Contributor I

Era 300 Surround placement

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Hello Everyone,

I just ordered a pair of Sonos Era 300’s to run as rear speakers for my surround sound.

Please excuse the condition of the house, we just had a flood and I’ve been tearing everything out.

Right now we have a Sonos arc, Sub Gen 3 for the front and I have recently acquired a Sub Gen 2 for behind the couch. Up to this point I have been using two Sonos Play 1’s as rears which will move to a different room.

The couch will be placed in the blue rectangle, and is 43” tall. We are building a half wall between the rooms outlined in red which will be 40” tall.

The rear sub will be placed behind the couch as outlined in green.

As for the era 300’s the placement is a little bit more tough, as you can see on the left side is a light switch and the mantle to our fireplace, so realistically I’d have to place it above this, and I can match it in the opposing corner however it would be about 6” further back.

At this point because of the placement it will obviously be above our heads as well as behind, but Im thinking of installing them upside down in the green circles.

What are the general thoughts about doing this? I’ve been reading that inverted mounting is now supported with trueplay is that correct?

Thanks everyone!

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Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Consider getting whatever stands look good to you and then adding a base of whatever height you think you need. I've made some very nice ones from Home Depot oak boards, 2 to 12 inches wide. No need for fine cabinetry just straight cuts (HD will do them) and some good wood glue, followed by stain and polyurethane varnish. Simple black paint looks good too if you want to blend them in.

You can also add clamps to secure the stand to the base if you have kids or bigger dogs to worry about.

You can do a test set with cheap pine for a lot less than oak. Sprayed black that might be good enough.

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Andy.MacAuthor

Contributor I

Consider getting whatever stands look good to you and then adding a base of whatever height you think you need. I've made some very nice ones from Home Depot oak boards, 2 to 12 inches wide. No need for fine cabinetry just straight cuts (HD will do them) and some good wood glue, followed by stain and polyurethane varnish. Simple black paint looks good too if you want to blend them in.

You can also add clamps to secure the stand to the base if you have kids or bigger dogs to worry about.

You can do a test set with cheap pine for a lot less than oak. Sprayed black that might be good enough.

By this do you mean that the speakers should be positioned above the back of the couch? Or if it’s partially behind the couch is that still okay?

im perfectly fine ordering the Sanus ones that extend higher if that’s what’s needed!

just want to confirm if the whole speaker head should be above the couch or if the top/side speakers are enough.

106rallye

You do nat want objects between you and the speaker. They should be above the couch.

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Andy.MacAuthor

Contributor I

You do nat want objects between you and the speaker. They should be above the couch.

Sanus adjustable stands it is then!

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GuyinPA75

Enthusiast I

My suggestion is definitely with using the stands option.

Currently have the Era 300 speakers and I purchased from Amazon the Pegzone brand as they allow the speaker height to be adjusted up to 42.6 inches. Really like the stands and very happy purchased them.

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Andy.MacAuthor

Contributor I

My suggestion is definitely with using the stands option.

Currently have the Era 300 speakers and I purchased from Amazon the Pegzone brand as they allow the speaker height to be adjusted up to 42.6 inches. Really like the stands and very happy purchased them.

Wicked! Thank you - how did you find those compared to the Sanus ones? Quite a price difference between them..

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GuyinPA75

Enthusiast I

My suggestion is definitely with using the stands option.

Currently have the Era 300 speakers and I purchased from Amazon the Pegzone brand as they allow the speaker height to be adjusted up to 42.6 inches. Really like the stands and very happy purchased them.

Wicked! Thank you - how did you find those compared to the Sanus ones? Quite a price difference between them..

Sanus stand I’m unable to comment on since not purchased for Era 300s. What had me go with Pegzone is my opinion they more pleasing to look on over the Sanus. The Pegzone I have no complaints with. Sturdy. Cord goes down the inside of stand and out the bottom. Height setting goes up and down with ease. And the price obviously better. Much, much, much better. Give a try from Amazon for week or so. If not like, should be able to return pretty easy. Just keep the box and stuff to send back.

I do have other Sanus stands and they are nice. Have pivot one for my 77 in LG G4 OLED and a bracket stand that holds the Arc Ultra underneath the TV.

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