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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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    Ryan S
    Ryan SAuthor
    Retired Sonos Staff
    June 3, 2020

    I am a pre-release buyer. 

    The announced release date for the Arc is just a week away. With everything going on in the world right now, I’m just wondering if Sonos is still on target to hit 10 June or if that date has been revised?

    Has there been any word? 

    I’m in UK.   

    Well, my credit card was charged on Saturday (I pre-ordered 3 weeks ago) so I’m guessing they will start shipping imminently. 

    I pre ordered mine on May 23rd however they haven’t charged my card yet , so wondering if it’s still on schedule . Hopefully it still is as this is my 1st sonos and can’t wait to get a hand on it , besides my TV is lonely too for last 2 weeks without a 🔊.

    I pre-ordered on 28 May & as of today (3 June @ 1400 CST) my CC hasn’t been charged & my order status is back ordered.

    The order will get charged when the unit is shipped out.

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    Trending Lyricist I
    June 3, 2020

    The order will get charged when the unit is shipped out.

    Thx as always for the update/credible information Ryan.

    Trending Lyricist I
    June 3, 2020

    I am a pre-release buyer. 

    The announced release date for the Arc is just a week away. With everything going on in the world right now, I’m just wondering if Sonos is still on target to hit 10 June or if that date has been revised?

    Has there been any word? 

    I’m in UK.   

    Well, my credit card was charged on Saturday (I pre-ordered 3 weeks ago) so I’m guessing they will start shipping imminently. 

    I pre ordered mine on May 23rd however they haven’t charged my card yet , so wondering if it’s still on schedule . Hopefully it still is as this is my 1st sonos and can’t wait to get a hand on it , besides my TV is lonely too for last 2 weeks without a 🔊.

    I pre-ordered on 28 May & as of today (3 June @ 1400 CST) my CC hasn’t been charged & my order status is back ordered.

    My order has same status of “Back ordered” and I placed mine on May 23rd

    Airgetlam
    June 3, 2020

    It will likely stay in that state at least until June 10, and perhaps longer. 

    Bruce
    Trending Lyricist I
    June 3, 2020

    It will likely stay in that stateat least until June 10. 

    So doesn’t it mean we receive it by June 10th ?

    Airgetlam
    June 3, 2020

    Who knows. I don’t work for Sonos. But based on past performance, when something ships from Sonos, you get an email stating the fact that it shipped, and providing information about who it shipped with, and sometimes (always?) a tracking number. That would be a much more reliable way of confirming shipping and date to expect it than looking at a status on a sales page. 

    Bruce
    Trending Lyricist I
    June 3, 2020

    Who knows. I don’t work for Sonos. But based on past performance, when something ships from Sonos, you get an email stating the fact that it shipped, and providing information about who it shipped with, and sometimes (always?) a tracking number. That would be a much more reliable way of confirming shipping and date to expect it than looking at a status on a sales page. 

    Well stated & exactly how I envision it playing out, carry on Bruce you got this one covered.

    Ryan S
    Ryan SAuthor
    Retired Sonos Staff
    June 3, 2020

    We’ve updated the main thread on the request, but I wanted to share here as well:

    We will be adding Multi-Channel LPCM support to Arc as part of a future software update. We don’t have exact timing to share at this point and will update you when we do.

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    Airgetlam
    June 3, 2020

    Wow, kudos to the engineering team! Hope this makes many folks pleased!

    Bruce
    Trending Lyricist I
    June 4, 2020

    Congrats to the team for getting this release done and shipping units in the current state of affairs!

    Pre-ordered a white version on May 9th and still listed as in backorder. Still hopeful.

    Interesting quirk in that it doesn’t show up as an order when logged into the store, but does with that same email and the order number.