Sonos - Arc Ultra

Have the Ultra, two 300's and dual subs (a 3 and a 4). The dual subs are probably overkill but I like bass. When I play Ah-ha 'Take on me', for example, it shakes my house and sounds great.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It’s double the cost. It’s not worth double the cost. Value is a huge consideration also.

Stand alone is the ideal set up. That’s worth it double the cost. But mixed with bass and surrounds and already have the arc it’s not worth double the cost. Unless you are an audiophile.

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.

Ultra isn’t worth it as an upgrade.

I have both bro. It’s not a worthy upgrade. On paper it is but in real life it’s not worth the upgrade. As a stand alone unit the way I use it, then yes it is.

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.

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.

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.

Recently got the LG G4 and the following Sonos system to pair with it: - Arc Ultra - Era 300s - Sub mini I have had no issues with the above. I did wait a while before diving into my first Sonos system after reading/watching tons of reviews etc. Very happy with the overall outcome and sound quality. For context we do have a small living room (3.5m x 4.5m) with standard UK ceiling height. I did originally have the Era 100s with the setup as though the room was too small for the Era 300s for both movies and music, but after trialling both options the Era 300s were definitely a great combo and gave a greater well balanced sound for both movies and music. I found the sound from the Era 100s were quite influenced by the more directional nature of how they output sound vs the Era 300s being more flexible and forgiving. But all this is just my opinion and experience. Hope this helps in some way.

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.