JBL Bar Studio vs Sonos Arc

Bar Studio vs Arc comparison chart

Overall
JBL Bar Studio
5
Sonos Arc
7
4
8
Votes 1 1
Rating 5 5
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Common

Product

JBL Bar Studio
Sonos Arc

Model

Bar Studio
Arc

Brand

JBL
Sonos

Reviews

828
368

General

Placement type

table-top, wall-mountable
table-top, wall-mountable

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

volume down, volume up, power, source
volume down, volume up, play/pause, microphone

Audio features

Built-in channels

2.0

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

30

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

has not
wireless

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wireless
wireless

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

AirPlay 2

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

has not
Pandora, Tuneln, iHeart, Chromecast

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

0
1

NFC

HDMI input/output

1/0
1/0

HDMI ARC

HDMI eARC

HDMI CEC

Optical digital input/output

1/0
0/0

USB

1 (USB 2.0)

Coaxial digital input/output

0/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

1/0
0/0

Headphone output

0
0

Subwoofer output

0
0

Features

Voice control

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II
Dolby Digital

DTS:X

DTS (other)

has not
has not

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

61.4 x 5.8 x 8.6/24.2 x 2.3 x 3.4
114 x 7.6 x 10.1/45 x 3.4 x 4.5

Weight, kg/pounds

1.4/3.1
6.2/13.7

Other

Release year

2019
2020
JBL Bar Studio
Sonos Arc
JBL Bar Studio
Sonos Arc

Soundbars CHooseratoR comparison rating

  • better
  • worse
  • 5
  • 7
  • 5JBL Bar Studio
  • 7Sonos Arc