{"id":3764,"date":"2020-06-04T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/blog\/sonos-arc-review-a-great-soundbar-for-any-home-theater-even-if-its-not-all-that-it-could-have-been\/"},"modified":"2020-06-04T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T13:00:00","slug":"sonos-arc-review-a-great-soundbar-for-any-home-theater-even-if-its-not-all-that-it-could-have-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/sonos-arc-review-a-great-soundbar-for-any-home-theater-even-if-its-not-all-that-it-could-have-been\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonos Arc review: A great soundbar for any home theater, even if it\u2019s not all that it could have been"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n[responsivevoice_button rate=&#8221;1\u2033 pitch=&#8221;1.2\u2033 volume=&#8221;0.8\u2033 voice=&#8221;US English Female&#8221; buttontext=&#8221;Story in Audio&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Sonos Arc review: A great soundbar for any home theater, even if it\u2019s not all that it could have been<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"drr-container\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<p>The Sonos Arc is an exceptional soundbar, and not just because it supports the immersive audio format Dolby Atmos. But the Arc has a couple of significant shortcomings, only one of which might eventually be remedied. The only way to completely get around the <em>other<\/em> limitation is to connect the Arc to a late-model TV that supports HDMI with eARC (the enhanced Audio Return Channel that has three times the bandwidth of the older HDMI ARC. You can read all about eARC in this story.)<\/p>\n<p>Let me be up front: I really, really like the Sonos Arc\u2014hence my bottom-line score. It\u2019s beautiful to look at, Sonos is the undisputed master of mainstream multi-room audio, and it sounds absolutely fantastic with both movies and music. Also, Dolby Atmos support isn\u2019t the only reason it\u2019s such a great speaker. But since either or both of the limitations I\u2019ve alluded to might be showstoppers for some, let me delve into just a little detail on that early on.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"large \"><a class=\"zoom\" href=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/sonos-arc-back-panel-100847987-orig.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"sonos arc back panel\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-imageid=\"100847987\" data-license=\"IDG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/sonos-arc-back-panel-100847987-large.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> <small class=\"credit\">Michael Brown \/ IDG<\/small><figcaption>\n<p>The Sonos Arc\u2019s single-biggest shortcoming: It\u2019s equipped with just one HDMI port (it\u2019s on the left side in this photo, opposite the power connection).<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Sonos Arc limitations<\/h2>\n<p>The first issue is that Sonos elected to not support multi-channel LPCM audio\u2014at least not at launch. A Sonos spokesperson told me the company plans to release a firmware update to add that feature, but couldn\u2019t give me a date. If you\u2019re not a gamer, you might not care about this. But if you are and the Nintendo Switch is your gaming console of choice, this will bum you out because LPCM is the only type of multi-channel audio the Switch supports (you <em>will<\/em> get audio from a Switch connected to the Arc, it just won\u2019t be surround sound). Microsoft\u2019s Xbox and Sony\u2019s PlayStation both support Dolby Atmos, although not every <em>game<\/em> developed for those platforms does (in fact, many use multi-channel LPCM audio). Even then, the Arc\u2019s second limitation could render the Xbox\u2019s and PlayStation\u2019s Atmos capabilities moot.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-style: italic; -en-clipboard: true;\">This review is part of TechHive\u2019s coverage of the best soundbars, <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">where you\u2019ll find<\/span> <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">reviews of competing products, plus a buyer\u2019s guide to the features you should consider when shopping.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"emo emo-sb\">\n<h6 class=\"nav-title\">Mentioned in this article<\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<p>That second issue is more problematic because it\u2019s physical: The Arc has just one HDMI port. While that port supports both the original ARC and the higher-bandwidth eARC, it depends rather heavily on the capabilities of the TV you\u2019re connecting it to. If you own a very recent model TV that <em>also<\/em> supports eARC, you\u2019re golden. You\u2019ll connect your Atmos-supporting source device\u2014a Blu-ray player, a game console, an Apple TV 4K, or an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K, for example\u2014to your TV\u2019s HDMI ports, and you\u2019ll plug the Arc into the TV\u2019s eARC port.