Contributor I

New Sonos Arc update

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Hi,

Today a new update was sent over to my Sonos arc bar, there is no information on what this update did to the bar.

Can anyone please explain if anything has been improved in this update?

Thanks

Sonos Arc

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

The latest update (12.2) added Sonos Radio HD, multi-channel LPCM audio support, and added additional language support. https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3521?language=en_US

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Ajaja2020Author

Contributor I

Thank you for the response but I am not talking about the update for the app. Is the actual bar that received an update

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

The last firmware update gave the Arc the ability to play multi-channel LPCM audio.

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Ajaja2020Author

Contributor I

Thank you!

so it’s not sound quality improvement?

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

The Arc going from only supporting stereo PCM to multi-channel LPCM is a pretty big improvement in sound quality.

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Ajaja2020Author

Contributor I

Awesome, I actually did notice an improvement

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Ajaja2020Author

Contributor I

On which content is this change more obvious?

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

For me, when I played a DTS-encoded Blu-ray, it used to only play 2.0 stereo sound through the Arc because Sonos doesn’t support DTS audio. Now with the latest update, I get full uncompressed 5.1 LPCM audio when watching those Blu-ray Discs.

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