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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).

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Well the other question is coming up is will the Sonos Arc really receive the HDMI direct like those soundbars …. there seems to be inconsistent answers.   It would take someone plugging and HDMI direct into a Beam to see if really will or not.

But assuming then it doesn’t work - a lot of switches already will extract HDMI ARC so just a matter of time before you can get a switch to do the eARC to the Sonos Arc (mouthful there).

The example Switch had 4 inputs and 2 ouputs (of which one currently can be ARC …. just need updated version that will also do eARC)…. at about $50 a lot cheaper then replacing TV.

A lot of hypotheticals right now - I’m sure a lot of creative solutions coming to get eARC ability for people on many things not just Sonos.   So a TV not having eARC shouldn’t be the biggest concern.

 

I spent a lot of time looking a few months ago and could not find any HDMI switches that would *generate* ARC output (use-case is a projector that doesn’t support ARC). Many HDMI switches will *accept* ARC input from one off their output ports (since ARC goes backward compared to normal input/output designations) and send that audio as the audio channel of normal HDMI and/or send the ARC channel back to active inputs (say a receiver). But none of the normal ones I found would create ARC from a normal HDMI audio input which is what the Beam requires when you don’t have a TV that will generate the ARC signal. The Beam won’t play audio from a normal HDMI signal - as others have noted it acts as a source device that outputs video and consumes audio over ARC only from what I tested.

I did find exactly one device that would generate an ARC signal either from a normal HDMI signal or from an optical input: https://www.sct.com.tw/ARC01.html The key is the embed functionality (as extract is common). There is no US distributor so I had to order direct from the manufacturer. The device works as advertised with my Beam. My original goal was to get HDMI-CEC working; I have not succeeded at that yet - but it may have to do with other issues in the HDMI switches I have connected. I haven’t diagnosed those yet to see if HDMI-CEC + ARC is viable for the beam with a non-ARC projector.

The ARC01 doesn’t support eHDMI; but I assume a similar device with eARC support would be required to use the Sonos Arc with a non-ARC TV/projector. It also doesn’t look like this functionality is common or widely-sought after given the lack of support in normal HDMI switches. It is too bad Sonos is sticking with a pure-eARC/ARC strategy unless they are willing to also produce useful converters. Love the speakers but dancing around limitations like ARC, lack of DTS support, etc is unfortunate when comparing to other options at this price point.

Hi JeffDs - you rock! Did the ARC01 from sc&t give a better audio performance vs the sonos optical/hdmi adapter? U give me hope that one day I'll be able to use the Sonos Arc with atmos.

 

I already pre-ordered the arc before I found a solution to all this. I reckon I can live with DDL5.1 (I have an Asus d2x that does dolby digital via optical from my pc) till someone out there figures out atmos from pc hdmi to the Sonos Arc. 

  1. I have had 4k movies with DD and DTS/DTS-HD/TrueHD, but since it is not supported on my current setup, I killed the DTS/DTS-HD/TrueHD track. Anyhow, I do not have Atmos movies. Basically need it for games and Netflix. Anyway, without eARC I will not be able to listen to DTS/DTS-HD/TrueHD tracks anyway

For netflix, you would not need an eARC connection.  Streaming services are likely going to be over DD+, which will work through ARC.  AppleTV seems to the exception to this, as it sometimes work with ARC, sometimes not, depending on the TV used.

Thanks. I have done more investigation and come to the following article:https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2017/10/16/new-lg-oled-tv-update-introduces-two-major-new-features/amp/

It looks like my TV is able to push TrueHD over HDMI (2.0 ARC). Now I am confused. Will Sonos ARC accept TrueHD from TV?

Thanks. I have done more investigation and come to the following article:https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2017/10/16/new-lg-oled-tv-update-introduces-two-major-new-features/amp/

It looks like my TV is able to push TrueHD over HDMI (2.0 ARC). Now I am confused. Will Sonos ARC accept TrueHD from TV?

 

Yes. 