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a recent-model smart TV, its built-in apps might even offer direct support for Dolby Atmos, so you won\u2019t need a separate box. Either way, your TV will send audio information, including Dolby Atmos, to the Arc over an HDMI cable and all will be right with the world.<\/p>\n<p>TVs with eARC, however, didn\u2019t start trickling into the market until 2018. To get around this limitation, Sonos could have followed the example of some other soundbar manufacturers and built two or more HDMI ports into the Arc: You would have used HDMI ARC to send audio from the TV\u2019s tuner, apps, and other sources to the Arc, and the Arc\u2019s second HDMI port would receive audio from a Blu-ray player or set-top box. That\u2019s how Samsung engineered our current top pick in the high-end soundbar category, the 7.1.4-channel HW-Q90R.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"large \"><a class=\"zoom\" href=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/left-end-of-sonos-arc-100847988-orig.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"left end of sonos arc\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-imageid=\"100847988\" data-license=\"IDG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/left-end-of-sonos-arc-100847988-large.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> <small class=\"credit\">Michael Brown \/ IDG<\/small><figcaption>\n<p>Woofers on each end of the Sonos Arc can bounce sound off the walls on either side of the speaker to simulate front surround speakers.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And if you want the <em>best<\/em> audio experience that Dolby can deliver today\u2014lossless audio in the form of Dolby TrueHD, and immersive audio in the form of Dolby Atmos\u2014you\u2019ll want to watch movies on discs played on a 4K UHD Blu-ray player. Yeah, that\u2019s old-school, but it means you don\u2019t need to have very high-speed internet, which isn\u2019t available everywhere. Streaming services like Netflix embed Dolby Atmos data in the lossy Dolby Digital Plus to reduce the bandwidth requirements, but most only offer it with their 4K service tiers, which are still out of reach of those with modest internet connections. Netflix, for example, recommends having a consistent minimum download speed of 25 megabits per second to get it.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you don\u2019t have fast internet, you can\u2019t get Dolby Atmos on the Arc from streaming services, and if your TV doesn\u2019t have eARC, you can\u2019t get Dolby Atmos on the Arc from your Blu-ray player. I couldn\u2019t evaluate Dolby Atmos on the Arc because I don\u2019t have either: The fastest internet I can get where I live is about 16Mbps, and the mid-range 2017 Samsung QLED TV I use (specifically, model number QN55Q7FAMF) doesn\u2019t support eARC. When I connected the Arc to the Samsung, the best audio I could get was Dolby Digital 5.1, even with a high-end Cambridge Audio CXUHD 4K UHD Blu-ray player. If the Arc had two HDMI ports, or if the TV supported eARC, I could have listened to Dolby Atmos with Dolby TrueHD with the Blu-ray player.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"nativo-promo nativo-promo-1 smartphone tablet desktop\" id=\"\"\/>\n<p>Whether bean counters dictated that the Arc should have just one HDMI port, or it was a benign desire for simplicity on the part of the product team, the result will be equally unfortunate for a lot of people who\u2019d like to experience Dolby Atmos, but don\u2019t have a TV that supports eARC. It\u2019s a curious limitation either way, because Sonos includes an HDMI-to-Toslink optical adapter in the box to accommodate even <em>older<\/em> TVs that don\u2019t have HDMI at all. You can\u2019t get Dolby Atmos that way either, of course, because Toslink doesn\u2019t have sufficient bandwidth to handle Dolby Digital Plus <em>or<\/em> Dolby TrueHD.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"large \"><a class=\"zoom\" href=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/the-lone-led-on-the-sonos-arc-100847990-orig.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"the lone led on the sonos arc\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-imageid=\"100847990\" data-license=\"IDG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/the-lone-led-on-the-sonos-arc-100847990-large.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> <small class=\"credit\">Michael Brown \/ IDG<\/small><figcaption>\n<p>The status LED will dim in accordance with the ambient light in the room, or you can turn it off altogether.