Our quick take

Sonos Arc - 5.0 / 5

Design

  • Dimensions: 87 x 1141.7 x 115.7mm / Weight: 6.25kg Can be wall-mounted or laid on a TV cabinet Black and white options available Adjustable status LED

  • Best soundbar: Options to boost your TV audio

  • What is HDMI eARC? Why is it different to HDMI ARC?

Connections

  • Ethernet (10/100 Mbps) and Wi-Fi (802.11b/g, 2.4GHz) HDMI eARC (with optical digital audio adapter) IR sensor on the front

Features

  • What is Sonos Trueplay and how does it work?

Performance

  • 11 drivers: 8 eliptical woofers, 3 angled silk-dome tweeters Each connected to Class-D digital amplifiers Four far-field microphone array Adjustable equaliser (EQ)

To recap

Sonos has not only followed up its previous full-fledged soundbar offering, it has improved it in every way possible. The Arc is a superb Dolby Atmos soundbar – right up there with the best – and has all the bells and whistles of Sonos’ multi-room system and more. You just need to match it with a Dolby Atmos supporting TV to get the best performance.