Sonos Arc long-term review: the highs and lows

[What Hi-Fi?]

Our first month or so of living with the Sonos Arc soundbar is a tale of high hopes, the lows of real world living - and much better sound for our TV.

Sonos Arc long-term review: the highs and lows : Read more

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Interesting read - thanks!

 

[dreaminbeige]

Seems a little strange to suggest that a limitation of an Atmos soundbar (in a tech review) is that your particular Samsung TV is not Atmos compatible.

 

[Mark22]

Just like the iplayer situation was resolved using certain dongles or hdmi sources, so would the atmos one. Probably get a better picture too, maybe someone writing for this piece should know this, it's your TV and apps never beat what you can get through a decent sbc etc Also I'd suggest the play 1s over the IKEA stuff

 

[Scott_od]

This should solve your Atmos issues & for less than the cost of a new TV or a Beam:

4K Arcana 18Gbps | HDFury.com | Connect and Fix everything in HDMI

No eARC TV ? No problem! And no more lip sync issues for eARC TV owners! WORLD’S FIRST eARC adapter that allows FULL AUDIO up to Dolby Atmos over TrueHD from ANY external HDMI source to ANY eARC sound system. Perfect solution for SONOS Arc and ANY eARC AVR, soundbar or headphones. The Arcana...

www.hdfury.com

Currently waiting for mine to be shipped

 

[Mr357]

This should solve your Atmos issues & for less than the cost of a new TV or a Beam:

4K Arcana 18Gbps | HDFury.com | Connect and Fix everything in HDMI

No eARC TV ? No problem! And no more lip sync issues for eARC TV owners! WORLD’S FIRST eARC adapter that allows FULL AUDIO up to Dolby Atmos over TrueHD from ANY external HDMI source to ANY eARC sound system. Perfect solution for SONOS Arc and ANY eARC AVR, soundbar or headphones. The Arcana...

www.hdfury.com

Currently waiting for mine to be shipped

Just got mine two days ago and it works like a charm. Dolby Atmos True HD format on my Samsung 2019 Frame TV which was previously limited to Dolby Atmos via DD+, a good but compressed form of Atmos. Also pop for the Sonos subwoofer and two Play One surround speakers and it will put the reviewer’s old Onkyo setup to shame—and all wirelessly.

 

[manicm]

Seems a little strange to suggest that a limitation of an Atmos soundbar (in a tech review) is that your particular Samsung TV is not Atmos compatible.

It’s not strange. The original Samsung was a 2016 model and didn’t have eARC HDMI. Now strictly speaking it’s not required, but from what I’m seeing it’s only eARC TVs that will get you streaming in Dolby Atmos and/or Dolby Vision. It’s the safest bet, and when I get a new TV that’s one of the first things I’ll check.

 

[Hifiman2007]

I was talked into buying this due to a couple of what hifi reviews. The reviews were so misleading. It doesn't begin to offer anything like the quality or precision of even a basic 5.1 set up...not even remotely close. I had it less than 30 days..returned it and set my Yamaha kef system back up.and enjoyed real surround sound precisely located. As the guy in richer sounds agreed you cannot have real surround sound or Atmos without speakers correctly positioned.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Ancient thread...