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Inside the Arc<\/h2>\n<p>Designed for use with larger TVs, the 45-inch wide Arc is an imposing yet elegant-looking soundbar, with a face that curves over a 270-degree angle (it\u2019s available in black or white). Eight elliptical woofers and three silk-dome tweeters reside behind its grill, each driven by a discrete Class D amplifier. Two of the woofers are mounted on top to bounce height cues off your home theater\u2019s ceiling, and two are mounted on end caps to reflect sound off your walls.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"emo emo-sb\">\n<h6 class=\"nav-title\">Mentioned in this article<\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<p>There\u2019s a built-in far-field microphone array for summoning either Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant (your choice, but only one can be active at a time). An integrated IR receiver allows you to use your TV\u2019s remote to control the volume. Capacitive touch controls on the center top of the speaker are provided for play\/pause, volume up\/down, and to mute the microphone array. Swiping across this surface moves you up and down your current playlist. A single LED reports the speaker\u2019s status, and automatically adjusts its brightness based on the ambient light in the room.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"large \"><a class=\"zoom\" href=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/capacitive-touch-controls-on-sonos-arc-100847986-orig.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"capacitive touch controls on sonos arc\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-imageid=\"100847986\" data-license=\"IDG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/capacitive-touch-controls-on-sonos-arc-100847986-large.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> <small class=\"credit\">Michael Brown \/ IDG<\/small><figcaption>\n<p>Capacitive touch controls on top of the Sonos Arc control volume, play\/pause, and mute the microphone array.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As with every other Sonos speaker, the Arc doesn\u2019t come with a remote control of its own. You\u2019ll use the excellent Sonos app to configure and control the system, including selecting servers on your local network, Sonos\u2019 own internet radio service, and the dozens of third-party music services Sonos supports. These range from MP3-quality Spotify to the high-resolution audio services Qobuz and Tidal\u2014although Sonos <em>still <\/em>won\u2019t reveal if the S2 OS will support higher-resolution audio (beyond the current limit of 24-bit\/48kHz, that is).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"nativo-promo nativo-promo-2 tablet desktop smartphone\" id=\"\"\/>\n<p>The speaker\u2019s 3.4-inch height was low enough that it didn\u2019t encroach on the bottom of my TV\u2019s screen, but I couldn\u2019t audition it in that location. My TV is in a wall-to-wall built-in entertainment center that has folding doors so I can hide the TV when it\u2019s not in use. So, I rested the soundbar in front of the entertainment center, atop a pair of tower speakers I\u2019m in the midst of reviewing. This gave the drivers in the end caps plenty of space to do their thing. If you want to hang the nearly 14-pound Arc underneath your wall-mounted TV, you\u2019ll need the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonos.com\/en-us\/shop\/wall-mount-for-arc.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">$79 Sonos Wall Mount<\/a>. The speaker\u2019s 4.5-inch depth ensures it won\u2019t stick too far out into your room.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"large \"><a class=\"zoom\" href=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/sonos-arc-with-samsung-q7-series-qled-100847989-orig.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"sonos arc with samsung q7 series qled\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-imageid=\"100847989\" data-license=\"IDG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/06\/sonos-arc-with-samsung-q7-series-qled-100847989-large.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> <small class=\"credit\">Michael Brown \/ IDG<\/small><figcaption>\n<p>The Sonos Arc\u2019s 3.4-inch shouldn\u2019t encroach on the display area of most smart TVs.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Listening tests<\/h2>\n<p>Before I sat down to perform my listening tests, I tuned the Arc to my 13 x 19 x 9-foot (WxLxH) home theater using Sonos\u2019 Trueplay software on an iPad mini. Trueplay is very effective, but tuning can be performed only using an iOS device, because Sonos can predict which type of microphone is onboard and where it will be located on the device. The fragmented Android device market doesn\u2019t provide the level of predictability.<\/p>\n<p>I started with movies and TV shows, because that\u2019s what most people use a soundbar for. Watching the Blu-ray UHD version of <em>Spiderman 3<\/em>, the Arc impressed with its ability to swirl sound if not <em>around<\/em> the room at least on a very wide sound stage at the front of the room as the experimental particle accelerator transforms Flint Marko (Thomas Haden Church) into the villain Sandman. I was also very impressed with the bass response as the giant machine powered up, considering there was no subwoofer in the picture.