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Product Name: | Sonos Arc Premium Smart Soundbar, White |
Product Description: | Sonos Arc Premium Smart Soundbar, White/Black The Sonos Arc Premium Smart Soundbar lets you enhance your display’s audio, interact with the Google Assistant or Alexa, and expand your Sonos ecosystem. Up and side-firing drivers work with Dolby Atmos to create an immersive 3D soundstage with your TV and content. This soundstage will make you feel like it’s moving around you for clearer, more detailed, and deeper audio. Plus, the Arc’s processing produces five phased-array channels. Arc soundbars feature enhanced Trueplay tuning, too. And to give you vivid detail and amplified bass, the soundbar features an 11-driver design. Arc premium soundbars also enable content streaming from your favorite services via the Sonos app or Apple AirPlay 2. They even have Alexa and the Google Assistant built-in for voice control. You can pair the Arc with your iOS device as well to interact with Siri. This premium soundbar will also blend right in your home theater. Mount your Arc to the wall with optional hardware or place it under the TV. Arc soundbars are expandable, too. Enjoy more immersive listening by pairing them with a SUB and One SL speakers, or multi-room listening via other Sonos speakers. Automatic EQ adjustment, HDMI eARC, and more features are also available. Cinematic Sound. Bring all your entertainment to life with the extraordinarily realistic sound of Arc, the premium smart soundbar for TV, movies, music, and more. Dolby 3D Sound. Experience shows, movies, and games with the precise and immersive sound of Dolby Atmos on Arc. The upward-firing drivers create a multi-dimensional soundstage that moves around you, rendering every whisper and explosion with dramatic clarity, detail, and depth. Immerse Yourself In The Music. Stream music, radio, podcasts, and more from your favorite services with the Sonos app or Apple AirPlay 2 when the TV is off. A Realistic Listening Experience. Arc's advanced processing creates five channels that masterfully deliver sound to your ears from all directions at the exact right moment. T |
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I came from a Pioneer Elite SC-77 from 2013. It was driving a 5.1 setup with two PSB Imagine T2s for fronts, a pair of Image B5s for the rears, a PSB I can't remember (maybe an Alpha 2?) for center and a REL T5 for the sub. It was loud. It was amazing. It was overkill and when I had a kid, it became a fun toy for him to try to knock over. The amp also didn't support Atmos and despite multiple efforts, I found the dialogue to be muddy no matter what source (Blu-rays on a PS4, Rokus, later Apple TV); I even had the problem with some vinyl on a Rega RP-1. It always sounded like was a constant low-level drone right in the vocal range. In retrospect, it could've been a power issue in the apartment, but I gave up after twiddling with it for five years and lived with it for almost nine years.
I downsized to the Beam 2 and a pair of Play:1s I had lying around and it instantly sounded much clearer. It sounded better still once I did a proper tune. I wanted to say here that separation is not as pronounced, but thinking back, actually, yeah, the separation is really that good. I'm sure it's better on the Arc, but the real improvement is the processing on the rears — they're actually closer to the sofa than I had the B5s, but I hear things whizzing more distinctly from left to right and vice versa. Height remains a problem, but I think short of a pair of actual height speakers, this will always remain the case. And I finally added a Sub Mini to the whole setup (sitting next to my sofa) and holy crap, the whole system is even better — the Beam is delegating all the low-levels to the Sub and after a re-tune it's as much fun as the old setup.
As to unsupported, I'm not really sure what you mean. Yes, there is a bifurcation in the app and officially there are no updates to functionality for about ten devices that have been discontinued for over a decade. This does not, as far as I can tell, affect what you can play on newer or older systems — I can use the older S1 controller for every one of the services offered on the new system. Sure I could use the PSBs, but I'm astonished when the receiver is supported for more than a year with updates; these older devices got at least a decade, in some case nearly two decades, of updates. I'd say that's a fair amount of time for a speaker to be supported. And this is a current device. I think you can reasonably expect 5+ years of support, which will likely be 4+ years more support than your receiver will get.
So yeah, sure, you're right they've got loyalists — but it's earned loyalty. We accept that we might not be getting the experience someone who has spent $10k on their audio system, but damned if the $1950 Arc/One/Sub set doesn't get 95+ percent of the way there with less hassle and longer system support.
Not everything appeals to everyone. But there's a reason they're a leading premium sound company with excellent hold on the market. All the marketing in the world wouldn't matter if the products didn't live up to the hype.
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I've heard sonos is good but they have incredible marketing and everyone who swears up and down it's the best thing ever probably has not heard much else, so take it with a grain of salt.
I'd recommend going to a store and listening to yourself. I personally use Klipsch the fives and they will have superior stereo separation because the speakers are further apart. Also the bass is fantastic and surprisingly competent. I will be adding a subwoofer down the line but I'm not sure if it's necessary.
I would have purchased the sonos if it was better priced but it doesn't go on sale often enough and honestly, I'm not convinced it's worth the asking price. Sonos has discontinued support for their older products, and this device can suffer the same fate. Where as a regular speaker will always work.
I'd recommend going to a store and listening to yourself. I personally use Klipsch the fives and they will have superior stereo separation because the speakers are further apart. Also the bass is fantastic and surprisingly competent. I will be adding a subwoofer down the line but I'm not sure if it's necessary.
I would have purchased the sonos if it was better priced but it doesn't go on sale often enough and honestly, I'm not convinced it's worth the asking price. Sonos has discontinued support for their older products, and this device can suffer the same fate. Where as a regular speaker will always work.
I kinda agree with you even though I am totally into sonos ecosystem. My main need was all wireless and it works well overall (paired with sub and rears). Having said that, I am guessing the bose and samsung high ends are equally good or better
edit: only eArc is connected to tv
Does all wireless mean you don't need to connect it to your TV via HDMC ARC? How does it connect to the TV?
Thx both of ye's.
Are you using Trueplay tuning? Made a huge improvement for me and surpasses my old Bose system.
TV connects via eARC. It doesn't have to be wireless, I have a Sonos system with some decides hardwired and the rest use the Sonos mesh wireless to connect.
Sound is good, not audiophile level, but surprisingly good. I also have a Klipsch system the previous owners left and it's ok, also not audiophile. I miss my Paradigms but these do better than you expect
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The sound bar needs to be connected to TV's Arc or eArc port using HDMI cable. However rest of the accessories like sub and surround speakers, etc connects wirelessly to the Arc.
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You need to connect it with a wire.
The fact that sonos has managed to increase their price instead of decrease them despite increasing competition I think speaks volumes about their effective marketing, and not necessarily the quality of the product.
Sonos is today what Bose was in the 90's, and they are limited and tied down by their own software. If Sonos ever goes bankrupt, these speakers will fill up landfills.