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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!

I would use stands (ear level) for the Era-300 in a surround setup for best experience and easier to move if room layout changes:

Era-300 placement

Home theater placement

Connect two rear Era 300s to a compatible Sonos soundbar for immersive for surround sound.

  • Both speakers' height should be around ear level and behind your seated position.
  • Leave at least 8" (20.32cm) clearance around the sides of each speaker.

I would use stands (ear level) for the Era-300 in a surround setup for best experience and easier to move if room layout changes:

Era-300 placement

Home theater placement

Connect two rear Era 300s to a compatible Sonos soundbar for immersive for surround sound.

  • Both speakers' height should be around ear level and behind your seated position.
  • Leave at least 8" (20.32cm) clearance around the sides of each speaker.


I did look into the stands however based on my couch which is 43” tall it would block some of the audio as it looks like the speakers get mounted around 38”.

 

I also posted this on Reddit since posting here and it seems some people have setup their era 300’s inverted similar to this and had said it sounds great!