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stefanks
Contributor II
June 4, 2020

The Disappointing Arc

The Sonos Arc is around the corner, but it disappoints in some way.

 

First of all the front is made out of plastic! Plastic - seriously 😒  so it is a long plastic tube, not the nice metal we are used to from Play one and play:5.

 

Second of all the Dolby Atmos sound is not very impressive. Sony, LG and Samsung has better Dolby Atmos Soundbars out there since 2018 and comes with a cheaper price tag.

So the Sonos Arc are beaten by 2 year old products from Sony and Samsung. 

 

And third of all rhe Arc can't decode Atmos sound. So you have to rely on your TV to do it for you. So you need a brand new TV preferable with eARC and Dolby Atmos decoding in order to send the right signal to the soundbar.

 

But on the good side the vocals are better on the Arc compared to the playbar.

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    neo06
    Lyricist III
    August 5, 2020

    I am using the Arc with a complete 5.1 setup. I had some brightness issues which I fixed by true playing with an older device. I believe every connected product may have some bugs or issues which gets sorted with time. It depends on the manufacturer if they are willing to support their product and for how long. With Sonos, we know that they back their products. How as a company it differentiates from others is by their close integration. Samsung, Sony, LG launch their systems every year, and you either upgrade the entire unit or be happy with yours. I only have experience with Bose Soundbar and my experience with their updates havent been good. If I had a playbar or playbase with Sonos Sub and surround play 1. For me to move to Arc, all I would have to do is swap the Soundbar and remainder of the system works with it. There are pros and cons to every system and we have to pick our compromises. 

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