I’m wondering what the new Sonos support available in June will mean to me. I’m a 5.1 Playbase+Sub+ 2xPlay 1s.  If I remain with the Playbase with my Sony KD-43XE7073 connected via Optical, what Additional audio formats are likely to be available  ?
 

I’m wondering what the new Sonos support available in June will mean to me. I’m a 5.1 Playbase+Sub+ 2xPlay 1s.  If I remain with the Playbase with my Sony KD-43XE7073 connected via Optical, what Additional audio formats are likely to be available  ?
 

 

Nobody knows.  We have to wait till the release. 

I’m wondering what the new Sonos support available in June will mean to me. I’m a 5.1 Playbase+Sub+ 2xPlay 1s.  If I remain with the Playbase with my Sony KD-43XE7073 connected via Optical, what Additional audio formats are likely to be available  ?
 

None. Optical is hard limited. 380kbps bandwidth max. You physically can’t push something higher than DD 5.1 compressed (AC3) 

What would be the best satellites for Sonos ARC surround set? 

Hi all. Great discussion on the Arc capabilites. Does anyone know if the Arc would work if I output video leveraging one HDMI output and the audio on another using eARC on a receiver like the Sony STR-DN1080, which sports two outputs? I like many have a 2018 TV that does not support eARC, but I’d love to find a way to have ATMOS sound in its uncropressed format. Thanks!

@Gabilin, most people find the Sonos One series to be an outstanding, and beneficially inexpensive solution for surrounds. I would recommend the Sonos One SL in particular, since the Arc will already have the microphones for hooking up to a voice assistant. 

Hi all. Great discussion on the Arc capabilites. Does anyone know if the Arc would work if I output video leveraging one HDMI output and the audio on another using eARC on a receiver like the Sony STR-DN1080, which sports two outputs? I like many have a 2018 TV that does not support eARC, but I’d love to find a way to have ATMOS sound in its uncropressed format. Thanks!

 

That doesn’t sound like it’s going to work . The eARC connection on the receiver and the eARC are both essentially HDMI outputs, both looking to receive audio through the eARC channels.

Hi,

How does the pre-order work with Sonos? If I order the whole 5.1.2 set with Arc, Sub and One SL then will they all be shipped together in June? And will I get charged now for the whole amount OR amount is charged to my card when the order ships?

Most likely you’ll get Dolby Digital Plus with that setup, which is capable of passing compressed Dolby Atmos content, if that is available. The big question is if your Apple TV will be sending Atmos content. From what others have posted, and what’s shared on their page here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204069, the Apple TV’s Atmos content will only be playable when using HDMI-eARC from your TV to your soundbar, because they only use the high quality formats of Dolby Atmos. This would be a good question to ask Apple or perhaps your TV manufacturer. The Sonos Arc will play Atmos from Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, and Dolby MAT, you just have to get that audio to us. 

I’ve checked with some people who have tested the Sonos Arc with Apple TV and some of them have gotten Atmos content even without eARC connections, so ultimately I think it depends on your TV and if it can send the Dolby Atmos signal over ARC.

Thanks for your great answer! This means I’ll try before buying a new TV. Because I seems like the Arc itself is a big upgrade from the Playbar, Atmos or not. 

I have lg oled c8 and samsung hw-q96 7.1.4 system. I have put my Appletv direct into lg oled with arc to my samsung soundbar and can confirme that Atmos is working.

Will the Arc play Amazon Music HD Atmos tracks wirelessly through the Sonos App/Alexa?

Hi,

How does the pre-order work with Sonos? If I order the whole 5.1.2 set with Arc, Sub and One SL then will they all be shipped together in June? And will I get charged now for the whole amount OR amount is charged to my card when the order ships?

Preorders get charged when we ship the product out to you, though a temporary request to confirm that the card used is valid may show up as a charge briefly.

 

Will the Arc play Amazon Music HD Atmos tracks wirelessly through the Sonos App/Alexa?

Amazon Music HD is only available on Sonos in the standard HD format, not using Atmos audio. For now, no word on that changing with Arc joining the lineup.

