Sonos Arc review: this soundbar sounds simply fantastic

Dolby Atmos-enabled wifi smart speaker is brilliant one-box audio upgrade for TV and music, but think twice if using Sky, Virgin or similar

Multi-room audio specialist Sonos is back with the Arc, the firm's first Dolby Atmos-enabled soundbar that totally transforms your TV's sound.

The 799 Arc replaces the old Playbar and Playbase, sitting above the 399 Beam as Sonos's top-of-the-line home cinema soundbar. It is a single box of tricks that combines a smart speaker, wifi music sound system and home cinema kit in one, but like most soundbars of this type it can be dogged by audio-picture syncing issues when used with TV set top boxes - more on that later.