The Era 300 works best within Apple-dominant households.
If you don’t have a phone near you, you can control the Era 300 using the on-device controls at the top of the speaker. You can tap to play, pause, and shuffle through songs. Or you can slide up and down the capacitive bar to control the volume. There’s also a hardware mute button for Alexa and Sonos Voice Control on the back, which shuts off power to the device’s microphones,How does it sound?
throughout my room and concentrating around the speaker rather than dispersing. At one point, the music feltloud at less than 50% of the volume and even started to make my head ache a bit. At the very least, I heard some excellent detail come throughthrough the Era 300 at the lowest volume, which helped me set a vibe as I wrote this review. The speaker was especially impressive at keeping the sound contained within my room.
I compared the Sonos Era 300 to my current big-ass speaker, the discontinued Google Home Max. I also listened to it against the second-gen Apple HomePod, which is not as loud as the Era 300, though it has. In almost all cases, I preferred the way the Era 300 sounded to the aging Home Max and the second-gen HomePod. For instance, the Home Max was much less bass-” despite its two woofers. While mid-tones came out clearly, they were much more pronounced when listening through the Era 300.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t test the Sonos Era 300 in a 7.1.2 setup with a movie playing, where it can serve as the rear-stereo sound. I do not have the Sonos Beam soundbar or a second Era 300, which you can pair all together to achieve surround sound. However, I did play some of my favorite TV through Bluetooth to hear what dialogue sounded like. I was struck by how much more atmosphere a vintage episode ofThe Sonos Era 300 can deliver quite the full-room sound.
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