I did a little research as the TV I bought last year still didn’t have eARC.

Looks like for full uncompressed Dolby Digital TruHD Atmos you need eArc.

But with regular ARC you get Dolby Digital Plus (compressed version) Atmos.    This makes it compatible with most TVs after about 2016.

I just played Disney+ on my TV and say it is coming in as DD+ as I would want (but TV transcoding to DD for the Beam).

I think this statement is generally true, unless your source is an Apple TV 4K.  From my understanding, the ATV will NOT pass the Atmos stream with DD+, but rather within a MAT container which requires eARC (specifies on Apple website that you need higher bandwidth). Apple encourages a direct connection to the soundbar, which obviously requires multiple HDMI ports vs. the Arc’s one.  

Sadly for me, this makes it a non-starter at the moment, as my 2018 QLED does not have eARC and my wife and kids are well entrenched in using Apple TV for nearly everything, so replacing that is really not an option (and my TV is otherwise perfectly fine). 

Not trying to rain on parades, but hadn’t seen the ATV thing quoted here and since a lot of people use this, would be something you need to know up front before purchasing. 

Did not know that about the Apple TV… that is a huge bummer.  I see that now on ATV’s support page: “Apple TV 4K uses a high bandwidth form of Dolby Atmos that doesn’t work over ARC connections.”

Being that the “Apple TV 4K uses a high bandwidth form of Dolby Atmos that doesn’t work over ARC connections.”  Is there a streaming device out there that would allow this?

 

@Ryan S 

Ok, so I've read every comment on this topic and thought I had it straight in my head as to how my system would work if I ordered an arc, but a call to the Sonos sales team has left me confused again.

I've got a 2016 LG TV that has 1 HDMI Arc socket. I've looked in the sound settings on the tv and it shows Digital Plus compatibility which from reading some of the posts here I understand to mean that I'd be able to get compressed Dolby Atmos, however the Sonos sales guy said that this wasn't necessarily the case and that my TV would also need to be able to decode the Atmos signal (he mentioned codecs but didn't go in to detail).......is this right?

Being that the “Apple TV 4K uses a high bandwidth form of Dolby Atmos that doesn’t work over ARC connections.”  Is there a streaming device out there that would allow this?

 

 

Roku Ultra and Fire Stick 4K both will do Atmos via DD+. 

I did a little research as the TV I bought last year still didn’t have eARC.

Looks like for full uncompressed Dolby Digital TruHD Atmos you need eArc.

But with regular ARC you get Dolby Digital Plus (compressed version) Atmos.    This makes it compatible with most TVs after about 2016.

I just played Disney+ on my TV and say it is coming in as DD+ as I would want (but TV transcoding to DD for the Beam).

I think this statement is generally true, unless your source is an Apple TV 4K.  From my understanding, the ATV will NOT pass the Atmos stream with DD+, but rather within a MAT container which requires eARC (specifies on Apple website that you need higher bandwidth). Apple encourages a direct connection to the soundbar, which obviously requires multiple HDMI ports vs. the Arc’s one.  

Sadly for me, this makes it a non-starter at the moment, as my 2018 QLED does not have eARC and my wife and kids are well entrenched in using Apple TV for nearly everything, so replacing that is really not an option (and my TV is otherwise perfectly fine). 

Not trying to rain on parades, but hadn’t seen the ATV thing quoted here and since a lot of people use this, would be something you need to know up front before purchasing. 

Did not know that about the Apple TV… that is a huge bummer.  I see that now on ATV’s support page: “Apple TV 4K uses a high bandwidth form of Dolby Atmos that doesn’t work over ARC connections.”

Being that the “Apple TV 4K uses a high bandwidth form of Dolby Atmos that doesn’t work over ARC connections.”  Is there a streaming device out there that would allow this?

Nvidia Shield would also be a good option. 

Well the other question is coming up is will the Sonos Arc really receive the HDMI direct like those soundbars …. there seems to be inconsistent answers.   It would take someone plugging and HDMI direct into a Beam to see if really will or not.

