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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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    550 replies

    Lyricist III
    June 8, 2020

    The charge that was applied on Monday night remains 'pending' status in my bank account. I called my bank to see if there was a problem and they said Sonos' bank in the Netherlands hasn't fully completed the transaction on their end yet. 

     

    The fine print on standard shipping says 1-2 days in Europe, excluding weekends, so hopefully that means it will ship today to hit the 10 June date. Crossing fingers. 

    My status order just went from “back ordered” to “processing”. My Apple Card popped up as just charged, looks like we’re getting our Sonos ARC any day now. 🙂

    Is your order in USA ? 

    Yes, it is. 🙂

    Avid Contributor III
    June 8, 2020

    My status order just went from “back ordered” to “processing”. My Apple Card popped up as just charged, looks like we’re getting our Sonos ARC any day now. 🙂

    I’m not in the US, but that’s where my order’s been sat for the past week. Charged last Tuesday, still processing.

    Not complaining or anything. It’s just that I keep checking my account habitually.

     

    Trending Lyricist I
    June 8, 2020

    Just had my shipping confirmation. Woohoo. Best order the TV now. 

    Received my FedEx tr. # as well, order placed 28 May for a black Arc only & if FedEx picks it up later today as scheduled, it delivers this Thrs. to me in north Tx.

    Trending Lyricist I
    June 8, 2020

    “Exclusive Preorder. Be the first to get the newest products.”

     

    Cough. 

    Airgetlam
    June 8, 2020

    “Exclusive Preorder. Be the first to get the newest products.”

     

    Cough. 

    Lol, yes, it’s pure marketing speak, isn’t it? 

    Bruce
    Contributor I
    June 8, 2020

    Just received my shipping notice from FedEx .. I am in USA (California) .. ordered the 5.1.2 Entertainment Set with Arc & Sub G3 US (Black) on 5/6/20.  Shows that I should receive it on 6/10/20.  Keeping fingers crossed!

    Contributor III
    June 8, 2020

    Ok but off topic and may be a stupid question but I’ll ask anyway when you do true play tuning do you have the phone screen facing you or away from you

    Airgetlam
    June 8, 2020

    It tells you when you run it. As I recall, you turn your phone around so the ‘mic’ is pointing away from you. 

    Bruce
    Trending Lyricist I
    June 9, 2020

    The charge that was applied on Monday night remains 'pending' status in my bank account. I called my bank to see if there was a problem and they said Sonos' bank in the Netherlands hasn't fully completed the transaction on their end yet. 

     

    The fine print on standard shipping says 1-2 days in Europe, excluding weekends, so hopefully that means it will ship today to hit the 10 June date. Crossing fingers. 

    My status order just went from “back ordered” to “processing”. My Apple Card popped up as just charged, looks like we’re getting our Sonos ARC any day now. 🙂

    Is your order in USA ? 

    Yes, it is. 🙂

    I spoke to a sales agent regarding my order and shipment -  he was assuring , firstly asked what date did I see when I did a e-commerce purchase and I said June 10th so he said in that case I should see a tracking details by 10th or latest by Friday . If not asked me to respond to ticket he opened and sent via email . So best case is I get it by end of this week and worst case end of next week .

    Contributor I
    June 9, 2020

    Would an ARC be overkill for a 49” TV in a medium sized den?  It won’t be my main TV or theater area, but will be the only music source in the room.  Rest of house will also have Sonos products.