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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 (760 models with data).

Median2.1
Median 20263
Typical range2 – 5.1
Models760
Distribution

How channel count is distributed

09118227236313579111–2: 412–3: 3633–4: 1484–5: 155–6: 1196–7: 37–8: 298–9: 19–10: 2210–11: 011–12: 19Median 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-Q990F/EN
Samsung · 2025
HW-Q990F/EN
11
9.3
2 Samsung HW-Q990C
Samsung · 2023
HW-Q990C
11
4 Samsung HW-Q995GD/ZG
Samsung · 2024
HW-Q995GD/ZG
656 W
11
8.3
5 Samsung HW-Q995F
Samsung · 2025
HW-Q995F
11
9.4
6 Samsung HW-Q930C 2023
Samsung · 2023
HW-Q930C 2023
11
8.9
7 Samsung HW-Q995H Soundbar 11.1.4 Dolby Atmos
11
8 Samsung HW-Q990D/EN
Samsung · 2024
HW-Q990D/EN
656 W
11
8.3
9 Samsung HW-Q995GH/ZG
Samsung · 2026
HW-Q995GH/ZG
656 W
11
9.6
10 JBL BAR 1300
JBL · 2022
BAR 1300
1,170 W
11
9.2
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