supposed to work? Is it not from zidoo to soundbar hdmi, which then filter the sound and only send the digital image signal to the tv via arc hdmi?

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Sometimes I don't understand the logic of this.

I buy soundbar because tv speakers suck. Then you buy a soundbar but still pair with tv speaker to use together. Doesn't it defeat the purpose of getting a soundbar in the first place.

I would not want to delve too much into the pricing. I can only say there are a lot of premiums involved including licensing for DOLBY/DTS, marketing costs etc when you go for branded name.

Keep in mind that B700 didn't support DTS. Only Dolby.

I'm using the China version, B70. Same speaker different model number. Bought it from Taobao instead and lucky didnt get taxed by kastam. I think around 13xx including shipping.

I think hard to find reviews for this model since B series is low end. Not very powerful but enough to fill my living room (my living room is a bit big, 22ft x 15ft). Subwoofer is a bit small for my liking but does it job somewhat. Probably more suited for those living in condo. Sometimes when I watched movies on hotstar, I crank it up to 100%.

This post has been edited by andrekua2: Feb 17 2023, 08:24 AM

Q990C is on sale if you have EPP account. RM3580

Employee Purchase Program... if you work with MNC, eligible.

Your company did not sign up with Samsung? My sister working in Grab also can get.

I think this is an issue with Sony or Google TV. I'm using Edifier B700 and it does that too sometimes. I think better to pause playback and press return to main menu of the app before pressing home. Sometimes I just play a video on YouTube and change to another video until I get sound. When everything else doesn't work, I would restart the TV. It only happen when TV is being put on standby for some time. I'm using X90J.

How did you manage to passthrough atmos through USB?

I bought it from Taobao but it is known as B70 there. I cant say for the experience though since I'm seated quite far from it (roughly 16ft or more away from the TV). I just love how it filled the living room, compared to my Edifier S730 which is more powerful but a bit lacking when it comes to overall feel.

hdmi2.1 is only necessary for 4k120fps ... audio shouldnt need that much bandwidth