<\/p>\n<p>I had a similar experience, at Sonos\u2019 suggestion, watching the episode of the Netflix series <em>Stranger Things <\/em>where the Russian scientists fire up a machine designed to open an interdimensional gate to the Upside Down. This was of course meant to show off the Arc\u2019s performance with Dolby Atmos, but it was fun to watch even with just Dolby Digital 5.1.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"large \"><a class=\"zoom\" href=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/05\/sonos-arc-exploded-view-002-100841037-orig.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"sonos arc exploded view 002\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-imageid=\"100841037\" data-license=\"Supplied Art\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.idgesg.net\/images\/article\/2020\/05\/sonos-arc-exploded-view-002-100841037-large.jpg\" class=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> <small class=\"credit\">Sonos<\/small><figcaption>\n<p>The all-new Sonos Arc supports Dolby Atmos and features eight woofers and three tweeters, including two up-firing drivers and two surround channels.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Indeed, the Arc is one of the few soundbars I\u2019ve listened to where I didn\u2019t feel an acute <em>need<\/em> for a subwoofer. And that\u2019s a good thing, because Sonos makes the only subwoofers you can pair with the Arc (any of the three generations of Sub will work). As fabulous as they sound (I purchased a Sub Gen 2 several years ago), the current Gen 3 model costs almost as much as the Arc: $699. Sonos crossed one item off my wish list when it brought the indoor\/outdoor Sonos Move to market in 2019. Now I\u2019d like to see the manufacturer introduce a smaller, less-expensive wireless subwoofer.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"emo emo-sb\">\n<h6 class=\"nav-title\">Mentioned in this article<\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you want to go all the way with true surround sound, you can add any pair of powered S2-compatible Sonos speakers to the mix (as shown in the photo up top). The list includes the Sonos One; the Sonos One SL (the same speaker, less the microphone array needed for Alexa and Google Assistant); the Sonos Five; or the Sonos Play:1, Play:3, or Play:5 (Gen 2).<\/p>\n<p>After watching a few more movies, I switched my attention to music, streaming tunes from the collection of CDs that I\u2019ve ripped and encoded in 16-bit, 44.1kHz FLAC. Playing \u201cDown to the Nightclub,\u201d from the Tower of Power release <em>What is Hip? <\/em>revealed the Arc\u2019s ability to deliver sizzling highs as the drummer struck his open hi-hat and immediately shut it again. And the punch of the band\u2019s legendary horn section left the room crackling with excitement.<\/p>\n<p>Moving to an even more meticulously mixed album, Steely Dan\u2019s <em>Two Against Nature<\/em>, I reveled in the Arc\u2019s visceral bass response as it delivered \u201cWhat a Shame About Me.\u201d I had the same experience listening to the string bass opening the Blind Boys of Alabama\u2019s cover of Tom Waits\u2019 \u201cJesus Gonna Be Here,\u201d from the group\u2019s album <em>Spirit of the Century<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Is the Sonos Arc worthy?<\/h2>\n<p>The Sonos Arc is a great soundbar\u2014with caveats. It sounds fantastic, with crisp highs, thick midrange, and slabs of well-defined bass. It\u2019s attractive to look at, and it\u2019s part of the best mainstream multi-room audio system on the planet. If you have an iOS device\u2014or can borrow one for a few minutes\u2014Trueplay can pull off some amazing tricks to customize the speaker\u2019s sound to your room.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Sonos relies too heavily on the capabilities of your TV when it comes to delivering its biggest promise: Dolby Atmos support. If you\u2019re buying this speaker for that reason, think long and hard if your TV doesn\u2019t support eARC. Even if you stream all your movies over the internet, it\u2019s very hard to know if a TV that doesn\u2019t support eARC will be capable of sending Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos metadata to the Arc. And it can\u2019t be done at all with a Blu-ray player sending Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Atmos metadata, because Sonos gives you just that one HDMI port to work with.<\/p>\n<div class=\"end-note\">\n<p>\t\t<!-- blx4 #2010 blox4.html  --><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"blx blxParticleendnote blxM2010  blox4_html  blxC24070\">Note: When you purchase something after clicking links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. 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