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patmo6294
Contributor II
June 21, 2026

3rd party subs

Let’s have this discussion as more of your clients have big theaters you know the arc has limits. The 2 subs have limits. Why would a thread get booted that means progress. Sonos will not fill all our needs. Don’t believe that and they know that. No one thought 2 subs was a possibility. Guess what? Move forward. I want 2 Arcs and 4 subs. I will wait. I come from a pro audio environment. I watch a lot of concert & festival content. High dbl. Sonos will eventually give us options. I have believe.

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106rallye
106rallye
June 21, 2026

Sonos walks a fine line between too little and too much. I think we might disagree about the Sonos audience. Sonos, in my eyes, is not meant for “big theaters”, but should keep concentrating on home environments and multiroom audio (see the Amp Multi). Any effort made to cater for “2 Arcs and 4 subs” will be lost for this audience.

    craigski
    Local Superstar
    June 21, 2026

    2 Arcs sounds like a really cool idea to me.

    Note the image in the bottom right, image created by AI.

      106rallye
      106rallye
      June 21, 2026

      You’d get Double Atmos!

        nik9669a
        Senior Virtuoso
        June 21, 2026

        You’d get Double Atmos!


        Should you mount the lower one upside-down and bounce “height” effects off the floor? 

          craigski
          Local Superstar
          June 21, 2026

          You’d get Double Atmos!


          Should you mount the lower one upside-down and bounce “height” effects off the floor? 

          Better to have one on top of TV. Maybe a couple more, one each side of TV mounted vertically, for the full Dubly Atmiss experience?

            nik9669a
            Senior Virtuoso
            June 21, 2026

            How many Atmos’s do you need to get full atmosphere? 

            Stanley_4
            Stanley_4
            Grand Maestro
            June 21, 2026

            Probably best to just go for the full effect instead of trying a "minimal but sounds good" solution.

            So 15 Arc Ultras and 8 Subs.

            Maybe rwo more Subs under each couch and one per chair to really fill in the low end impact.

            AjTrek1
            AjTrek1
            June 21, 2026

            I guess that’s why the guy in the image is wearing “Dunce Hat”or may he’s a Conehead.

             

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            MoPac
            MoPac
            Headliner III
            June 21, 2026

            WHAT!!!! CAN’T HEAR YOU!!!

            jgatie
            jgatie
            June 21, 2026

            Pretty soon you will only feel the bass, because your ears will be shot.  Turn it down.  As someone who spent a good part of my youth next to stacks of amplifiers at punk shows, it isn't worth it.  Your ears will thank me once you hit 50.

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