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Feature Request- Era 300 Stereo Mode


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  • Trending Lyricist I
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Hello Sonos Community,

I love the Arc Ultra, 2x Era 300, Sub 4 for Movies and Atmos Content, but for music it’s clearly lacking behind a stereo pair.

  • playing Atmos music is more like a gimmick for me, nothing I want to keep listening to for extended periods 
  • the options to adjust the Era 300 in music mode are a good start 
  • however a sound bar will never be able to create a stereo stage 
  • therefore it would be great to utilize the Era 300 that are surround speaker in movies, as a stereo pair in music. It could be an easy switch like “Stereo mode”
  • is there any comparable mode/way that does not require re-pairing the speaker ?

 

kind regards 

Robert 

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  • Senior Virtuoso
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  • March 2, 2025

If you search these forums you’ll see lots of folk have asked the same. There are also many posts explaining why “an easy switch” isn’t easy to implement. 


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  • March 2, 2025
nik9669a wrote:

If you search these forums you’ll see lots of folk have asked the same. There are also many posts explaining why “an easy switch” isn’t easy to implement. 

 You have a link to an explanation?

I’m a software engineer myself, it’s never easy but more a choice how to implement. If you purchase a premium product like Sonos it would be great to use it in the optimal way. Also Sonos engineers will have a premium salary and should not be scared about complicated implementations 😆

 

found one https://en.community.sonos.com/home-theater-229129/feature-request-era-300-s-sonos-app-has-one-slider-button-to-switch-2-era-300-s-from-surrounds-to-stereo-pair-6881491

 

an alternative for people who would be willing to throw more money at the problem: Allow paring two Era 300/Five as stereo pair in addition to an arc ultra. 


  • Contributor I
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  • March 2, 2025

Soooo is it the same issue with the 100’s?  


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Rhayward wrote:

Soooo is it the same issue with the 100’s?  

Or Ones, Fives… anything bonded as surrounds, if “the same issue” is the challenge of a debond/rebond software switch. 


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