Sonos - Arc Soundbar with Dolby Atmos, Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa - Black

I first purchased the Samsung Q950 to go with my Samsung TV and was deeply disappointed. This Sonos Arc exceeded all of my expectations. My TV room is not cavernous, so I figured a soundbar would work well and I was tired of the complexity and bulk of my aging A/V receiver. All of the reviews I saw and read recommended either the Samsung or Sonos. The Samsung sounded terrible for the price. I can't understand how it received so many positive reviews. The Sonos Arc, on the other hand, exceeded all of my expectations. The sound separation and stage are both great. It's amazing that they can effectively achieve surround sound without rear speakers. Bullets appear to whizz past your ear and background music appears to emanate from behind you. The sound is incredibly lively. And the bass from this thing is terrific. The low and mid-bass are very balanced. The rumble is there when you want it and not there when you don't. It's full and punchy - so much so that I don't think I will buy the subwoofer. If your room is larger, you may need/want it but for my layout and taste, it's more than enough (and I like me some bass). There are also a couple of handy features on the app. It has a nighttime mode, which will keep the volume more even and avoid loud peaks like explosions from waking up the house. There's also a speech enhancement mode that will make it easier to hear conversations. I've tried both modes and they work quite well. Setup was quite easy and uses a smartphone app to calibrate the bar to the room acoustics. It walks you through everything quite clearly and I had no issues. I'm loving this soundbar and highly recommend it!

I bought my Sonos Arc in August and had to wait 25 days to get it but I love it and it's by far the best soundbar on the market. Here are the pros and cons: Pros: 1. Great sound for movies, music, gaming and sports. I've owned top of the line soundbars by other brands but they all had one flaw...they sound bad playing music. The Arc makes music sound full and clean at any volume level. The Arc also makes the vocals on movies sound very clear...other soundbars struggle with that. 2. It's long but also compact but it gets LOUD. I have mine setup in an open area living room with high ceilings and the Arc is able to fill the room with sound. I rarely get the volume level over 50% when watching a movie or streaming music. The overall look on my TV stand is minimalist and blends very nicely. 3. Dolby Atmos lives up to the hype. I stream movies on my Apple TV 4K and you can feel the bubble surround effect from Dolby Atmos content on Apple Movies, Netflix, and Disney Plus. 4. Easy to setup and software updates keep the Arc at peek performance. There is only one wire for power and an HDMI to the TV and then you follow the setup instructions on the Sonos app. I had sound and was good to go in under 10 minutes. A cool bonus is the Arc uses your TV remote to control the volume or you can use the app to control the volume and adjust the settings. Cons: 1. You need a newer TV with an HDMI ARC input to get Dolby Atmos. If you don't have a TV with that feature I'd suggest getting the Sonos Beam instead and saving some money until you do own a newer TV. 2. The Arc isn't cheap and I'd highly recommend getting the Sonos subwoofer especially for real bass and a much better sound profile for movies and music. For the full theater experience I'd also recommend the Sonos Ones. The upgrades aren't cheap but you can build your system as you get the cash to buy more. Bottomline...the Arc is the best soundbar out right now in 2020. If you want a great soundbar with a high end sound that you can build around then look no further. When family members come to me asking for tech advice on soundbars...the Arc is what I'll be telling them to buy.

I've had surround sound receivers and other sound bars but none compare to the Sonos. When I reviewed soundbars to go with a 65" TV with eARC that allows Dolby Atmos I wanted the best bang for my buck. I had to wait 3 months because of back orders but it was well worth the wait. This soundbar is incredible! I also went with the sub and surround speakers, yes expensive, believe me it's worth it. You will find yourself looking behind you often thinking there's water running or someone else is in the room, it's fantastic! I play music a lot, this system is awesome, the sound loud or soft is crystal clear and the bass is powerful. Buy it now or save and get it later, but get it!

Absolutely amazing. This is the best sound bar I’ve had heard by far. I have it synced with two Sonos ones, for great surroundsound. I do not have the woofer, but it it has good bass too. It’s streamline design mounts easily to the wall.

