Sonos - Arc Ultra

Go to Best Buy and demo the arc ultra w/o sub. Sono’s app has built in toggle for speech enhancement with low/medium/high/ultra options

100% the answer is Sonos. The Beam Gen 2 soundbar is a solid soundbar that offers decent atmos sound. The next step up to the Sonos Arc or Arc Ultra will hit different if you're not worried about cost. Add a Sonos Sub and that's all you'll need. I say this as someone that has a Klipsch Reference Premier 5.1.2 setup with a Denon 2800h receiver in my living room. I use the soundbar setup in my bedroom and it has pretty good quality. Does it hit quite the same as Atmos in a true home theater setup? Of course not, but it's still a damn good soundbar choice that gives you the Atmos you want.

100% the answer is Sonos. The Beam Gen 2 soundbar is a solid soundbar that offers decent atmos sound. The next step up to the Sonos Arc or Arc Ultra will hit different if you're not worried about cost. Add a Sonos Sub and that's all you'll need. I say this as someone that has a Klipsch Reference Premier 5.1.2 setup with a Denon 2800h receiver in my living room. I use the soundbar setup in my bedroom and it has pretty good quality. Does it hit quite the same as Atmos in a true home theater setup? Of course not, but it's still a damn good soundbar choice that gives you the Atmos you want.

For soundbar and sub only if you're looking for the best you'll probably need to go Sonos Arc Ultra with the Sub 4.

I got the arc…. Then went back and got the sub. What a difference

When I tried Arc Ultra with Spotify Very High, the sound felt richer. Two Era100s hit wider than Beam Gen2, but I prefer Arc for deep, detailed tracks.

I started with the beam 2 sub mini and era 100s. I just got an arc on Black Friday

Smart move cause with a sub they’re indistinguishable. I picked up one on that deal as well only downside was the sale was only in white.

Sonos beam gen2+sub mini is most reccomended best buy and goes perfect with Sony tv's. I'm personally big fan of this combo. If You wanna premium sound than Sonos Arc ultra and sub 4.

I just bought an ultra. Sound is amazing but surround effects are not great. It probably depends somewhat on room layout.

If you don't care 'much' about Atmos sound then the Fives are the solution. I will say get the arc though because in the future you can run the arc as a soundbar and add other speakers. You will not be able to use the era 100s/300s or Fives for TV sound. Just my thoughts.

The vocals and front Atmos are improvements. It's noticeable in some content and maybe incremental in other content. Mainly referring to Netflix/HBO/Disney etc. If you run Kodi content with high bit rates it's definitely a huge difference.

I have both and the Arc is a marginal improvement over the beam.

Still have a Playbar in my downstairs den paired with two Play:3s. I only replaced my upstairs Playbar to an Arc a few years ago because the little flapper door for the optical cable input broke and it would no longer hold the plug in place. Perfectly working otherwise, what shame to have to junk it. Sonos said they can't fix that so they gave us a nice deal for an update to Arc. While on this subject, is there any advantage to using an HDMI from eARC/ARC to the Playbar utilizing Sonos' HDMI to Optical adapter? Or is there nothing to gain over using an Optical cable?

That was the idea. Stand alone power for a bedroom. Amazing. I left my Arc, era 300’s and 2 subs in the theatre room and kept Ultra in the bedroom without subs and surrounds.

I've added 4 Sonos products to my ecosystem in the last 6 months including the Arc Ultra, all with no issues.

100% the answer is Sonos. The Beam Gen 2 soundbar is a solid soundbar that offers decent atmos sound. The next step up to the Sonos Arc or Arc Ultra will hit different if you're not worried about cost. Add a Sonos Sub and that's all you'll need. I say this as someone that has a Klipsch Reference Premier 5.1.2 setup with a Denon 2800h receiver in my living room. I use the soundbar setup in my bedroom and it has pretty good quality. Does it hit quite the same as Atmos in a true home theater setup? Of course not, but it's still a damn good soundbar choice that gives you the Atmos you want.

Hearing is different. Many here, including myself are praising the stand alone unit. How good it is. That’s where it shines. But the word “worth” has to be shared with “value”. Twice as much $$$ for the Ultra isn’t worth it for the average consumer. I got it as a gift. I immediately saw the value in it when using it alone in my bedroom. But not with surrounds and subs. Is it an improvement? Sure. But $500 more? Not quite.

In your opinion. Everyone’s ears are different. As a stand alone unit you are correct but when used in surround it’s not so obvious. It’s not worth $500 more to upgrade from the Arc.

I would absolutely go arc og + sub or sub mini.

I second who ever said Sonos Arc Ultra. Again doesn’t have rears or sub but the quality of the sound is great for music and movies. The surround is great for the time being until you can potentially add rears and later a sub but the sub is great in the bar alone. Depending how big your space is. I can give you a 15% discount code for them as well.

I live in an apartment and have a pretty high end soundbar system (Sonos Arc Ultra, Era 300s, Sub and Sonos Amp powering front left / right) and having experienced several AVR based system I’ll be the first to admit that if I ever live somewhere that can I can have a dedicated theatre room I’ll be switching in a heartbeat. Don’t get me wrong my system sounds great but it’s nowhere near that level, especially for Atmos with ceiling mounted speakers.

In my opinion, a pair of Era 300s will sounds better than Era 100s + Arc Ultra + mini Sub for music. I have a pair of Sonos Play 1s, Arc, and mini sub and it sounds perfectly acceptable for music but there's something about the Era 300s that are more "full sounding".

I couldn’t agree more. My Era 100s stereo pair sounded soooo much better, in terms of filling the place and even clarity, than when I have finally setup my Arc Ultra x Era 100s surrounds.

I had a really cheap sound system before I got a Beam Gen 1 and I didn’t really get blown away either. I did start enjoying it a lot more once I added surround speakers and other Sonos speakers for each room for multi room audio. I eventually upgraded to the Arc and that was a decent jump in quality.

Hate to say this as it may not be helpful but most of matters on your surrounding area and placement. I have the Arc Ultra, Sub Gen 4, 2 Symfonisk standing lamps in our family room and a Q990C in our living room. They both sound good but they do produce a different sound. They both are easy to set up. The reason Q990 series is so popular is the value. Most people probably get it on sale and not MSRP. If I had to choose one for myself, I would go with Sonos but again the area you set everything up matters a lot. Sonos does have the calibration and Samsung kind of does too but it’s been debated if it does anything at all as when you turn it off and on, you do not hear any difference. If you want to save money and get a great experience, go with Q990 series. If you like the sound of your lamp, even though it’s not a soundbar. Should have the same sound signature. As I’m sure everyone who has Sonos says, you can use the surrounds as actual speakers if you decide or if you get more Sonos products, you can have audio all over the house. If you decide to go with Sonos, let me know. I may be able to provide you a 15% discount code and if you decide to go with Samsung, I get it for $700. However I do have to login and order it.