SONOS Era 300 stands and stereo placement advice

Does anyone have the package weight of the era 300 stands pair

It’s not listed on the Sonos sales page. Have you called Sonos Support to discuss it? Why does the package weight make a difference? 

I’m curious as well as to why the weight of the stands matters? However for what it’s worth here’s what I believe to a reasonable write-up seemingly that Reddit has been mentioned as a contributor:

I have to import. No SONOS dealer in my country. So shipping weight matters if Simeon is bringing it for me for a fee 

Spikes are good for wall-to-wall carpet, particularly thick ones with a thick pad. They add a lot of stability with four or more spikes, the hassle of adjusting them is hopefully a one-time thing. Three spikes are easier to adjust but offer less stability than four. Not sure about audio differences, haven't heard enough to have an opinion.

For area rugs, not so good as if the rug shifts they can leave nasty scratches in the floor. 

For hard surfaces, using pads/disks under the spikes, that can reduce stability as a bump that would have only slid a speaker an inch can knock it off tne pads, tipping and scratches are then likely.

I've used spiked feet on larger, floor standing speakers in the past, stability wasn't an issue but I wanted to minimize the carpet deformation at the front of the room. I bought spikes just a fraction taller than the carpet depth so nothing but the spike touched. When the speakers came out the spike holes disappeared at the first cleaning. That advantage might also be worth considering.

I’m not going to disagree with you regarding the general premise of your assessment regarding stand design. However if you click on the first link provided by ​@Stanley_4  you’ll notice the top portion that looks like a “T” lying flat. When the speakers are mounted they actually become part of the stand acting as counter-weights in conjunction with the base.

That said can the stands be tipped over…the answer is “yes”. However it takes significant force for that to occur. Trust me I know by experience due to my clumsy sister-in-law after a few drinks. Incidentally she’s been banded from my media room 😂.

Seriously, for an adult environment and barring kids and adults having too many beverages of a certain type the Era 300’s on stands are fine.

​@AjTrek1 

I was not necessarily suggesting heavier stands would be harder to knock over although that is definitely the case.  I was more suggesting a heavier mass loaded stand would not move as much when the driver cones move.  The front driver cone movement would be the one that would be of most concern.  The side & up firing drivers would not move the thin stand post as much.  So I suppose if the 300s were used as surrounds the Sonos stand might work just fine, but as stereo speakers where the front driver is active I would prefer stiffer, heavier stands.

Other brands are heavier, you may not like the design as well, but as the weight is at floor level it doesn't add a lot to the anti-tippimg picture.

If tipping is a major concern just extend the base of whatever stand you have by mounting it on a solid, and larger base. Cutting boards offer some interesting materials, are inexpensive and easy to work with. Mom had a clocking a skinny, wobbly table and a nice bamboo Cutting board screwed to the existing legs made it pretty solid.

Bigger (and four legs) and more weight is ideal, but I'll say size trumps weight.

​@MoPac 

I’ve not noticed any movement caused by drivers in my Era 300’s mounted on the Sonos stands. If speaker movement is present it’s occurring at a cyclical/vibration rate too fast for my old eyes to detect 😂.