Samsung HW-Q90R vs Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400

HW-Q90R vs MusicCast BAR 400 comparison chart

Overall
Samsung HW-Q90R
8.2
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400
8.2
10
10
Votes 2 2
Rating 5 5
Samsung HW-Q90R

Jan 31, 2020

Samsung's HW-Q90R soundbar is the flagship model of 2019 among similar devices with an additional subwoofer. The uniqueness of this soundbar is that the Samsung HW-Q90R specs contain Dolby Atmos and D...

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Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400

Jan 24, 2020

Yamaha has extensive experience with sound panels, so when it releases something new in this area, expectations are high. Fortunately, the Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400 - a 2.1-channel soundbar consisting...

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Common

Product

Samsung HW-Q90R
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400

Model

HW-Q90R
MusicCast BAR 400

Brand

Samsung
Yamaha

Reviews

1662
159

General

Placement type

table-top, wall-mountable
table-top, wall-mountable

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

power, volume down, volume up, source
power, volume down, volume up, input, mute

Audio features

Built-in channels

7.1.4
5.1

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

512 (overall)
200 (overall)

Separate speaker (in package)

2
0

Separate speaker connections

wireless
wireless

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wireless
wireless

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

AirPlay 2

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

has not
Pandora, Deezer, TIDAL, Napster, SiriusXM, Qobuz

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

0
1

NFC

HDMI input/output

2/1
1/1

HDMI ARC

HDMI eARC

HDMI CEC

Optical digital input/output

1/0
1/0

USB

1 (USB 2.0)
1 (USB 2.0)

Coaxial digital input/output

0/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

0/0
1/0

Headphone output

0
0

Subwoofer output

0
0

Features

Voice control

Amazon Alexa
Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital

DTS:X

DTS (other)

DTS Digital Surround
DTS Virtual:X, DTS Digital Surround

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

122.4 x 8.1 x 13.4/48.2 x 3.2 x 5.3
94.2 x 8.3 x 11/38.6 x 3.3 x 4.3

Weight, kg/pounds

8.7/19.4
2.7/6

Other

Release year

2019
2018
Samsung HW-Q90R
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400
Samsung HW-Q90R
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400

Soundbars CHooseratoR comparison rating

  • better
  • worse
  • 8.2
  • 8.2
  • 8.2Samsung HW-Q90R
  • 8.2Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400