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Mike H
Retired Sonos Staff
March 7, 2023

Introducing Era 300

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Introducing Era 300

Hi all,

Today we introduce Era 300: an unmatched spatial audio experience with Dolby Atmos for listeners and creators alike.

Era 300

Unprecedented for a single compact speaker, Era 300 boasts six powerful drivers that direct sound left, right, forward and upward, delivering a breakthrough audio performance featuring Dolby Atmos that places listeners at the very heart of their movies and music.

  • Designed for spatial: Era 300 wraps its beautifully complex acoustic architecture in an elegantly cinched hourglass design, with every angle, proportion and perforation enhancing the direction and dispersion of sound to truly surround you.

  • Surreal surround sound: Era 300 is the brand’s first speaker that delivers multi-channel surround sound when used as home theater rears. Movie fans can pair two speakers with Arc or Beam (Gen 2) to create a supercharged Dolby Atmos experience that draws them deeper into the action.

  • Deep music industry collaboration: Sonos worked closely with its community of leading artists and creators - including Sonos Soundboard members - to meticulously fine-tune Era 300 so listeners can enjoy sound straight from the studio that’s true to the artist’s intent. 

Era 300 from the back

 

Premium, responsible design that keeps everyone in mind

Building on Sonos’s timeless acoustic-driven design aesthetic, Era 100 and Era 300 are responsive to the challenges facing our environment—and better for everyone who interacts with our designs, featuring a bold new UI and innovations that will help them last longer, use less energy and make use of recycled materials in each product. 

  • More sustainable sound: Era 100 and Era 300 are made with post consumer recycled (PCR) plastic and packaged in 100% sustainably sourced paper, while also engineered to reduce power consumption with under two watts idle power consumption and a new advanced sleep function.

  • Built to last: Designed to live in your home for years, both speakers are built for serviceability by reducing the use of adhesives and transitioning to screws for easy disassembly and repair.

  • Bold, new UI: Era 100 and Era 300 feature an intuitive new user interface, including a new capacitive volume slider for simple control that complements quick and private control of your music with Sonos Voice Control, the Sonos app, Apple AirPlay 2 and Bluetooth®.

  • Upgraded connectivity: Stream all the audio you care about using WiFi or Bluetooth, and directly connect other audio devices such as a turntable using an auxiliary cable and the Sonos Line-In Adapter.

  • Expanding Trueplay to more listeners: Using the microphone array in Era 100 and Era 300, Trueplay optimizes the sound for the unique acoustics of your space with just a tap in the Sonos app. Available to both Android and iOS users.

Era 300 will be available for pre-order on sonos.com today, and globally starting March 28 2023 for $449USD, £449, €499 and $749 AUS. For more information, please visit Sonos.com

Read the full press release for Era 100 and Era 300 here.

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122 replies

Lead Maestro
March 7, 2023

When the Era 300s are used as surrounds with the Arc or Beam (Gen 2), is it considered a 5.1.4 or 7.1.4 setup? What specific channels do the side-firing drivers of the Era 300 play when playing a 7.1 or 5.1 audio track?

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
Trending Lyricist I
March 7, 2023

When the Era 300s are used as surrounds with the Arc or Beam (Gen 2), is it considered a 5.1.4 or 7.1.4 setup? What specific channels do the side-firing drivers of the Era 300 play when playing a 7.1 or 5.1 audio track?

Also interested in this.

Mr. T
March 7, 2023

When the Era 300s are used as surrounds with the Arc or Beam (Gen 2), is it considered a 5.1.4 or 7.1.4 setup? What specific channels do the side-firing drivers of the Era 300 play when playing a 7.1 or 5.1 audio track?

7.1.4 according to https://www.theverge.com/23627044/sonos-era-300-100-announced-price-features-hands-on

“…the two Era 300s in back each output standard rear channels (four and five) and work together on expanded left and right (6 and 7). The four height channels are a combination of the Arc and 300s. Combine all that with the Sub, and that’s how you come out with 7.1.4 Atmos.”

Trending Lyricist I
March 7, 2023

When the Era 300s are used as surrounds with the Arc or Beam (Gen 2), is it considered a 5.1.4 or 7.1.4 setup? What specific channels do the side-firing drivers of the Era 300 play when playing a 7.1 or 5.1 audio track?

7.1.4 according to https://www.theverge.com/23627044/sonos-era-300-100-announced-price-features-hands-on

“…the two Era 300s in back each output standard rear channels (four and five) and work together on expanded left and right (6 and 7). The four height channels are a combination of the Arc and 300s. Combine all that with the Sub, and that’s how you come out with 7.1.4 Atmos.”

Arst Technica also confirms. Happy to finally see upward firing surround speakers! I hope we get reviews soon.

 

Collaborator I
March 7, 2023

Doesn’t really matter but there’s a small typo in the announcement post, seems like it’s $20 cheaper than on sonos.com

 

Is there any guidance on placement regarding Atmos with the Era 300s? I’m debating wall mounts vs stands. Walls are about six feet behind the couch - would that be too far for Atmos to be effective for mounted era 300s? 8.5 ft ceilings if that factors in at all

Trending Lyricist I
March 7, 2023

Wow $428 CAD after taxes for a pair of stands. This is ridiculous.

melvimbe
March 7, 2023

This is about the specs that I was expecting in given the links.  I was hoping to see a set of 2 Era 300s and a Sub mini, but don’t see it.  I would assume these can be bonded as a room?   It’s the sub mini perhaps not fit for atmos audio?

Danny
Lead Maestro
March 7, 2023

When the Era 300s are used as surrounds with the Arc or Beam (Gen 2), is it considered a 5.1.4 or 7.1.4 setup? What specific channels do the side-firing drivers of the Era 300 play when playing a 7.1 or 5.1 audio track?

7.1.4 according to https://www.theverge.com/23627044/sonos-era-300-100-announced-price-features-hands-on

“…the two Era 300s in back each output standard rear channels (four and five) and work together on expanded left and right (6 and 7). The four height channels are a combination of the Arc and 300s. Combine all that with the Sub, and that’s how you come out with 7.1.4 Atmos.”

So does this mean the two side-firing drivers on the surround speaker will both play the side surround channel of a 7.1 audio track? And on a 5.1 audio track, the front and side-firing drivers will all play the rear surround channel?

Also, I’m still reading some reports that when the 300s are used with the Beam, it is still only a 5.1.4 setup.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
Mr. T
March 7, 2023

This is about the specs that I was expecting in given the links.  I was hoping to see a set of 2 Era 300s and a Sub mini, but don’t see it.  I would assume these can be bonded as a room?   It’s the sub mini perhaps not fit for atmos audio?

I’d assume so. In the FAQ, it states “Era 300 has great bass on its own. For a richer, more powerful sound experience, we recommend pairing Era 300 with Sub (any generation).”

Lyricist I
March 7, 2023

What is the price of this cool device?