Comparing Bose Smart Soundbar 900 and Sonos Arc
Experts recommend Sonos Arc more than Bose Smart Soundbar 900
As of 3 Jun 2022, experts prefer Sonos Arc over Bose Smart Soundbar 900, but both Sound Bars have solid expert endorsements.
As per this month's meta ranking, Sonos Arc received 7 recommendations: from Tom's Guide (1 Jun 2022), World Wide Stereo (11 May 2022) TechRadar (31 May 2022) and 4 others. By contrast, Bose Smart Soundbar 900 received only 3 recommendations from Tom's Guide (1 Jun 2022), Rtings.com (12 May 2022) and What Hi-Fi (6 May 2022).
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Endorsement summary:
- On 1 Jun 2022
Tom's Guide ranked Sonos Arc as #2 and Bose Smart Soundbar 900 as #6 Rank Sound Bar Comment ... ... ... #2 out of 11 Sonos Arc The best smart soundbar... ... ... #6 out of 11 Bose Smart Soundbar 900 Best soundbar with Dolby Atmos and multiroom... ... ... Source: www.tomsguide.com - On 12 May 2022
Rtings.com ranked Bose Smart Soundbar 900 as #1 and Sonos Arc as #2 Rank Sound Bar Comment #1 out of 7 Bose Smart Soundbar 900 Best Plug-and-Play Soundbar#2 out of 7 Sonos Arc Alternative With DTS Support... ... ... Source: www.rtings.com - On 6 May 2022
What Hi-Fi ranked Sonos Arc as #3 and Bose Smart Soundbar 900 as #11 Rank Sound Bar Comment ... ... ... #3 out of 20 Sonos Arc Easily one of the best soundbars we've heard at the money.... ... ... #11 out of 20 Bose Smart Soundbar 900 An impressively wide-sounding, articulate and crisp Dolby Atmos soundbar... ... ... Source: www.whathifi.com - On 11 May 2022
World Wide Stereo ranked Sonos Arc as #3 Rank Sound Bar Comment ... ... ... #3 out of 16 Sonos Arc The Best All-in-One Soundbar... ... ... Source: www.worldwidestereo.com - On 31 May 2022
TechRadar ranked Sonos Arc as #1 Rank Sound Bar Comment #1 out of 11 Sonos Arc The Best Soundbar You Can Buy Right Now... ... ... Source: www.techradar.com - On 14 Feb 2022
CNN Underscored ranked Sonos Arc as #2 Rank Sound Bar Comment ... ... ... #2 out of 14 Sonos Arc The upgrade pick... ... ... Source: us.cnn.com - On 1 Jun 2022
PCMag ranked Sonos Arc as #3 Rank Sound Bar Comment ... ... ... #3 out of 10 Sonos Arc Best All-in-One Model / Editors' Choice... ... ... Source: www.pcmag.com
Verdict
After counting and adding up the 113 expert endorsements of the May rankings, Sonos Arc outranks Bose Smart Soundbar 900. This is not to say that that Bose Smart Soundbar 900 is a bad option. Like Sonos Arc, it is recommended by experts, but less.
Bose Smart Soundbar 900 
Sonos Arc Customers like Sonos Arc noticeably more
At ReviewFinder we prefer to focus on professional product reviews, because customer reviews can be disproportionately affected by unrelated factors such as delivery, specific seller listing problems, and, of course, fake reviews. With that said, below is the summary of consumer sentiment.
Sonos Arc
CS of 10 is similar to a 4.8 star review, CS of 0 is similar to a 2 star review.
Sonos Arc, the cheaper option, tends to get more favorable reviews than Bose Smart Soundbar 900.
As can be seen in the chart above, median best-selling sound bar receives a consumer score of 7.8 (good). Both Bose Smart Soundbar 900 and Sonos Arc receive customer reviews that average out above that median threshold.
| Bose Smart Soundbar 900 | |
| Sonos Arc |
9.1 Great
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| Median best-selling Sound Bar |
Bose Smart Soundbar 900 is more popular than Sonos Arc
It's fairly safe to say that Bose Smart Soundbar 900 is a more popular sound bar than Sonos Arc, based on its 700+ reviews. Popularity is determined based on product sales. Note that older and cheaper products tend to sell more.
To consider
| Table: Top compared alternatives for Bose Smart Soundbar 900 and Sonos Arc | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sonos Arc | $889 |
 9.1 Great
| 7 expert recommendations | |
 | Bowers & Wilkins Panorama 3 | $999 | 3 expert recommendations | ||
 | Vizio Elevate | $913 | 2 expert recommendations | ||
| Rank | Change | Price | Sound Bar | Tom's Guide | World Wide Stereo | TechRadar | Rtings.com | What Hi-Fi | SoundGuys  | CNN Underscored | PCMag | TechHive  | WIRED  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | $889 |  Sonos Arc | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 2 | - | $527 |  Sonos Beam Gen 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | - | Check price |  Samsung HW-Q950A | - | - | 3 | 3 | 17 | - | - | - | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | - | $100 |  Roku Streambar | 10 | - | - | - | 14 | - | 5 | - | 2 | 8 |
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Expert reviews [17]
- with a score: 12
- without a score: 5
| Highest score by livingetc.com | 92 |
| Average score based on 17 reviews | 82 |
| Lowest score by Tom's Guide | 70 |
Score distribution:
| 80-100 | |
| 60-80 | |
| 40-60 | |
| 20-40 | |
| 0-20 |
Expert reviews [23]
- with a score: 10
- without a score: 13
| Highest score by TechRadar | 100 |
| Average score based on 23 reviews | 87 |
| Lowest score by Digital Trends | 80 |
Score distribution:
| 80-100 | |
| 60-80 | |
| 40-60 | |
| 20-40 | |
| 0-20 |
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Bose Smart Soundbar 900 is a popular option at the top of the price range. It's in the top 3 bestselling sound bars and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Denon DHT-S716H or Definitive Tech W Studio .
Bose Smart Soundbar 900 is $636.32 more expensive than the average sound bar ($262.68).
Sonos Arc is a popular and one of the most expensive options. It's in the top 3 bestselling sound bars and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Definitive Tech W Studio or Denon DHT-S716H .
Sonos Arc is $626.32 more expensive than an average sound bar ($262.68).
