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Samsung HW-MS750

As recently as two years ago we wouldn’t have recommended or even been keen to review a Samsung soundbar; our regard for its audio products wasn’t high. That changed last year, with the release of Samsung’s Sound+ range, designed and/or tuned in the company’s new California Audio Lab, helmed by ex-Harman Allan Devantier, who had joined the company with the remit to transform its audio products only to have Samsung then buy the whole of his former company Harman for a great many billions of dollars. The acquisition seemed particularly prompted by Harman’s automotive technologies, but netted all its audio brands in the process — so that’s JBL, Harman Kardon, Mark Levinson, AKG, Lexicon, Infinity, and Revel.

One of the first mainstream products out of California was the MS650 soundbar, which impressed us so much last year that we made it our Sound+Image 2018 Soundbar of the Year under $1000. This MS750 is similar but larger, adding two additional upward-firing drivers on top. So, were we equally impressed with this larger model?

Equipment

The MS750 is a 115cm-wide

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