Do you love having speakers for your music, but also hate the look of a speaker sitting on your table or console? Because let’s face it, speakers, especially the good ones, are notoriously bulky, and no matter how hard manufacturers try to make them look pretty, there’s only so much you can do.
But in comes Samsung: the Music Frame, like the brand’s famous The Frame TV, marries the aesthetics of art and tech beautifully. But speakers are designed that way for a reason, so the question remains: how well does the Samsung Music Frame stand as a speaker?
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Design and Customization
Samsung takes music is art literally with the Music Frame. The design is both distinctive and subtle: for all intents and purposes, the Music Frame looks just like a regular picture frame, albeit a little more bulky and thick. If you didn’t tell me it was a speaker, I wouldn’t know that the Music Frame was one.
And like a normal photo frame, the Music Frame is customisable, from the frame to the image inside. You can swap the image in the frame to any photo roughly within 8 inches on all sides.
That said, I have to admit that swapping out the photo isn’t the easiest thing to do. For one, the Music Frame itself is rather heavy, so lifting it off the wall or table and removing and reinserting the frame requires a lot of caution.
In the name of not destroying walls, we chose to display the Music Frame with a stand instead of wall-mounting. Both the stand and wall-mount accessories are included in the box, so there’s versatility there; either way, we recommend placing the Music Frame near or against a wall, as the speakers are located at the back and perform better with something solid to reverberate off.
Audio Performance
The Music Frame features a 2.0-channel speaker system with six speakers in a three-way configuration, delivering a powerful 120W output. Featuring Dolby Atmos and Q-Symphony, it is integrated into the Samsung smart home ecosystem, allowing it to connect seamlessly with Samsung TVs and soundbars so you can use it not only for music but also for movie watching as well.
Now that we’ve got all the technical details aside, let’s get into how the Music Frame really sounds. The sound quality is pretty commendable, especially the bass response, further enhanced when placed against a wall (see above). It handled various music genres well, though the treble can be rather shrill at louder volumes.
The Music Frame can be controlled through the SmartThings app, including adjusting the EQ to make the issue mentioned above a little better. The app is available on both Android and iOS devices, so you don’t actually have to own a Samsung phone to use this.
