Sonos Arc Ultra Soundbar & Sub 4: Ultimate Overview & Guide - Worth the upgrade?!

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0:00 Sonos Arc Ultra & Sub 4
0:44 Original Sonos Arc
1:18 Design
1:45 Internal Upgrades
4:08 Speech Enhancement
4:39 TruePlay Room Correction
5:11 Connectivity
5:37 I/O
6:20 Sonos Ace Headphones
6:50 Sub 4
7:28 What You Need to Know
8:07 App Issues
9:15 Music Tests
10:55 Double the Bass?
11:36 Movie Tests
12:40 Recommendations vs Arc & Competition
15:55 Overall Thoughts

[ruialex]

Just put my Arc ultra and i absolutely confirm everything this review said, you can clearly tell it’s a better bar and better fit for the era 300, it’s definitely more than 100 dollars worth it (that’s the price difference it seems compared to the original arc ) couldn’t test the 2 subs as my sub 2 is no longer compatible with a dual sub setup…but I feel like I don’t need both subs as much probably? Anyways nice and enjoyable review 👍🏻

[remco]

The fact Sonos still does not support DTS-X after all those years is holding me back of buying it. Just because i use physical media a lot.

[brazillm]

I have the original ARC/Sub in my family room system. It has performed flawlessly for over 3years now. Might be time to move that one to the bedroom and pick up the new one.

[SmokeyStover-oc]

Besides the little hiccup with the app, Sonos continues to impress!

[pokibanana]

I tested both Ultra vs Old Arc intensively the last 24 hours and I would sign off on saying you get about 20%-30% more bass, but anyone saying you get double or you don’t need a sub anymore cannot be serious. It’s good you guys tested also music, would be good though you test a shelf model not a Sonos provided one with Sonos recommended music. Also would be good to know on which software you are testing on as they update it almost daily at the moment

[sethfm]

I'm excited to hear the sound motion technology in this new version of the Arc soundbar.

[michaelglenn]

Looks promising! Hoping Sonos can continue to put customer experience first with the app.

[macmovieman]

We have the original Sonos arc, the 300s, and two gen3 subwoofers. The Arc ultra arrives today and I should have it set up before end of day. It’s going to sound amazing.

[Rigue]

Sonos ARC Ultra 10/29/24

My setup

1. Living room is an open concept living room
2. Arc Ultra / 2 ERA 100’s / Gen Sub 3

The Arc Ultra right out the box it sounded very mellow acoustic very surreal no need to increase volumes. Once EQ was adjusted to personal preference just amazing sound quality.

Once again I will say that I have an open living room concept (not like most videos on YouTube most if not all of you are in closed room).

True Play - no need for it as for the open room concept.

Future wishing - Sonos once you allow the users of the ERA 300’s to activate the center speaker while in TV surtound sound usuage you will have a good portion of Sonos users maybe considering to purchase the ERA 300. Why! Easy for open concept living spaces it will allow to fill the void if not being able to bounce sounds of walls for the illusion.

Special shout out to the main YouTube who post and bring the original thoughts on Sonos products. Much Respect

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[MrGymCrazy]

Nice, detailed review. 👌I'm looking to update my aging KD-55X9305C with a 65" Bravia 9 and, as my old TV had the speaker setup, adding a soundbar. The obvious choice was the Theatre 9, but that was before the Ultra was announced. I haven't seen any other channels with one, so will you be doing a comparison between those 2? I have to say, the Sound Motion intrigues me.

[speedRacer]

I really wish Sonos and Google could resolve their issues and bring back Google Assist.

[luigicalabrese]

I would like to now if the Ultra has better Bass output then the Sonos Playbar?
How does it compare to the Sennheiser Ambeo Plus?

And it is really worth 1000$?

[Lucas-slie]

I love the part of the video where they compair the arc and the arc ultra by sound

[angel_one]

Is the separation of left and right? Better than q990D and close to the stereo separation of Sony quads? I am aiming for the quads but too expensive, If the soundstage is better than a q990d then I will consider the Sonos Arc Ultra + 300 + Sub3.

[weylandyutani]

What will the arc encode if I play 4K Blu-ray with DTS sound? Will it downgrade to stereo?

[pumaguy]

Curious how this compares to the Ambeo Max which is what I’m using at the moment.

[Votre-od]

6 Underground is the perfect movie to test your home theatre system.

[bardactic]

I watched the review but I'm still left with the question: When used in the ultimate setup (Arc + Sub + Era 300s), how much do you notice the upgrade from the Arc to the Ultra? Is it as significant as the upgrade from Sonos One Rears to Era 300s?

[Baros]

I've spent about 3hrs with the ultra today trying to convince myself not to return it. The dialogue is very clear..The true motion thing was exaggerated, I have never used the arc b4 but if this is twice the arc bass then the original arc bass was terrible. I kept switching between the arc ultra and my samsung Q950T(2020) soundbar. Overall I feel like sonos is charging too much for what it offers. I could turn the volume to 50% on the arc but i hav never even tried 25% on my samsung because my neighbors wl be very angry. Maybe my experience may change once I add a subwoofer. I have just the ultra and the 2 era 300s. The era 300s in stereo was what convinced me to buy the arc because it's really impressive so it made me raise my hopes for the arc ultra.

[GOLFADDICT]

I am gonna get the ARC ULTRA so since the bass is better should i go with the rears before the sub ? can only afford either or for now was thinking of the ERA 100's or the mini sub or is it crucial i get the ERA 300's and the GEN 4 Sub room is 12x14 feet 7 foot ceiling i watch alot of sports and movies so your thoughts are appreciated great review by the way thx cheers from Vulcan Canada