Sonos Arc
Give your big-screen television experience the wall of rich, spatial sound that it deserves
MATT BOLTON
$799
From Sonos, sonos.com
Features Eleven drivers (eight woofers, three tweeters), HDMI eARC, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, AirPlay 2
The Arc is Sonos’ first foray into the world of Dolby Atmos and 3D audio. It includes upfiring drivers for adding height to the stage, as well as more effort to produce spatial surround-like sound.
The Arc features 11 speaker drivers, with individual amplification for each, naturally. These include two angled upwards to reflect sound off the ceiling and create the height channel promised by Dolby Atmos, plus two facing out on the left and right for extreme width, plus another two at a less extreme left and right angle. And some face towards you too, which is quite handy, we’d say.