Sonos Arc Ultra Reviews

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“Amazing upgrade in sound from my Beam Gen 1 - swapped the Arc Ultra into my existing system with 2 x One SL as surrounds and a Sub Mini as well. On a Reddit recommendation I've been using the race scene (13-17m) from 'Ready Player One' to try different settings and the level of immersion is off the charts even with the limitation of the One SL not having any Atmos capabilities they still seem to have come alive even more than with the Beam. The clarity of Dialogue was one of the main reasons I chose to upgrade as my other half is listening in a 2nd language and even without Speech Enhancement on the improvement and clarity is amazing - she was very surprised when I said I hadn't even enhanced the speech yet. All in all - well worth it for me in my situation but it did mean that when I moved the Beam into the spare room I had to get a more modern TV for it to work - who knew that a 16 year old Panasonic Plasma didn't have HDMI ARC - honest it was already on it's way out but as I'd already blown my budget it's a cheap and cheerful LCD that's replaced it.”

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Posted 3 days ago

KIRUBAKARAN KUPPUSAMY

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“If you just need one system to buy, my choice is Arc Ultra , which can be used Movie & Music. You don’t need additional woofer, this has everything inside it. I had Beam2 and was happy with it. But when my living room get bigger, I thought to upgrade, I was not sure whether Arc will be good choice. Now I see it’s worth buying.”

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Posted 6 days ago

Shaene Gnanarajah

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“Upgraded to the ultra from the arc. Biggest improvement has been dialogue clarity, which is very noticeably better than the arc, which used to fall down in this regard. The atmos performance is no better tbh. Of course, the standalone bass is much better with the ultra, but not really noticeably better than the arc when paired with the Sub 4. I’d recommend the ultra over the arc if ur buying into the Sonos system for the first time or if you’re upgrading, then if you can get £500 for your old arc and get a decent 15-20% discount off the new ultra, then it’s also worth the upgrade :)”

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Posted 2 months ago

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Posted 3 months ago

Christopher Spring

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“The Arc Ultra is everything the Arc should have been. Better base, mids and treble, which takes everything up a notch, particularly music playback. It's a much better match for the Era 100s and Era 300s when used as rears, which makes sense as they are all based on the same architectural design philosophy, both in terms of aesthetics and internals. I would only consider buying the Arc if it's at a signifiant discount over the Arc Ultra as the Ultra is a decent step up in sound performance and features, particularly its bluetooth support. The only downside that directly affects me is the lack of lossless DTS support. I really think Sonos needs to sort this out because almost all of its soundbar competitors do support lossless DTS, so I'm sure they're losing out on sales, not just soundbar sales, but the additional sales that become inevitable once you're in the Sonos ecosystem.”

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Posted 4 months ago

“The Arc Ultra is a moderate step up from the Arc which was being drowned by the Era 300s I used as rears. Dialogue is clearer and the updates made to the Sonos app makes this even better. I also use the sound swap feature which admittedly worked just as well on the Arc. The arc by itself has good bass and that is complemented by the sub.”

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Posted 4 months ago

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Posted 4 months ago

John Westgate

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“Have an arc ultra (replacing an arc), two era 300's and a sub mini. Took a long time to set up and at first would not connect to my TV, did not resolve this until a few days later. Overnight we had a power cut and the sub mini which was not showing in the app. Had an online chat with Sonos but a complete waist of time as of very little help. In the end I restarted my router and the sub mini came back in the app. Yesterday the sub mini lost connection and again had to restart the router which resolved it. Never had these issues with the arc. The Sonos app is very bad, difficult to find your way around it and not user friendly. Pity because the arc ultra is very good and a step up from the arc. If I was starting afresh without any soundbar system I would not buy any Sonos products”

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Posted 5 months ago