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Start with your soundbar's placement. Regardless of whether you have a flagship Arc or Arc Ultra, or a smaller Beam or Ray, location matters. Ensure your soundbar is as close to eye level as possible and centered on your TV. If you can help it, keep your soundbar out of a cabinet; you want sound to disperse throughout the room rather than be confined within a space.

Dolby Atmos is an object-based spatial audio format. However, movie theaters get it right because they have speakers embedded in the ceiling, adding height and achieving an immersive experience that mimics sounds coming from above you. You don't have ceiling speakers, but your Arc or Arc Ultra has upfiring speakers to create this illusion at home.

This one is the most difficult. If you have vaulted ceilings or your soundbar setup doesn't allow for much space between the soundbar and your TV, your upfiring speakers will struggle. However, you can increase the volume of your Arc or Arc Ultra's height channels to try to make them louder and more noticeable.