Sonos announces ‘breakthrough’ Arc Ultra soundbar and Sub 4

Sonos seemingly believes its mobile app has reached a bully capable spot to resume merchandise launches: contiguous the institution has announced the Arc Ultra and Sub 4. The $999 Arc Ultra is simply a much almighty instrumentality connected the archetypal Arc, and it’s the archetypal Sonos merchandise to diagnostic unsocial transducer exertion from Mayht, a startup that Sonos acquired successful 2022. Sonos refers to this arsenic “Sound Motion” and says it allows the Arc Ultra to nutrient richer, adjacent much immersive dependable than the original.

The institution is touting Sound Motion arsenic “one of the astir important breakthroughs successful audio engineering successful astir 100 years” and says it “unlocks greater clarity, depth, and equilibrium than ever earlier imaginable from a soundbar this sleek.”

The Arc Ultra has fourteen drivers successful full — 3 much than the Arc — and they see 7 tweeters, six midwoofers, and the built-in Sound Motion woofer. With that array of speakers, Sonos says the caller soundbar is susceptible of delivering 9.1.4 output each connected its own. The Arc Ultra should besides connection adjacent clearer dialog intelligibility. And it’ll enactment automatic Trueplay EQ tuning — including for Android users.

Like different Sonos soundbars, the Arc Ultra tin beryllium paired with the company’s Sonos Ace headphones for backstage listening of audio from immoderate input instrumentality plugged into the Ultra. Along with the caller soundbar, Sonos is introducing its latest full-size subwoofer, the Sub 4, which present has a matte finish.

Only a mates months ago, Sonos CEO Patrick Spence said that the institution was postponing 2 products arsenic it focused each effort connected improving the show of its overhauled app for Android and iOS. Earlier this month, Sonos announced a multi-point plan to gain backmost lawsuit spot and guarantee that a catastrophe similar the released-too-soon app ne'er happens again.