It seems that the Sonos Arc sang its last song: the soundbar is now listed on the Sonos website with the “last chance” flag and is currently on sale in the United States at the lowest price ever recorded of 649 $, which suggests that Sonos is evacuating the remaining stock.
I contacted Sonos for an official comment on the future of the arc, but the style of the company is to discreetly end the production of old products when a new replacement arrives, as seems to be the case Here now that the Sonos Arc Ultra has come out.
The company told me that it was exactly what it had done during the launch of the Sonos Era 100: the Sonos One had stopped being produced and the remaining stock was simply sold until everything disappears.
We did not know if the ultra arc would completely replace the arc or if it would be a higher level model, but it seems that we have our answer. Nevertheless, with important discounts, the arc could constitute a good upgrade until stocks last, if you are looking for one of the best sound bars.
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However, the disappearance of the arc leaves a very large price difference between the Sonos Beam Gen 2 and the Sonos Arc Ultra. The ultra arc at $ 999 / £ 999 is literally double the price of Beam at $ 499 / £ 449, and I know from experience that many people are interested in bars of its powerful which are between these prices – some Something like the Samsung HW-Q800D, which is regularly available in the region from $ 700 to $ 800.
I hope that Sonos works on something new to fill this gap, in particular its Lower Sound Motion speaker, which helps to make the sound ultra so complete for a sound bar without a subwoofer. Something that adds real ascending speakers for Dolby Atmos, which is missing in Beam, and this more complete bass speaker for a more impactful sound scene, but without as many inclined speakers than the ultra and arc A smaller size than the ultra arc.
On the other hand, Sonos may think that four sound bars, it’s a little too much, or has data that its buyers want to either maintain a lower budget, or are happy to pay dear.
Anyway, it looks like the end of an era for the bow – I saw it when it was launched in 2020, locked up at home and I have been constantly writing it since. However, it is not as if Sonos had not provided other discussion subjects.
