Can Sonos Arc or Beam 2 make the full Dolby Atmos sound without up firing speakers?

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Sonos Arc or Beam 2 has no up firing speakers but they are with Dolby Atmos. Can Sonos Arc or Beam 2 make the full Dolby Atoms sound without up firing speakers?

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Mr. TAnswer

How many speakers does the Sonos Arc have? The picture shows Sonos Arc has two sides and two up firing speakers. So there is only one front center speaker. Is it correct?

The Arc has 11 speakers as seen in the above pic, with 5 facing forward.

Amplifiers - All eleven Class-D digital amplifiers have been perfectly tuned to the soundbar's unique acoustic architecture.
Tweeters - Three precisely angled silk-dome tweeters create crisp high frequencies and crystal clear dialogue.
Midwoofers - Eight elliptical woofers ensure faithful playback of mid-range and vocal frequencies plus impressive bass.

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Can you explain what you mean with “one real channel"? The Beam is three channels (hence the 3.0): FL-Center-FR. It computes the height channels to make it sound to your ears there are height channels.

I tried comparing the channels between the Arc and Beam. It seems Arc has three channels as the Beam does but more speakers. Is it correct or Arc has more channels than Beam? Thank you for your answer.

jgatie

Can you explain what you mean with “one real channel"? The Beam is three channels (hence the 3.0): FL-Center-FR. It computes the height channels to make it sound to your ears there are height channels.

I tried comparing the channels between the Arc and Beam. It seems Arc has three channels as the Beam does but more speakers. Is it correct or Arc has more channels than Beam? Thank you for your answer.

A speaker does not equal a channel. I repeat A SPEAKER DOES NOT EQUAL A CHANNEL! A single channel could have a dozen speakers. Now that that is clear, both soundbars play 5 channels. The Arc does front right, center, left, and height right, left. The Beam does front right, center, left, and simulated height right, left.

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