Samsung HW-Q950T vs Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400

HW-Q950T vs MusicCast BAR 400 comparison chart

Overall
Samsung HW-Q950T
8.4
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400
8.2
10
10
Votes 1 1
Rating 5 5
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-Q950T
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400

Model

HW-Q950T
MusicCast BAR 400

Brand

Samsung
Yamaha

Reviews

28
159

General

Placement type

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

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

multi function, volume down, volume up, microphone
power, volume down, volume up, input, mute

Audio features

Built-in channels

9.1.4
5.1

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

546 (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, Google Assistant
Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II
Dolby Digital

DTS:X

DTS (other)

has not
DTS Virtual:X, DTS Digital Surround

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

122 x 5 x 12.7/48 x 2.7 x 5.4
94.2 x 8.3 x 11/38.6 x 3.3 x 4.3

Weight, kg/pounds

6.8/15.7
2.7/6

Other

Release year

2020
2018
Samsung HW-Q950T
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400
Samsung HW-Q950T
Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400

Soundbars CHooseratoR comparison rating

  • better
  • worse
  • 8.4
  • 8.2
  • 8.4Samsung HW-Q950T
  • 8.2Yamaha MusicCast BAR 400