SONOS ERA 300
Happy days are Era gain
The next generation of high-end Sonos magic has landed, and it introduces spatial audio support too. But is this chunky speaker worth the chunky price?
[ Words Dan Grabham ]
The Sonos Era 300 represents exactly what the name suggests – anew Era for Sonos. While the Era 100 (see p32) is a direct replacement for the tremendous One speaker, the Era 300 drops into a new zone. Sonos claims it doesn’t replace the Five (£549), but it does mean you’d be crackers to buy one of those given what this can do for £100 less (sorry for the spoiler).
This does pave the way for an even more capable Era 500 to replace the Five at some point, though. And you can already use Era 300s as rear speakers in a more comprehensive Dolby Atmos-capable Sonos setup – up to a 7.1.4 system when used alongside the Arc or Beam (Gen 2) and the Sub.