Sonos Arc Soundbar: Price, Specifications, Release Date

Nearly 2 years earlier, wireless-speaker-maker Sonos launched a $400 soundbar that quickly became one of the company’s most popular items. The speaker, called Sonos Beam, dealt with a few assembling trends at the time. It was an easy way to improve the bad sound coming out of our ever-shrinking flatscreen Televisions, it incorporated voice control into the house theater with the addition of Alexa and Google Assistant, and its economical price allowed the company to compete with the flood of less expensive linked speakers on the marketplace. With the Beam established as the very best option for the frugal purchaser, Sonos is focusing again on the high end of its product line.

The Santa Barbara, California, company just exposed the Sonos Arc, a $799 soundbar that’s much sleeker looking than its previous high-end soundbar, the Sonos Playbar. Its brand-new internal hardware design makes it capable of “3D soundscapes,” Sonos says, with assistance for Dolby Atmos. It’s the first Sonos speaker to use this surround-sound format.

From the outside, the industrial style distinctions in between the Arc and the old Playbar are noticeable. The Playbar procedures 3.4 inches high, 35.4 inches long, and 5.5 inches deep, while the Arc measures 3.4 x