Adding Sub ( Gen 2 or 3) makes it 5.1 and adds ‘room-shaking’ to movies. Its body acts as a pretty effective bass radiator, e.g. Right-front up-firing (ditto to left front upwards = 1).Left-front up-firing (woofer but simulates the rear left speaker = 1).Centre-front (two woofers and a tweeter for speech enhancement = 3).Left-front (two full-range elliptical woofers, and a silk-dome tweeter = 3 speakers).The information below is a forerunner to that Guide.Ī quick Dolby Atmos overview (number of Sonos Arc speakers/amps in brackets) It clarifies what Atmos is and how you need to get several things right before you can actually get Atmos. What is a Sonos Arc 5.0 or 5.1 system?įirst we strongly suggest you read our “Dummies Guide to Dolby Atmos here. And if you have the Sonos Arc – Dolby Atmos decoding (it down-mixes any extra Dolby channels to 5.0). The new S2 software adds 24-bit, 44.1/48kHz, and FLAC/ALAC 1536kbps support for higher-resolution sound. If this does not mean a lot to you, read our Sound Signature tutorial here. To be fair, most MP3 music is still 16-bit/128kbps radio quality (otherwise the files are too large). So Sonos added support for 22, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48kHz (sample rates).
When Sonos was born in 2002, CD-quality 16-bit/16kHz was the bee’s knees. By all means, buy it, but there are lower-cost TV soundbars that can match it for sound fidelity. That is unless you are looking for a whole-of-home Sonos music and voice assistant experience. My strongest advice is that is it probably overkill. ‘Multi-room’ sets Sonos Arc apart from Samsung, LG, JBL and other soundbars – EXCEED Sonos Arc, Sub and One SL home theatre system Want to invest in this as part of a larger Sonos multi-room audio system.įor everyone else who have a typical non-Dolby TV, watch free-to-air channels and HD streams it simply is an expensive 2.0 stereo soundbar.Access to adequate 4K Dolby Vision/Atmos content (Blu-ray and premium 4K streaming services).Those with a recent 2019/20, 4K Dolby Vision/Atmos TVs.Things that prospective buyers need to consider as this shines in specific use cases. We discovered a few things about the Sonos Arc after adding the Sub Gen 3 and One SL ‘rear’ speakers.
I will only repeat salient points in this final review. We covered that in our first look article here. The new Sonos Arc and S2 app portend the new direction for Sonos.
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