But assuming then it doesn’t work - a lot of switches already will extract HDMI ARC so just a matter of time before you can get a switch to do the eARC to the Sonos Arc (mouthful there).

The example Switch had 4 inputs and 2 ouputs (of which one currently can be ARC …. just need updated version that will also do eARC)…. at about $50 a lot cheaper then replacing TV.

A lot of hypotheticals right now - I’m sure a lot of creative solutions coming to get eARC ability for people on many things not just Sonos.   So a TV not having eARC shouldn’t be the biggest concern.

 

I spent a lot of time looking a few months ago and could not find any HDMI switches that would *generate* ARC output (use-case is a projector that doesn’t support ARC). Many HDMI switches will *accept* ARC input from one off their output ports (since ARC goes backward compared to normal input/output designations) and send that audio as the audio channel of normal HDMI and/or send the ARC channel back to active inputs (say a receiver). But none of the normal ones I found would create ARC from a normal HDMI audio input which is what the Beam requires when you don’t have a TV that will generate the ARC signal. The Beam won’t play audio from a normal HDMI signal - as others have noted it acts as a source device that outputs video and consumes audio over ARC only from what I tested.

I did find exactly one device that would generate an ARC signal either from a normal HDMI signal or from an optical input: https://www.sct.com.tw/ARC01.html The key is the embed functionality (as extract is common). There is no US distributor so I had to order direct from the manufacturer. The device works as advertised with my Beam. My original goal was to get HDMI-CEC working; I have not succeeded at that yet - but it may have to do with other issues in the HDMI switches I have connected. I haven’t diagnosed those yet to see if HDMI-CEC + ARC is viable for the beam with a non-ARC projector.

The ARC01 doesn’t support eHDMI; but I assume a similar device with eARC support would be required to use the Sonos Arc with a non-ARC TV/projector. It also doesn’t look like this functionality is common or widely-sought after given the lack of support in normal HDMI switches. It is too bad Sonos is sticking with a pure-eARC/ARC strategy unless they are willing to also produce useful converters. Love the speakers but dancing around limitations like ARC, lack of DTS support, etc is unfortunate when comparing to other options at this price point.

Jeff, how does your hookup work? I’ve found this eARC embedder https://www.gomax-electronics.com.tw/products/view/108 and was wondering how I would hook this up to the arc if I wanted a TrueHD signal going from Nvidia Shield to the Arc, if this product worked in theory. Would this product simply be the in between, between the Arc and TV, and TrueHD would just pass through my TV? I have a 2016 LG B6. 

Jeff, how does your hookup work? I’ve found this eARC embedder https://www.gomax-electronics.com.tw/products/view/108 and was wondering how I would hook this up to the arc if I wanted a TrueHD signal going from Nvidia Shield to the Arc, if this product worked in theory. Would this product simply be the in between, between the Arc and TV, and TrueHD would just pass through my TV? I have a 2016 LG B6. 

 

Looking at the description of the product, I don’t think this will work.  It looks like it would take the audio signal out of HDMI, include ARC and eARC signals, and pass them on throuh toslink/optical.  It does not look as though it can generate an ARC or eARC signal where one didn’t exist already.

A couple of such ARC embedders have been referred to. The problem is that they only appear to encode an S/PDIF or 3.5mm onto the ARC/eARC. By definition this would be limited to DD, or mere stereo.

 

Jeff, how does your hookup work? I’ve found this eARC embedder https://www.gomax-electronics.com.tw/products/view/108 and was wondering how I would hook this up to the arc if I wanted a TrueHD signal going from Nvidia Shield to the Arc, if this product worked in theory. Would this product simply be the in between, between the Arc and TV, and TrueHD would just pass through my TV? I have a 2016 LG B6. 

 

Looking at the description of the product, I don’t think this will work.  It looks like it would take the audio signal out of HDMI, include ARC and eARC signals, and pass them on throuh toslink/optical.  It does not look as though it can generate an ARC or eARC signal where one didn’t exist already.

