Characteristics of Samsung HW-F551
The Samsung HW-F551 is a sound bar Bluetooth, coupled with a wireless the subwoofer. She enjoys the SoundShare technology that ensures a wireless link with some TVs of the brand. With this sound bar Samsung wireless, and the subwoofer, also wireless, you can finally free your living room audio / video cables.
One of the great qualities of this sound bar AirTrack range of Samsung, this is the ability to wirelessly stream sound from the TV, as a bonus, associating a wireless subwoofer. All with a nice design and silver finish not unpleasant. Not to mention, Bluetooth compatibility for the music streaming from a smartphone or tablet. Let's see if it works that well ...
Hard to be disappointed with this little bar its discreet, thin (6.4 cm deep and 5.5 cm) and beautifully finished, which is a genuine system 2.1 acoustic wirelessly. It is even more compelling than the digital amplifier (Crystal Amplifier Plus) proves relatively muscular, with 2 x 80 watts for the stereo and 150 watts for the subwoofer.
On the back, we note the presence of a USB port compatible with MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, OGG and FLAC. This is rather good news. One input and one HDMI output, as well as a mini-jack input and digital audio inputs are also present. Other good news. Note also that Dolby Digital and DTS are included. This is not the case on all his bars. for his HD however, it is in Blu-ray player that the flow should be decoded.
To control, in addition to the remote, sensitive keys are present on top of the bar and a bright display dominates the center, behind the metal grid. This is convenient. The subwoofer turns also relatively compact (29.1 cm deep, 37 cm high), even if such device is never easy to fit in a living room or bedroom. Wireless, this should help ...
Samsung HW-F551 has a wireless connection to the TV
None particular problem for installation. All the steps are clear and are smoothly through a similar televisions brand interface. Of course, the whole point of this sound bar is the SoundShare function which unfortunately is compatible with Samsung TVs of 2012 (6100 series and superior) and 2013 (6400 series and superior ). This allows, activating SoundShare function in settings of both devices, to send the sound from the TV to the soundbar via Bluetooth. And of course, this also works with sources connected to the TV, that is, the Blu-ray player, the satellite decoder, etc.. In this case, audio streams are converted to PCM stereo from the TV, then sent via Bluetooth to the sound bar.
And the result is not bad at all! The sound is powerful, dynamic, living and offers a pleasant acoustic show. Of course, with so little HP, it is impossible for this sound bar to return all the bumps and musical nuances of your favorite music. But for the home theater, sports and concerts, sound reproduction poster enough bite and precision that is tempted and seduced. Especially since several modes of pre-calibrated listening are integrated with the 3D Sound Plus, which adds a bit of virtual extent tuned. The result is rather pleasant, even if, again, not all sources agree. We must learn seperate the muck.
About the streaming music from a smartphone or a tablet, it is done with the same quality and the same stability of communication for the TV. It's clean, nervous just right at the low, fairly well detailed treble side and generous watts. Only small downside: a high volume, it sputters a bit and it's not very graceful. Have nimble hand on the volume!
Summary about the Samsung HW-F551
All that we ask a sound bar is to be discreet, powerful, easy to use and capable of serving as musical springboard to different sources. A mission that perfectly fulfills this bar Samsung and this, wireless via Bluetooth protocol. With the added bonus, a beautiful presence of the subwoofer in the bass (also wireless) and musicality quite acceptable. A product to advise all those who can no longer of his sour and limited their TV.
