Sonos Arc Ultra Soundbar with Dolby Atmos and Voice Control - 9.1.4 Surround Sound for TV and Music - Black

I love it - especially with the side speakers - Sonos Era 300 -- I have a small apartment - but the sound goes all around to all rooms and is not too loud to bother other tenants. I am super happy!!! AND so easy to set up !!!

Excellent sound, easy to setup. Volume level is amazing for watching TV shows and hearing clearly people talking. Listening to music was great too.

Great sound, nice app, easy set up. I researched a bunch of options, some cheaper, some more expensive, and settled in the middle. I wasn't disappointed. The soundbar worked great alone, but I loved it so much I added the Eros 300’s just because I wanted to get more of the surround sound attributes. The soundbar alone essentially improves the tv sound quality exponentially, but doesn't give the surround feel… but if your just looking for the depth, quality of sound, and clarity of speech to improve your tv experience this bar wont disappoint! We were able to stop using closed captioning with the bar alone, huge win!!Side note - even the packaging and instructions are impressive from Sonos, they do everything top notch

I had seen good reviews of this soundbar and decided to take the plunge. I have an older Samsung HU9000 curved 4k TV in my living room that only has ARC, not eARC, but it works fine. The Sonos sound is really, really good. The bass response is ridiculously good for a unit this size. Movies and TV sound great, but I was missing Atmos. A new device was just released by CableMatters that allows me to plug my Apple TV into the Sonos. And wow, I mean wow, the Atmos effects are spectacular. I have a Nakamichi Dragon in my home theater which totally blows this away in terms of power, authority, and transparency (not really fair because I don't have the full Sonos setup), but the Atmos effects are surprisingly even better than the Dragon, and the Dragon is amazing. I would say that Sonos totally owns the spatial department, especially with just a minimum setup like I have for my living room.As far as sound I would compare it to a Bose system because it sets up its EQ and surround volumes as a plug and play setup with the app, which is awesome. It has its own warm, rich sound that reminds me of the Bose. It has a really well-tuned and pleasing sound for all types of media. The only drawback is that it does not support DTS-HD Master Audio or DTS:X which I consider the gold standard when it comes to watching movies. Almost all the studios seem to be going to Atmos anyway (sad face) so it won't matter anyway for the future. Also, not having at least one additional HDMI input port was a bad decision on somebody's part.Overall I love this soundbar and if I ever want to expand I have the option to add subs and rear speakers in the future. But honestly, the sound is so good with just the bar that I really have no need to do that. This is a real steal for this price point.

I bought this and the woofer for our new house. The room that it is in is very large. The sound quality is better than I thought it could be. Ease of use streaming music is a no brainer. It's expense, but sounds great.

I wasted several hours trying to setup the Arc Ultra, but whenever it got to Wifi pairing, it would always fail saying the password entered was incorrect. After wasting hours of my life studying Sonos' recommended Eero network configuration, disconnecting every single Eero except the gateway, trying Ethernet setup mode, switching Eero's 5 Ghz and Legacy mode on/off, and going on many other wild goose chases, I gave up and am returning this system. It's a good looking sound bar and I had high hopes based on the reviews I read, but this is more trouble than it's worth. Maybe my network has a birth defect, but I think my setup is pretty standard - FIOS -> Firewall -> Dumb Switch -> 4 wired Eeros (bridge mode). And maybe there's a way to reconfigure my network to get this speaker working, but I am not tearing everything up because Sonos couldn't make sure their speaker would work with very common network devices.

Great Product

I decided to “upgrade” my 30 year old tower speakers with the latest in acoustic technology. If you want better sound than your TV speakers, this is a huge upgrade, but if you really care about sound quality and volume, you’re much better off with real speakers. All the technology and acoustic snake oil cannot surpass the physical presence of actual speakers. Even used tower or bookshelf speakers and a used receiver from your local marketplace will blow the Sonos out of the water and at a fraction of the price. Soundbars win in ease of use and a minimalist appearance, but if you want the best sound, especially for music and film, then you’re better off with bookshelf or tower speakers.