Can a humble photo frame double as a powerful satellite speaker for a soundbar and a standalone
Dolby Atmos enabled wireless speaker if it's the Samsung Music frame the answer without a doubt is
yes hey everyone it's Simon Cohen for Digital Trends and we're here at Samsung's facilities
to check out its 2024 home theater products we got a very small sneak peek at these products
when we were at CES 2024 we liked what we saw but now that I've had a chance to spend more
time with them I'm impressed before we get to the music frame let's quickly acknowledge Samsung's
2024 the frame TV its standout feature is its ability to give you an art gallery experience
when you're not watching TV but it's also a pretty great tv in its own right below the
frame is Samsung's newest Flagship Soundbar the HW-Q990D an 11.1.0 Channel Dolby Atmos unit that
based on its predecessor performance is almost guaranteed to be one of 2024's best Soundbars
with Samsung's Q Symphony technology the TV speakers can augment the audio going to the
Soundbar which helps voices sound like they're coming from the screen not the Soundbar and that
brings us to the new Samsung Music frame if you didn't know any better you'd swear it's
just a regular photo frame and it kind of is it holds any 8x8 or 8x10 photo or printed image and
you can swap it anytime you like by removing the photo holder from the body of the speaker
speaker it attaches just like a standard speaker grill with four ball and socket rubber mounts
but under that awesome dog photo are two tweeters two mid-range drivers and two subwoofers together
they pack a real punch and boy can the music frame get loud I was really impressed by how
much low-end bass those subwoofers can pump out the music frame can play stereo sound
with decent stereo separation but it's also one of the few speakers that can stream Dolby Atmos
music directly without the need of a third party accessory like a streaming video player you really
need to hear how it handles Dolby Atmos music even though it doesn't have dedicated up firing height
drivers the music frame creates a cone of sound that radiates outward in all directions creating
the kind of immersive 3D Sound Stage that Dolby Atmos is known for you can use it as a Bluetooth
speaker but thanks to its Wi-Fi connection it also supports Chromecast and Airplay streaming
as well as Spotify connect and title connect so you can control it straight from those apps
if you're using title the music frame lets you hear Dolby Atmos music making it one of the few
wireless speakers that work with Dolby's immersive audio format but the really clever feature on the
music frame is its ability to join the Q Symphony party if you have a compatible Samsung TV you can
send sound to two music frames and if you have one of Samsung's Soundbars like the Q990D you
can add a single music frame to the mix and place it anywhere in your room I got a chance to play
Dolby Atmos versions of the Beach Boy's Pet Sounds and Dire Strait's Brothers and Arms and they both
sounded fantastic considering the size of this compact speaker the Samsung Music frame comes
with its own angled stand as you can see in this video but it also has a standard threaded mounting
hole so you can wall mount it instead I didn't get a chance to hear how wall mounting affects
sound quality but given that the subwoofers are on the back of the speaker I expect there will
be some audible differences on the other hand thanks to the music frames built-in space fit
Sound Room tuning feature the speaker should be able to autom atically compensate for a variety
of room positions including wall mounting speaking of control the music frame is compatible with both
Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant this means that if you already have a smart speaker you
can use Voice Commands to control the playback on the music frame plus you can add the music
frame to the Google home and Amazon Alexa apps it also has a built-in Samsung SmartThings IOT Hub
and in fact all of the music frames features and settings are controlled from the smart things app
I got to say I've Loved what I've heard so far but the real test will come when I get to try
these speakers at home hopefully that will be in the near future because I can't wait to see what
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