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era300 stereo adjustment left-right?

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Hi,

i think i know the answer but.. i have a stereo pair of era300 and i enjoy them a lot in my bedroom. Depending on where i sleep, i’d like to adjust stereo left/right but there is nothing in the app. For my five i have a stereo left/right adjustment (single speaker)

i suppose no chance to have it for era 300?

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Corry PAnswer

Sonos Staff

Hi @arslanelver

Some more information recently came to my attention.

It is now intentional that Era 300 speakers do not have a balance control available:

As Era 300 is the first fully immersive stand-alone speaker capable of playing back many channels simultaneously (beyond the standard left/right), balance settings were a feature that made less sense for this specific product. As such, they have been removed from the app.

To be clear, an issue was found with balance sliders not showing when they should, but it was not specific to Era 300s - it was this issue that was resolved.

I hope this helps.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

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arslanelverAuthor

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Thank you @Corry P - much apprciated!

Corry P

Sonos Staff

Hi @arslanelver et al

I am not sure when it was, exactly, but I have just found out that this issue has been resolved.

Apologies that this was not relayed to you all sooner.

I hope this helps.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

Corry PAnswer

Sonos Staff

Hi @arslanelver

Some more information recently came to my attention.

It is now intentional that Era 300 speakers do not have a balance control available:

As Era 300 is the first fully immersive stand-alone speaker capable of playing back many channels simultaneously (beyond the standard left/right), balance settings were a feature that made less sense for this specific product. As such, they have been removed from the app.

To be clear, an issue was found with balance sliders not showing when they should, but it was not specific to Era 300s - it was this issue that was resolved.

I hope this helps.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

Hi @arslanelver

Some more information recently came to my attention.

It is now intentional that Era 300 speakers do not have a balance control available:

As Era 300 is the first fully immersive stand-alone speaker capable of playing back many channels simultaneously (beyond the standard left/right), balance settings were a feature that made less sense for this specific product. As such, they have been removed from the app.

To be clear, an issue was found with balance sliders not showing when they should, but it was not specific to Era 300s - it was this issue that was resolved.

I hope this helps.

Which drivers are in use when two Eras are set as a stereo pair but they are only receiving a conventional stereo signal, @Corry P? Do they still send through all of the drivers? How are they “interpreting” any height data, for example, since that’s not in the date stream. And if Trueplay hasn’t been run, they have limited knowledge of a room’s acoustics.

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arslanelverAuthor

Avid Contributor III

I wanted to ask a similar question if that’s the case. I am sure upfiring speaker isnt being used on a stereo signal on a pair of era 300 but how about other drivers?

thanks

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

I'm old so this "how many drivers" discussion is reminding me of the Japanese speaker wars from the 70s where seeing a speaker with about a dozen drivers wasn't unusual.

Then as now the only thing that really mattered was how good did it sound. My listening got me a set of AR-3a with just 3 drivers, the sound was good and imaging better.

About impossible to do a fair HD versus Atmos test due to the different masters for each but I find that both sound good. On my 300 Pair a well done Atmos track is much more immersive but just listening to the sound and not the imaging they seem very close to my old ears.

Hopefully Sonos will get the design sorted out to be what they intended. What they intended (reportedly decided by listening panels) sounds good to us. And they can get the marketing / messaging all on the same story.

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nik9669a

Senior Virtuoso

I'm old so this "how many drivers" discussion is reminding me of the Japanese speaker wars from the 70s where seeing a speaker with about a dozen drivers wasn't unusual.

I’m not saying “I want more drivers”; l am curious which are used to be able to eliminate the need for a balance control for stereo signals.

Corry P

Sonos Staff

Hi @nik9669a

I asked, but so far have not received a reply (the people I asked are very busy, to be fair).

If you have a stereo pair of Era 300s, it may be quicker and easier to try it and see.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

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Didgplayer

Lyricist I

I have a stereo pair of Era 300s as well and and am sorely missing the balance control. I had a lengthy discussion withchat support, and it just doesn’t exist. I don’t understand how such a high-end system can lack such a basic control. This is a serious flaw. I hope they fix it.

Ken_Griffiths

I have a stereo pair of Era 300s as well and and am sorely missing the balance control. I had a lengthy discussion withchat support, and it just doesn’t exist. I don’t understand how such a high-end system can lack such a basic control. This is a serious flaw. I hope they fix it.

I don’t think there is a plan to fix anything, reading the replies from thd Sonos Staff above, it seems it is ‘by design’…

"As Era 300 is the first fully immersive stand-alone speaker capable of playing back many channels simultaneously (beyond the standard left/right), balance settings were a feature that made less sense for this specific product. As such, they have been removed from the app”.

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