I have Sonos systems throughout my house-two sonos one speakers in each bedroom, and playbars with sonos satellites and subwoofers in the family room and my music studio. The Arc replaced a a 1st gen. Beam in 16' x 16' Music Studio. At first I thought the space might be too small for the ARC. It wasn't. The difference between the beam and the Arc is astounding. It makes rewatching movies worthwhile. For the first time EVER with Sonos I had a problem getting my satellite Sonos One speakers to connect to the Arc. It's usually a snap. I tried everything and then called Sonos. Would you believe I got connected to a technician within 2 minutes and she patiently worked with me for nearly an hour to get everything working? Who does that? Well, Sonos. Trust me, Sonos is ... MoreI have Sonos systems throughout my house-two sonos one speakers in each bedroom, and playbars with sonos satellites and subwoofers in the family room and my music studio. The Arc replaced a a 1st gen. Beam in 16' x 16' Music Studio. At first I thought the space might be too small for the ARC. It wasn't. The difference between the beam and the Arc is astounding. It makes rewatching movies worthwhile. For the first time EVER with Sonos I had a problem getting my satellite Sonos One speakers to connect to the Arc. It's usually a snap. I tried everything and then called Sonos. Would you believe I got connected to a technician within 2 minutes and she patiently worked with me for nearly an hour to get everything working? Who does that? Well, Sonos. Trust me, Sonos is phenomenal for connectivity throughout your home. Play the same music in every room, or play something different in each room. Oh, back to the Arc--yea, it's twice the cost of the Beam 2, but the wow factor is worth the up charge. Check to ensure you have vertical clearance above the bar so you don't interfere with the two up-facing speakers. They actually work. There's a helicopter scene in the first Matrix movie and you can definitely tell that the surround sound has height. You can hear stuff happening overhead--Not exactly like having the actual speakers up there, but enough to notice that you'll never want to go to a soundbar without this feature. Also, I don't know why--maybe it's all the background music they play in today's movies, and actors don't enunciate like stage actors do, but dialogue can get lost. There s a feature on the telephone app that enables you enhance speech. Works like a charm, especially when actors have heavy accents. Anyway, I highly recommend Sonos and the Arc!

Probably the best all around sound bar out there right now. The designed is beautiful and modern. Only dig is that it sits a little higher than I'd like as it's blocking about an inch or so of the bottom of my LG C2. The soundstage on this thing is incredible. I can feel how immersive my music was when I turned this thing on. It's not like a typical speaker where you hear sound coming straight at you. It feels like you are enveloped right in the center with sound coming all around you. I then paired the One SL's to create a surround experience and it just made everything better. Now when watching a movie, you can hear sounds coming from behind you and it's even better than being in the theatre when paired with the Sub Gen 3's. This created an environment I've never ... MoreProbably the best all around sound bar out there right now. The designed is beautiful and modern. Only dig is that it sits a little higher than I'd like as it's blocking about an inch or so of the bottom of my LG C2. The soundstage on this thing is incredible. I can feel how immersive my music was when I turned this thing on. It's not like a typical speaker where you hear sound coming straight at you. It feels like you are enveloped right in the center with sound coming all around you. I then paired the One SL's to create a surround experience and it just made everything better. Now when watching a movie, you can hear sounds coming from behind you and it's even better than being in the theatre when paired with the Sub Gen 3's. This created an environment I've never experienced at home before. Sound was coming off really clear and crisp from the Arc. The 2 One SL's created a fantastic surround experience and the Sub really hit that low end nicely. Not distortion whatsoever. Great thing about this system is that you can build on it over time if you don't have the funds to purchase the set all at once. The Arc itself sounded great and had a good amount of base. Musically, the Arc is all you need to enjoy a real immersive sound. But for movies, I would recommend getting the SL's and Sub.

I've had the Arc for about a month, and it's been connected to a Sub for almost that whole time. I may add surround speakers at some point, but have not yet. The Arc is excellent. Five stars. It's expensive, especially if you plan to add a Sub and/or Sonos Ones as surround speakers, but if you're shopping in this range in the first place, it's hard to find anything better. I'll break it down into three major categories, and while I'll deal with its relationship to the Sub, I'll review that product separately. 1. Sound quality At the end of the day, this is what matters, and it's extraordinary. I know the audiophiles have varying opinions and can run sophisticated evaluations that I can't, but to my ears, Sonos is pretty unbeatable. I'm sure adding Sonos Ones as ... MoreI've had the Arc for about a month, and it's been connected to a Sub for almost that whole time. I may add surround speakers at some point, but have not yet. The Arc is excellent. Five stars. It's expensive, especially if you plan to add a Sub and/or Sonos Ones as surround speakers, but if you're shopping in this range in the first place, it's hard to find anything better. I'll break it down into three major categories, and while I'll deal with its relationship to the Sub, I'll review that product separately. 1. Sound quality At the end of the day, this is what matters, and it's extraordinary. I know the audiophiles have varying opinions and can run sophisticated evaluations that I can't, but to my ears, Sonos is pretty unbeatable. I'm sure adding Sonos Ones as surround speakers would be even better, but you can hear great surround from just the bar, too. I will say that it's more noticeable the louder it gets, so at low volume, you're not getting the full benefit. (This is obvious, but I watch late at night after my kid is in bed a lot, so I have to live with that.) As an avid sports viewer, I like having the option to enhance dialogue. The crowd noise tends to dwarf the announcers without it. (This may be a good thing, depending on the announcers.) The Sub does add heft to the lower-range output (which of course is the point of it). You'll be just fine without one, but if you're going to watch something like Top Gun: Maverick (which was the first thing I streamed to try this whole setup), you can tell the difference when it's there. 2. Build quality This thing is really well made and nice to look at. It replaced a Bose soundbar that was probably about a decade old, and it was clearly designed with aesthetics in mind (granted, Bose products look better than they did ten years ago too). The Arc is heavy, but in a good way - it feels premium. The connections are straightforward and easy to understand. 3. User experience Pros: Setting up Alexa as my preferred voice interface was easy. Connecting to and using the Sonos app was easy (it's jarring that there's no remote, but it's unlikely I'll ever be without a device like a smartphone in my own home, so it's not a problem). Connecting to the Sub was easy. Unlike my old Bose, it turns on and off with the TV and doesn't require me to have an additional remote handy at all times just to power the sound bar on and off. Casting over Wifi from any number of devices is easy - except one, which is the con below. Cons: the Arc has a single HDMI port (and that's it, no optical or any other type either), leaving you to choose whether to - connect all external gaming or streaming devices to your TV, and then pass that back down to the Arc. Many sets don't have Dolby Atmos pass-through capabilities, so this could cost people their ability to hear Dolby Atmos even on programming that has it, which downgrades the Sonos experience. My Samsung TV does have this ability, but it's really finicky about doing it consistently. (Samsung problem, not Sonos problem.) - connect a single gaming or streaming device directly to the Arc. This only works if your device has multiple outputs so you can also connect it to your TV. My Apple TV does not, so I don't have this option. It also doesn't work if you use multiple external devices. - cast sound from the device to the Arc through Apple Play or other Wifi-enabled option in your device and forego the need for an HDMI cable. This is the obvious solution, and I've tried this, but because the Apple TV is also connected to the TV, which is also connected to the Arc, it gets confused about which audio option I'm trying to use and I have to go into the Apple TV settings repeatedly to remind it. This may be an Apple TV problem more than an Arc problem, but Arc could have solved it by having multiple ports. When it works, though, it sounds better than the pass-through audio. Overall: outstanding in just about every way. Would prefer an additional HDMI port.