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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).

We’ve announced details for the Sonos Five and new Sonos Sub. You can also check out our blog for some great stories.

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melvimbe

If the beam and ARC both have the same drivers and what makes ARC sound better or bigger as they are saying?

More speakers and drivers, better stereo separation, different codecs supportted, etc.

By ‘same drivers’ do you mean the class D amplifers?

Danny

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mewantsonos

Trending Lyricist I

If the beam and ARC both have the same drivers and what makes ARC sound better or bigger as they are saying?

More speakers and drivers, better stereo separation, different codecs supportted, etc.

By ‘same drivers’ do you mean the class D amplifers?

By same drivers I mean same sized speakers same class d amps… beam has 4 drivers that cover front LR and center, ARC has 4 drivers from front LR and center with additional side and upfiring drivers that will only make a difference when atmos is working? My question is how would it sound better or bigger when playing 5.1 content and using a sub and rear speakers with both the systems?

jgatie

By same drivers I mean same sized speakers same class d amps… beam has 4 drivers that cover front LR and center, ARC has 4 drivers from front LR and center with additional side and upfiring drivers that will only make a difference when atmos is working? My question is how would it sound better or bigger when playing 5.1 content and using a sub and rear speakers with both the systems?

For one, the Arc is almost twice as wide as the Beam, giving a wider soundstage.

melvimbe

If the beam and ARC both have the same drivers and what makes ARC sound better or bigger as they are saying?

More speakers and drivers, better stereo separation, different codecs supportted, etc.

By ‘same drivers’ do you mean the class D amplifers?

By same drivers I mean same sized speakers same class d amps… beam has 4 drivers that cover front LR and center, ARC has 4 drivers from front LR and center with additional side and upfiring drivers that will only make a difference when atmos is working? My question is how would it sound better or bigger when playing 5.1 content and using a sub and rear speakers with both the systems?

You’ll get part of your answer by googling the exploded views of the Beam and Arc. You can see that the layout is different, 2 of the driver’s you’re counting are actually side firing on the Beam. There is also only 1 tweeter in the Beam, compared to the 3 in the Arc. As well, it’s my understanding that the up firing speakers and side speakers aren’t dormant during non-Atmos playback. What that means exactly, couldn’t say. And of course, there’s more stereo separation.

Danny

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mewantsonos

Trending Lyricist I

By same drivers I mean same sized speakers same class d amps… beam has 4 drivers that cover front LR and center, ARC has 4 drivers from front LR and center with additional side and upfiring drivers that will only make a difference when atmos is working? My question is how would it sound better or bigger when playing 5.1 content and using a sub and rear speakers with both the systems?

For one, the Arc is almost twice as wide as the Beam, giving a wider soundstage.

If you look at how far apart the left and right speakers are on both you’ll see there isnt much difference. I think the only way you’ll notice a difference is when you play atmos content and thats it. Those side firing speakers dont work when you have rear speakers attached.

jgatie

If you look at how far apart the left and right speakers are on both you’ll see there isnt much difference. I think the only way you’ll notice a difference is when you play atmos content and thats it. Those side firing speakers dont work when you have rear speakers attached.

Whatever. I’ll bow out of this now. I’m not arguing over the performance of a unit that no one has even seen or heard.

melvimbe

By same drivers I mean same sized speakers same class d amps… beam has 4 drivers that cover front LR and center, ARC has 4 drivers from front LR and center with additional side and upfiring drivers that will only make a difference when atmos is working? My question is how would it sound better or bigger when playing 5.1 content and using a sub and rear speakers with both the systems?

For one, the Arc is almost twice as wide as the Beam, giving a wider soundstage.

If you look at how far apart the left and right speakers are on both you’ll see there isnt much difference. I think the only way you’ll notice a difference is when you play atmos content and thats it. Those side firing speakers dont work when you have rear speakers attached.

Not sure where you’re getting your information from, but I believe I’ve read Sonos stating that the side speakers are working when in 5.1. And if that’s the case, why would you think the side firing speakers on the Beam are working for 5.1? Taking another angle, the playbar clearly sounds better than the Beam. You’re saying Sonos took a step back for 5.1 audio with the Arc? This doesn’t add up. I’ll go ahead and try it out for myself, or someone else who’s heard the two soundbars.

Danny

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CA-Brett

Lyricist III

Hi everyone, I will be replacing my Beam with the Arc in our family room. I have the Beam power cord fished through the wall adjacent to the fire place and I am hoping the Arc uses the same power cord so I don’t have to run that through the wall again? Thanks!

Similar question, can I repurpose the power cord from my Playbar or do I need to run a new cable?

Thanks!

@dssss and @lovetractor, the Playbar uses a different power cable than the Beam and Arc, but the Beam power cable I believe is the same one. The connection looks to be the same but I’ll check with the team on the rating and will let you know if it’s different in some meaningful way.

Hi -

I have the same question; and have looked for a response on this - but don’t see one. Was this question ever answered?

Thanks!

Ryan SAuthor

Retired Sonos Staff

By same drivers I mean same sized speakers same class d amps… beam has 4 drivers that cover front LR and center, ARC has 4 drivers from front LR and center with additional side and upfiring drivers that will only make a difference when atmos is working? My question is how would it sound better or bigger when playing 5.1 content and using a sub and rear speakers with both the systems?

For one, the Arc is almost twice as wide as the Beam, giving a wider soundstage.

If you look at how far apart the left and right speakers are on both you’ll see there isnt much difference. I think the only way you’ll notice a difference is when you play atmos content and thats it. Those side firing speakers dont work when you have rear speakers attached.

The woofers are different between the Beam and the Arc, but based on a similar design and are an evolution from what we created for Beam. The tweeters are the same as the tweeter in Beam, but use different wave guides. Which all may be more technical than you’re looking for.

If it helps, I have both, and the Arc sounds way bigger, louder, and better than the Beam. But you won’t have to take my word for it, read the reviews as they come out and you can see what people think of the sound.

Mark good posts by pressing the like button, and select the best answer on questions you've asked to help others find solutions.

Ryan SAuthor

Retired Sonos Staff

Hi everyone, I will be replacing my Beam with the Arc in our family room. I have the Beam power cord fished through the wall adjacent to the fire place and I am hoping the Arc uses the same power cord so I don’t have to run that through the wall again? Thanks!

Similar question, can I repurpose the power cord from my Playbar or do I need to run a new cable?

Thanks!

@dssss and @lovetractor, the Playbar uses a different power cable than the Beam and Arc, but the Beam power cable I believe is the same one. The connection looks to be the same but I’ll check with the team on the rating and will let you know if it’s different in some meaningful way.

Hi -

I have the same question; and have looked for a response on this - but don’t see one. Was this question ever answered?

Thanks!

I checked and there wasn’t a difference in the power cord between the Beam and the Arc, they’re using the same cable.

Mark good posts by pressing the like button, and select the best answer on questions you've asked to help others find solutions.

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