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Trending Lyricist I
December 15, 2024
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Does Sub Mini materially improve Era 300 mid and high range?

  • December 15, 2024
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Hi. I have a pair of Era 300s in a room about 6m by 4m. I use for music only, currently. They fill the room adequately. The sound is nice - warm, fairly detailed, plenty of bass. I don’t need more bass but considering a sub mini to allow the Eras to concentrate on the trebles. I have heard mixed reviews of adding a SM. Would be keen to hear views on whether it makes much difference to the delivery of the mid and high end through the Eras. Thanks. 

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Best answer by nik9669a

If no one offers first-hand experience, you could use the 30-day return period to try for yourself. Return them if you’re not happy with the sound. 

15 replies

MoPac
Headliner III
December 15, 2024

Because the 300s have respectable bass I’d be looking at the Sub 3 or Sub 4.  Of course I like electronic music.

SaybadgerAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
December 16, 2024

Thanks MoPac. I have been thinking about that too - whether the mini will have enough impact. As I say though, I don’t really want more bass, just more clarity through the mid and high range. I know a sub generally would permit this but wanted to see if anyone had experience of whether it makes a difference in that respect. Whether it is a mini or not, I assume the effect would be similar. Cheers. 

nik9669aAnswer
Senior Virtuoso
December 16, 2024

If no one offers first-hand experience, you could use the 30-day return period to try for yourself. Return them if you’re not happy with the sound. 

Airgetlam
December 16, 2024

It’s hard to define ‘materially’, sound is so subjective to the user’s ears. What may seem as a material impact to one person may seem to be nothing to another.

Bruce
SaybadgerAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
December 16, 2024

Thanks all. I appreciate it’s quite a personal thing. Just interested in what others have experienced. Might try, and return if no good. 

Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
December 16, 2024

Tried my new Era-300s in a 10x10 foot office, they sounded awesom.

Had a Sub gen 2 just sitting there so I tried it with them, love it and the improved low end.

My ears are old and busted so I can’t make reliable comments on the higher frequencies.

Lyricist II
December 18, 2024

I just added a sub mini to my era300 pair. Honestly speaking, it did not give me a “waoo” or impress feeling compare from upgrading from single era 300 to era300 pair. So i tested with different type of genre music and movies. With lower volume, the overall improvement is like 10%? if you listen on a higher volume you can feel the improvement more. But in terms of mid and high it felt almost the same to me. It only will impress me when I go for actions movies and deeper bass music. But I believe still worth the upgrade because currently I’m using it as a stereo pair PC speakers for movies and music. It serves it purposes until I got my new TV and then arc ultra then sub gen 4. 

SaybadgerAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
December 19, 2024

That’s really helpful Sean T. May I ask what size room they are in?

Lyricist II
December 19, 2024

I’m in the living space with 6m x 4m x 2.4(H). I did more listening and movie yesterday, I would said it sounds better with sub mini(my wife agree as well). If I listen through Bluetooth by PC with youtube content (some higher quality content you can felt the speaker sounds better, some are not that why it felt “not impressive” to me). Comparing to amazon prime music(sonos app), or downloaded 4k movies(bluetooth-PC) will always sounds way better and more consistent compare to youtube(bluetooth-PC). Lastly, i know what I’m missing from the sub mini is, i used to have a ported sub(samsung soundbar & sub) and I love the rumbling base feeling when watching movies. That why at first I said it felts like 10-20% improvement. But after do much testing. I love my upgrades and you should too! 

You can see the layout below (purple hatch is the era 300 & sub location), not the best location but that where i use to watch movies and listening position. But is satisfy all my needs, and ready for my future upgrade (TV > arc ultra > Sub gen 4 > sell off sub mini). hahahahhaha

 

 

SaybadgerAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
December 19, 2024

Thanks. That’s the same size as my room albeit layout is different. 
 

So basically, you reckon high quality streaming sounds better but it doesn’t really help the poorer stuff? I’m mainly interested in music and not movies. Thanks.