Sonos Arc Ultra Soundbar Drops to New Record Low, 9.1.4 Surround Sound Budget Bars Will Never Replicate
Kotaku | 29.11.2025 06:35
Budget soundbars that cost between $100 and $200 make bad TV speakers sound better by adding basic audio enhancements. However, they are still limited by cheap drivers, low processing power and simple audio architectures that make sound louder without actually improving quality. Premium soundbars like the Sonos Arc Ultra cost more because they use acoustic engineering that rivals dedicated home theater systems, and they have advanced driver arrays, proprietary technologies like Sound Motion that change the way speakers work, and processing that can make real spatial audio instead of just fake effects.