I have been a long time Sonos junkie since my first purchaseof a Beam. At first the Beam worked well in my space but after some remodelingand the removal of a wall I needed something with more power. I held off on thePlaybar simply because of the rumors of an update and pre-ordered this SonosArc as soon as it was available. First the appearance:This thing is beautiful. With a very modern styling, drilled grill wrapped around the internals this thing is the only piece in my room that gives my LG C9 a run for it's money in appearance. This styling fits in line with all the newest Sonos products on the market today.  The Arc is also very wide which is why it is recommended for TVs over 50" (pictured with my 65" LG C9) Weighing in at almost 14 pounds, this soundbar and all its components exude quality. Inside are three tweeters (for higher end sound) and eight woofers for mid-range and bass. What is great and new about this product is that 4 of these drivers aim directly at you while 2 aim out the sides and 2 fire sound upward. This enables Arc to give you sound in all directions, including above you. This addition of upfiring speakers enables the Arc to sound effects for any movies/content coded with Dolby Atmos.  Setup is easy just like other Sonos products (opened the app, add product and the Arc was instantly recognized). After setting it in place I tuned thru TruePlay (a must do in my opinion) to get the room setup and tuned with my Sonos Sub and Play:1 Surround speakers. Even during the tuning I noticed how well the Arc bounced those sounds off the walls to create the left and right front speaker sounds I felt were lacking with the Beam. First movie I fired up was The Rise of Skywalker and sure enough in the opening scene three Tie Fighters buzzed directly over our heads and made my fiance jump. For this this next portion please make sure to note the difference when talking about the Sonos Arc (not all capitalized) and the HDMI eARC and ARC ports (fully capitalized). This can cause confusion. In order to get lossless Atmos you must make sure you have an Atmos enabled TV with eARC HDMI ports. If your TV only has ARC HDMI you can still get Atmos but it will not be in its full lossless format, it will be compressed Atmos. All this of course is under the assumption that your content is Atmos. You will know it is working if you pull up your Sonos app and click on the room your Arc is in and will see the "Dolby Atmos" symbol listed under the TV. For my setup I have an Apple TV 4K connected to my LG C9, and the Sonos Arc is connected via the eARC HDMI port. Listening to sound for music, the Arc is a significant upgrade over the Beam but that should be a given based on the size, power, and quantity of speaker differences between the two. While the sound is great I do not know if I would stop using my Play:5 in the same room for just music, only for parties/gatherings in which the surround and bass speakers would help fill the room more.  For my purposes I use Google Assistant and the far field mics caught my voice easily even while sound was playing from the speaker and a medium volume. While a big jump from the Beam pricing and $100 more than it's predecessor, the Arc delivers. While you can get soundbars for under $150, this one is the cream of the crop and is worth the price tag if you can afford. Sonos's ease of use and seamless streaming technology already shine above a lot of it's competitors but the addition of this new Arc soundbar puts them ahead of everyone else in soundbar tech and makes it the soundbar to beat. The Arc is an outstanding speaker and should be the first choice when wanting to convert just a TV into a a surround system in a medium to large sized room. 

Excellent product, very easy setup, music sounds like honey!

I've had a few soundbars in my time and the Sonos is honestly one of the most immersive and engaging soundbars I have yet to experience. The center channel is really good and makes hearing dialogue so much easier than the other soundbars and as a 5.0.2 soundbar it can actually play surround sound formats without having to mix it down to stereo. The sound quality is really amazing. Playing something in atmos has truly been the best experience I've had with any sort of audio equipment so far. The soundstage is nice and wide but you still have a precision to effects and placements and there is a warmth to the sound missing with other speakers. All in all, it's a fantastic sounding bar especially for an all in one bar. There are a few downsides and negatives tho that aren't directly related to the quality of the sound. 1. The bar is a bit high if you're using it in front of your tv. Obviously the amount of drivers and the quality necessitates the height of the soundbar but depending on the tvs stand design, you might cut off the bottom portion of the image from view. 2. The bar doesn't have any hdmi in ports so in order to truly get the best sound quality from your devices your going to need a tv with eARC. This is a very recent development and only new tvs will generally ahve it and even then it may not be so polished an experience. It would have been nice to have at least one hdmi in port on the bar to replace the eARC port it's connected to on the tv. 3. Unlike other soundbars, the Arc doesn't do any sort of sound upscaling, your only going to get what the original audio signal is. IMO, I don't see this as a problem since it's playing back the content as how it was originally encoded but it would be nice to have the choice to upscale the sound. 4. The biggest issue I see with the ARC is that it doesn't currently support DTS audio at all or multi-channel PCM. The PCM support is supposed it be coming in a firmware update soon (allegedly by the end of November) but the lack of any sort of DTS support may be a deal breaker for those with a lot of blu-ray discs that use the format. I don't see any really reason why both Dolby and DTS can't be supported. 5. Adding the additional speakers and sub is expensive but also increases the performance of the Arc. I currently have the sub also connected with the Arc and you can really tell the differemce in the sound. Adding the sub allows the speakers in the bar to focus on the other frequencies which makes the audio louder and also a bit clearer. I don't have the surrounds but I imagine it would have a similar effect allowing the bars speakers to fully focus on the overhead and LCR channels. Unfortunately it's going to cost you as much or likely much more than other soundbars that include all of these components together from the start. The negatives list may seem a bit long but in the face of the absolute quality of the sound on offer, if you can live with it I don't think you'll have any regrets with this purchase.

It’s great so far. Everything works as expected. The Sonos app takes awhile to get used too, all music has to go through it.