I see what you are talking about.  I wasn’t getting my hopes up but had some hope haha. I’ve been in contact with HDFury and they have said that they’re thinking of developing such a product for Sonos. If theoretically such a device was capable, how would the hook up look like between a streaming device, Arc and TV? Would the device need 2 HDMI outs for example, one to the TV and another to the Arc? 

Jeff, how does your hookup work? I’ve found this eARC embedder https://www.gomax-electronics.com.tw/products/view/108 and was wondering how I would hook this up to the arc if I wanted a TrueHD signal going from Nvidia Shield to the Arc, if this product worked in theory. Would this product simply be the in between, between the Arc and TV, and TrueHD would just pass through my TV? I have a 2016 LG B6. 

 

Looking at the description of the product, I don’t think this will work.  It looks like it would take the audio signal out of HDMI, include ARC and eARC signals, and pass them on throuh toslink/optical.  It does not look as though it can generate an ARC or eARC signal where one didn’t exist already.

I see what you are talking about.  I wasn’t getting my hopes up but had some hope haha. I’ve been in contact with HDFury and they have said that they’re thinking of developing such a product for Sonos. If theoretically such a device was capable, how would the hook up look like between a streaming device, Arc and TV? Would the device need 2 HDMI outs for example, one to the TV and another to the Arc? 

That would be interesting, if such as device was able to pull say Atmos/DD+ off a streaming stick and pipe it out as ARC or eARC.

Technically it would have two inputs and one output. One input would accept the streaming device, and the other would be ARC/eARC as on a TV, delivering the audio as the return channel. The output would connect on to the TV’s regular HDMI input.

Just had email confirmation from LG that my TV (LG60UH650V) doesn’t support Atmos despite supporting Dolby Digital Plus and having a HDMI ARC, I thought that DD+ and Atmos went hand in hand, am I wrong?

So assuming my TV doesn’t do Atmos, is there any configuration of HDMI cabling that would work that negates the need for me to go out and buy a new TV, my main source is an Amazon Fire TV.

I too am disappointed by the lack of HDMI pass through, options etc. I have a 2019 Quantum TV with no eARC. I like my TV. We watch 90% of my content through our Apple TV. I am more than happy with my picture quality and don’t want a new TV. My wife would rightly be irritated since my ‘old’ tv was only 3 years old when I declared an upgrade necessary! I don’t need or want a new TV! 

I really, really, want a bigger more powerful sound bar than my beam. And I wanted Atmos. I was excited by the Arc. And now, seriously, one HDMI port. I can’t get Atmos from my ATV. And even if I could I want the MAX quality! Even if there was a way with a splitter or such its just a layer of complication that will irritate me when it’s quirky. 

I have Sonos because I like it’s relative simplicity. I don’t post much but when I do I’ve been accused of working for Sonos since I am generally very positive to Sonos. I like Sonos. I am just disappointed at the Arc and it’s lack of options. I wonder if we did a pole today how many of us have TV’s with eARC? By the time I get a new TV the Arc 2 may be out!

I am all for designing products that work for tomorrow, but make it practical today. I’ll stick with my beam, my SUB and play surrounds for now. And I will brood at my lack of Atmos as I walk around my house, and when my wife gives me the eye roll I will retort with ‘I know I know, 1st world problem, but COME ON SONOS!’. I really want more oomph and Atmos! I want to keep my house simple so I want SONOS to provide it for me!!

Hey Britishwonderings, like you I have to run all big purchases past my partner. I’m lucky my LG C9 supports eARC and I do 90% of my viewing on Apple TV which supports atmos content on the LG pass through I just need SONOS to add a HDMI pass through to their Arc sound bar then I’d order it tomorrow. 
 

the poll you mentioned if they did on the community forum would say one thing to that of a general consumer. We’re all hardened SONOS fans and users of course we’d want pass through. I do wonder how many of their non technical consumers would want it, know what it is or even feel the need for it. 

That said if they’re not in the SONOS crowd with minimal knowledge they’d probably by a cheap LG or Sony soundbar and woofer. 

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