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Ryan S
Retired Sonos Staff
May 6, 2020

Meet Arc, Brilliant sound for your TV

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  • May 6, 2020
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Meet Arc, Brilliant sound for your TV

Available on June 10th, Sonos Arc is the premium smart soundbar for TV, movies, music, gaming, and more. Arc brings brilliant surround sound in 3D, along with immersive music, elegant design, and voice control built in. Experience shows, films, and games with the precise and immersive sound of Dolby Atmos, and enjoy incredible sound streaming music, podcasts, and audiobooks. 

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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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    Lyricist II
    May 26, 2020

    Go the other way… The new Nebula Cosmos 4K projector (Indiegogo) will be able to support eARC and it has two HDMI so you can connect AppleTV or Fire TV cube to one port and use the eARC HDMI slot for Sonos ARC. Expensive solution but on the other hand you can enjoy native 4K and Dolby Atmos 🙂 Time to upgrade….  

    Ryan S
    Ryan SAuthor
    Retired Sonos Staff
    May 26, 2020

    @Ryan S

    I noticed you mentioned the Arc needs about 10-15cm distance from the TV and to the sides. Does that count for the bottom also when wall mounted?

    My Arc will be mounted about 10cm below the TV, but perhaps only 5cm above the credenza (I prefer wall mounting to hide cables and such).

    Or would it be better to raise the TV a little, having 10cm above and below the Arc?

    Also, when will the manual for both the Arc and its mount be online? I'd like to plan ahead. Or do we really need to wait until the 10th of June?

    That setup should be just fine without moving the TV. There isn’t the same minimum distance guidance below the Arc when mounted.

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    Trending Lyricist I
    May 26, 2020

    Go the other way… The new Nebula Cosmos 4K projector (Indiegogo) will be able to support eARC and it has two HDMI so you can connect AppleTV or Fire TV cube to one port and use the eARC HDMI slot for Sonos ARC. Expensive solution but on the other hand you can enjoy native 4K and Dolby Atmos 🙂 Time to upgrade….  

    I might just buy a cheap 43’ Samsung TU8000 put it to the side and dim it, then use a splitter to feed that and the projector. Then the Samsung feeds the Arc with it’s eArc. Oh this is what it takes to get Sonos Arc to work in a proper HT setup. lol

    orangeboy
    Lyricist II
    May 27, 2020

    The lack oh HDMI input on ARC poses a lot of limitations. No TV will ever offer more versatility than an external streamer/player (like shield). Too bad there is no hdmi in. Still looking for workarounds to pull the trigger on ARC

    jgatie
    May 27, 2020

    The lack oh HDMI input on ARC poses a lot of limitations. No TV will ever offer more versatility than an external streamer/player (like shield). Too bad there is no hdmi in. Still looking for workarounds to pull the trigger on ARC

     

    You can still use an external streamer.  You would connect the streamer to the HDMI input on the TV, and the Arc to the HDMI-ARC output on the TV.  

    orangeboy
    Lyricist II
    May 27, 2020

    Will this setup shield <> TV <> ARC also pass lossless atmos (local content) ? What do I need to look on the tv regarding passthrough codecs? Is simply having eARC HDMI in enough?

    Airgetlam
    May 27, 2020

    Depends on your TV, not the Sonos. Check with the manufacturer of your TV set. 

    Bruce
    jgatie
    May 27, 2020

    Will this setup shield <> TV <> ARC also pass lossless atmos (local content) ? What do I need to look on the tv regarding passthrough codecs? Is simply having eARC HDMI in enough?

     

    It depends on the TV, but if it does have eARC, odds are very high that it will.  ARC is a little iffy. 

    Contributor I
    May 27, 2020

    Is there any inherent advantage to wall mounting the Arc versus sitting it on credenza or shelf below the TV screen?

    Airgetlam
    May 27, 2020

    I wouldn’t think so, given appropriate/equivalent spacing. There are no downward firing speakers. But, given that none of us own one yet, it’s pure speculation. 

    Bruce