Sonos era 300 wall mount upside down

Thanks again hopefully will be getting the speakers early next week according to dispatch so I can post how I get on. 

I have my new 300’s and they are good and an improvement on the ones but don’t think the inverted mode for home theatre system isn't implemented properly as it is not as immersive as I would like and the sound still comes from the speaker and not all around.

Hopefully this will improve soon as I really like where they are aesthetically.

I was waiting for an answer to this question but decided to bite the bullet and just buy two Era 300s to replace my Amp powered Mirage Omnisat rear surrounds.  I think the reason there are not of a lot of answers on this forum to this question is because the speakers are very heavy, and you have to actually mount them to test the sound from below the ceiling.

I think they sound great mounted inverted below the ceiling (my only option because the couch is against the wall).  I had them lower when I was testing them, and they were too loud because they were so close to the ears. The Atmos Experience is much fuller just because sound is being produced in so many directions.  I don’t know if height audio would be more mesmerizing if the speakers were properly placed three feet behind me, but either way the sound is much more immersive than with my Omnisats.

I have bitten the bullet and moved the speakers down and put them in the recommended orientation and the sound placement sound so much better.  

Has the software been updated to fully support the speakers inverted? 

Do you have any photos of how you’ve mounted them?

I’m in a very similar situation to @ncw1978  and @T800Model101. My couch is against the back wall where I currently have my Sonos One SLs mounted about 4-5 feet above the listener’s ears and about 1- 1.5ft from the ceiling. Seems my only option is to invert. I’m wresting with 2 questions:

1. Is it worth the ~$900 to upgrade from One’s to Era 300’s in general?
2. Is it worth, given the mounting location, to upgrade and will i notice an improvement? Our living room is rather open concept with our kitchen, so while the listening area is mostly the living room couch area, the space is large due to the kitchen which effectively doubles the listening area. I also have a One on the kitchen counter to improve audio when streaming music.

I think it is definitely worth it.   The surround is very powerful.  Before upgrading, I had a nice setup with passive Mirage Omnisats connected to a Sonos Amp as surrounds mounted in the same location where the Era 300s are now mounted.  The Omnisats, like inverted Era 300s, project sound downward.  The Era 300s were a slight but noticeable upgrade.  I went to a friend’s house who has Ones as surrounds at ear level, and the difference between the Ones and mounted inverted Era 300s was like night and day.   I’d imagine (but have not confirmed) that One’s mounted at ceiling level would not sound nearly as good as One’s at ear level, hence my answer. 
 

As for the open layout, I have a somewhat open layout between my living room and dining room. When watching TV sitting on the couch, the open layout does not make a difference because the Era 300s are above you.  I have a Sonos one and a Symfonisk picture frame on the other end of the room I group with the Arc and Era 300s when listening to music. 
 

hah, i didn’t know this existed, pretty cool. Is audio output/quality similar to a One?

Thanks for all your feedback. I guess I’ll have to cough up the $800 for some Era 300’s. At least I can utilize Sonos’s 15% upgrade program.

pic from kitchen area looking towards tv. 
 

Hey community, not to beat the dead horse to death. However, I have a similar situation with  a large open concept living room, dining room kitchen. I have 9 foot walls, but then a 8/12 pitch up to about 14’. See pics below. My thought is to put them on the wings at about the 7 foot height, mark (see the left side by the two picture frames). The thought is to move the pictures and put them as I mentioned anywhere from 6 to 8 feet. my wife won’t let me put the stands behind the couch 😏

So,  to invert or not to invert, that is the question??? Thinking not, as  the top driver facing up will bounce off the pitch and come back down - but then again, I’m hearing other threads say it sounds really good inverted, but it may be too directional  

What  say you pros?