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Channel count: typical values for audio

Half of audio in the catalog have channel count below 2.1, and 80% fall between 2 and 5.1 (583 models with data).

Median2.1
Median 20263
Typical range2 – 5.1
Models583
Distribution

How channel count is distributed

07014121128113579111–2: 312–3: 2813–4: 1094–5: 115–6: 946–7: 27–8: 228–9: 09–10: 1910–11: 011–12: 14Median 2.1
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Channel count222.155.1

A model at the 75th percentile beats three quarters of the catalog on this spec.

Trends

Median channel count by year

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Recent leaders

Highest channel count

1 Samsung HW-Q995GF/ZG
Samsung · 2025
HW-Q995GF/ZG
11
7.9
2 Samsung HW-Q935GH/ZG
Samsung · 2026
HW-Q935GH/ZG
11
3 Samsung HW-Q990F/ZF
Samsung · 2025
HW-Q990F/ZF
11
9.5
4 Samsung HW-Q990H/XC
Samsung · 2026
HW-Q990H/XC
11
9.4
5 Samsung HW-Q930C 2023
Samsung · 2023
HW-Q930C 2023
11
8.9
6 Samsung HW-Q995GC/ZG
Samsung · 2022
HW-Q995GC/ZG
656 W
11
8.3
7 Samsung HW-Q995F
Samsung · 2025
HW-Q995F
11
9.4
8 Samsung HW-Q990F/EN
Samsung · 2025
HW-Q990F/EN
11
9.2
9 Samsung HW-Q990C
Samsung · 2023
HW-Q990C
11
10 Samsung HW-Q990H
Samsung · 2026
HW-Q990H
11
9.4
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