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Meet Arc, Brilliant sound for your TV

Extraordinary sound meets elegant design

Eleven high-performance drivers, including custom elliptical woofers and precisely angled side tweeters, produce vivid detail and impressive bass for home cinema and music streaming. Arc's upward-firing drivers create a multi-dimensional soundstage that moves around you, rendering every whisper and explosion with dramatic clarity, detail, and depth.

With its elongated shape, soft profile, and seamless façade, Arc discreetly mounts to the wall or sits beneath the TV without pulling focus. When mounted, a magnetic sensor detects the orientation and smartly adjusts the EQ to temper bass resonance.

Arc’s sound was specially tuned with the help of Oscar-winning sound engineers to emphasize the human voice so you can always follow the story. The advanced processing creates five phased-array channels that masterfully deliver sound to your ears from all directions at the exact right moment. Use enhanced Trueplay tuning technology to optimize the sound for the unique acoustics of your room, even calibrating the height channels for precise localization.

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You can also make a surround sound setup with a pair of our surround capable Sonos speakers, such as a pair of Sonos Ones, or amplify it all with a Sub for an extraordinary surround experience.

Some more details on Sonos Arc:

Simple to set-up. Plug Arc into power and then connect it to your TV using the HDMI-ARC cord. Bring your phone up to Arc to automatically pair and securely transfer WiFi credentials using near-field communication (NFC).
HDMI eARC. Increased bandwidth supports high-quality audio and has lip-sync compensation built in.
Dolby Atmos. Play Atmos and Atmos-encoded audio to play from your collection and favorite services through your TV’s HDMI ARC or eARC connection.
Ambient light sensor. Arc detects how bright the room is and automatically adjusts the brightness of the LEDs to be visible but not distracting.
Automatic remote sync. Arc connects to your TV's HDMI eARC port with a single cable and automatically syncs with your remote.
Control your way. Control Sonos Arc with your voice, the Sonos app, your existing TV remote, your favorite music service’s app, or AirPlay 2. Capacitive touch controls for play, pause, skip tracks, adjust the volume, and group rooms just by tapping or swiping the top of the soundbar. LED indicates status, mute status and voice feedback.
Smart voice recognition. A four far-field microphone array used for advanced beamforming and multichannel echo cancellation makes sure you’re heard, even when the music is blasting, even when playing in immersive surround sound. For privacy, turn the microphone off with a tap. The LED light is hardwired and will always indicate if the microphones are enabled or if your voice assistant of choice isn't listening.
Optimized for your listening. From within the Sonos App, tap Speech Enhancement so you never miss a word, or Night Sound to amplify quiet noises and reduce loud ones so you can enjoy late night TV without waking the entire house.
Tune with Trueplay. Trueplay puts the speaker-tuning capability of the pros in the palm of your hands, adapting and optimising the sound of the speaker to the unique acoustics of the room. iOS device required.
Low profile and compact size. The dimensions are 3.4 x 45 x 4.5 inches (87 x 1141.7 x 115.7 mm) H x W x D and Arc weighs 13.78 lbs (6.25 kg).

Pre-order today on Sonos.com in stunning black with matte finish or white with matte finish for $799 US (€899 EUR, €799).

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snelld

Avid Contributor I

I am contemplating upgrading my Beam to Arc for the main TV and redeploying the Beam to the smaller TV. I have my Beam mounted to the TV’s wall bracket using the Sonos Beam mount. Whilst I see it is desirable to keep some distance between the Arc and TV but this is not possible in my case as it hangs over a fireplace recess. How much would I be compromising the sound by mounting the Arc immediately under my TV and can the Arc mount be connected to my TV bracket to achieve this as per my Beam setup?

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Kimpalarsson

Contributor I

I got a LG Oled C7 with ARC but no eARC. I stream all my media off an Apple TV 4K. Will I be able to get Dolby Atmos?

From the asterisk section of Apple’s Dolby Atmos support page

“Apple TV 4K uses a high bandwidth form of Dolby Atmos that doesn’t work over ARC connections.”

sonows

Contributor II

If this had DTS support, I’d buy one today.

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donkuok

Contributor I

Ryan S. - Any issues with pairing the Sub gen 2 to the Arc? Any decreased functionality now? Just ordered 2 Arcs and want to make sure I don’t need to upgrade my subs yet.

Hope you love them! No issues to worry about at all. Arc will need products to be running Sonos S2, which the Sub gen2 is fully compatible with.

Hi Ryan, interested in upgrading to Arc, I have a sub but no idea if it’s a gen1 or gen2 how can I tell?

You can check it when you login into the Sonos website.

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Onkeldave

Lyricist II

Hey there,

@Ryan S

youmentioned earlier that there needs to be some space between the Arc and ceiling for the arc to reach the listener. My Playbar is currently mounted ca. 3ft 7in (110cm) under my ceiling because placing it under my tv on the board would block part of the TV screen. Using the same mount, would this be enough space or should I start looking for a higher stand for my TV?

Also, I am inclined to test it first before. During trueplay setup, will it indicate that the Arc needs to be placed lower in the room?

Thank you!

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ThegreekMoondog

Lyricist I

Hey there, I am an owner of numerous Sonos products plus a Sonos bridge but It been deactivated the last years , am I entitle for the trade in program and the 30% discount? I’m keen to purchase the arc, do you have any idea?

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mark@scan

Trending Lyricist I

Ryan S. - Any issues with pairing the Sub gen 2 to the Arc? Any decreased functionality now? Just ordered 2 Arcs and want to make sure I don’t need to upgrade my subs yet.

Hope you love them! No issues to worry about at all. Arc will need products to be running Sonos S2, which the Sub gen2 is fully compatible with.

Hi Ryan, interested in upgrading to Arc, I have a sub but no idea if it’s a gen1 or gen2 how can I tell?

You can check it when you login into the Sonos website.

Thanks for this, checked and confirmed it’s a gen2 so all good thanks again for you help

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eespinosa

Contributor II

Given that the speakers in the Arc adapt according to what is being played (Atmos/No Atmos) and whether 1's are already used as surrounds, is there a chance that the Arc might play nice in a system that already has fronts (L & R)? Can those redundant front drivers maybe be used for Atmos signals? Just a thought.

I wish theyhad a speaker with a similar form factor, but more up-firing speakers. I already have a Sonos Amp powering some floor-standing front speakers.

baardog

Avid Contributor III

Is a separate wall mounting bracket required for wall mounting?

Yes, there is a separate wall mount bracket, or you can use the Playbar wall mount if you have one.

Wow, so I can just swap out my PlayBar?

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dcb17

Trending Lyricist I

I got a LG Oled C7 with ARC but no eARC. I stream all my media off an Apple TV 4K. Will I be able to get Dolby Atmos?

From the asterisk section of Apple’s Dolby Atmos support page

“Apple TV 4K uses a high bandwidth form of Dolby Atmos that doesn’t work over ARC connections.”

No, unfortunately you will not. I’m in the same boat with a Samsung QLED from 2018 (the 2019+ versions are eARC capable). With Apple TV you need to plug directly into the sound bar and use the bar as an HDMI switch (which the Arc is not capable of), or have eARC on your TV. From what I can tell, there are no other options, unless there is some type of external HDMI switch that could work.

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