Samsung HW-N450 Soundbar Home Theater

Samsung HW-N450 Sounbar Home Theathre

Samsung HW-N450 is a superb entry-level soundbar that’s a perfect complement for Samsung TV owners, delivering solid audio performance and a strong set of features in a small footprint. The N450 is designed to integrate seamlessly with most Samsung TVs.

This is 2.1-channel system, comprised of a slimline stereo soundbar and a wireless subwoofer. he wireless, ported subwoofer sports a 6-inch driver. The system’s total frequency response is rated at 42Hz to 20kHz.

Samsung HW-N450 provides ample input options at this price point. It also comes with 3.5mm analog, Toslink optical, USB 1.0, and an HDMI 1.4 input on the back. The HW-N450 supports a wide array of audio formats, including AAC, WAV, WMA, OGG, and FLAC lossless files. Surprisingly, even though it supports Apple’s AAC codec, the HW-N450 does not support ALAC, Apple’s lossless codec that is a competitor to FLAC. Typically, if a company supports FLAC decoding they almost always support ALAC as well.

The HW-N450’s HDMI output supports the HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC). Not only can you send audio to your TV, but any source connected to your TV can deliver audio back to the HW-N450 over the same HDMI cable.

The HW-N450 will decode Dolby Digital 2.0 and DTS 2.0 signals, and it has a Surround Expansion Mode that uses digital signal processing (DSP) to expand the soundtrack artificially to add a sense of depth and spaciousness.