They already told you it has a sub and rear surrounds. As to multi-room, as a Sonos owner myself, I can tell you that the opportunities for that are extremely rare even though it sounded like something I needed when I bought them.
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Sonos Era 300 and Era 100 Smart Speakers Revealed in Marketing Images
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Say what you will about Sonos but there isn’t an easier system to set up, use, and the sounds is great. Just because it’s not an Apple product doesn't mean it sucks.
The 300 is really not very Apple with that distinctive shape.
The Era 300 isn’t a very attractive speaker, I wonder if it makes up for it in sound quality.
The Era 100 is interesting, being double the price of the One and only $50 less than a HomePod. That should be an interesting comparison.
It seems Sonos is attempting to fill in price points across their line, having the Era 300 fit just under the 5. I'm curious how they will market this, especially given they are going with a new branding style (IE what makes these "Era" speakers vs the normal lineup)
It seems Sonos is attempting to fill in price points across their line, having the Era 300 fit just under the 5. I'm curious how they will market this, especially given they are going with a new branding style (IE what makes these "Era" speakers vs the normal lineup)
I have a couple of Sonos 1s as a stereo pair in my kitchen. sounds amazing while making the dinner!
Agree...As long as the speaker has HDMI port with ARC (Audio Return Channel), Dolby Atmos will be present!
If they're equivalent for you, fantastic. They're not at all equivalent for me, and for many others. Neither the LG nor the Bose suit me. Glad you have an affordable option that suits you.
And the Move is fantastic outside.
The Move doesn’t get enough attention, imo. I think it’s the best starting point for anyone just getting into the Sonos ecosystem. It sounds better as a single speaker than the one plus it’s easy to move from room to room, or of course outside.
Takes some getting used to for sure, and I’m glad they kept a simpler form for the 100.
I’m betting that the shape of the 300 isn’t random though - there’s got to be something internally that’s driving the form and that they chose to express vs just building a box around.
Distinctive shapes is literally Apple’s calling card.
Airpods
Dynamic Island
Trashcan Mac Pro
Mac Mini/Studio
Wedge Macbook Air
You’re right, it’s a case of to each their own.
Personally, I find it ugly. I really dislike electronic devices like this which are so pronounced in form. They look great as a white room exhibit piece but tend not to blend in well in different spaces (or at least less well than a home pod or mini). A device which under delivers in shape (minimalism?) but over delivers in function will always win me over.
Era 300 could have phenomenal sound reproduction but it would still be a “no” in my living room.
I’m not crazy about the $250 price of the 100. It’s ‘only’ $30 more than the One - but you know they’ll charge at least $30 for the Ethernet dongle, and if there’s no SL version then that’s another $20 I’d have not spent. So for me at least, it’s an $80 price bump over the one. Double that, really, since I can’t see me wanting a single for any space.
No doubt it will sound better though.
No doubt it will sound better though.
have you ever... ever had to 'troubleshoot' Sonos speakers? they are an absolute nightmare.
I tried to replace my wifi network, and doing something as seemingly simple as changing the wifi on Sonos was a total and utter nightmare - took hours, and was the most unintuitive thing ever. Being expected to plug one Sonos speaker into ethernet in order to make such a change... when the router with an ethernet port on is in a totally different room.... and thats the ONLY way to change the wifi network..!? come on Sonos...
A friend with Sonos also had problems when moving house and getting his Beam to work again - things happen but the software is a nightmare for this.
Apple is NOT spotless here at all and im not sure its much better...
But Sonos might be easy to set up - sure it is...... but when things go wrong they go W R O N G!
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Airpods – EarPods with the cables removed? Literally all headphones look like this.
Dynamic Island – It's a lozenge on a screen, not a three dimensional piece of industrial design
Trashcan Mac Pro – It's an unusual shape for a computer, but it's also just a cylinder, looks a bit like a ... Trashcan, funnily enough.
Mac Mini/Studio – They're both modest rectangular boxes with computers inside, no idea what you're doing listing these here.
Wedge Macbook Air – Maybe the closest you've come to having a point, but it's not really stand-out distinctive as much as it is a way to make the form factor disappear even more into its surroundings and become less visually intrusive.
The Era 300 doesn't really look like anything else and its design is either very specifically to do with audio enhancements, or to make it stand out visually, or both. You probably have to go back to the iMac G3 era for the last time Apple was doing things like that.
Changing networks for your system involves tapping a button in the app and then another on the back of one of your speakers. You don’t have to search out an Ethernet plug - I mean, that’s one way to do it but not the normal way. No offense, but judging by this and some of your other posts, I just don’t think you knew the capabilities of your system very well.