Sonos Era 100 vs. Sonos One, what’s changed?

Sonos just released the $250 Era 100 speaker, a replacement for the Sonos One that's been around since 2017. On the surface, the Era 100 feels similar to the One, but Sonos totally redesigned it on the inside. Those changes make the Era 100 a better-sounding and more flexible speaker than the One it replaces.

[ColonelSternlove]

I like this robot reviewing these speakers

[daisytran]

Clear and to the point. Very helpful. Thank you.

[Chuubie]

🎉I have a home theater Projector setup I've been trying to figure out & landed here after searching for hours searching how I could send my projector's bluetooth audio over to my Sonos Ones (stereo pair). I tried looking up "airplay transmitters", dongles, cables, bluetooth>airplay converters.. and finally got warmer when I learned that the $180 Sonos Roam could pass bluetooth audio onto an existing Sonos network independently of something like Spotify Connect / having to go through an iPhone/tablet. Now I've just watched your video and I'm sold- while getting a Roam would be a pretty expensive bluetooth>airplay gateway, getting a single $250 Sonos Era 100 is the better buy - so I'll eventually replace my Sonos One pair with the Era 100's, and in the meanwhile - it can be a third wheel in my home theater setup (*so I can pass Projector bluetooth audio to the Era100)

And bc you can only form a stereo pair with the same model - only 2 sonos ones can form a stereo pair, only 2 era 100's can form a pair, can't mix and match. And 2 Era100's at this moment is more than I can budget for.

Hope this helps anybody else who has a home theater / projector setup! Hard to find a solution to this on the internet - cuz almost no projectors have airplay by default!

[gledsonr]

have two ones along with Sonos Arc and Sonos mini sub. For me, this configuration is great, as the sound quality is very good. I think it only makes sense to replace my Sonos One's if I'm going to purchase the Era 300, because between the era100 and One, the sound quality is very identical, perhaps it's only possible to see the difference if you put the two working side by side, but in real world it's not worth the upgrade, unless you don't have the Sonos one, in which case I'd buy the Sonos era 100.

[FAMILYFUN-unzm]

Nice video! Can you use the same stand for both speakers(Era and One)?

[marinoint]

Hope Sonos will develop a home theater set using four Era 300.
I don't like sound bars.

[soryngas]

hello, what do you recommend for the Sonos one Sl Gen 2 or Sonos era 100 speaker? thank you!

[niklasbengtsson]

The big question is: If I have several sonos one sl and I want to add some more speakers to my system, do I get era 100s or more ones? I can get a very good deal on 2 sonos ones, both for 2/3 of the price of one era 100. I do think the sound is good enough in my ones, and I'm worried it will differ too much if I start adding different speakers. Thoughts?

[NipponKiwi]

Great Video Mr Engadget! I Learnt Heaps 🧠💡!
Going To Sell My Sonos One And Upgrading.
Cheers From New Zealand 🇳🇿

[roba]

Thanks for the video. I just got 2 Sonos One’s for $220 in Excellent condition from eBay. I don’t like the cable thing. They could have easily put an Ethernet and Line In on the Era 100.

[edwardflorentine]

Does it work for Surround with a beam?

Great video, but your hair is even better. Thats a great head of hair my dude.

[ajtuck]

What’s changed is they don’t support google assistant. Just got a two pack and it’s about to go back.

[gregsmartt]

Do you think they'll make an era-100 sl?

[innocentrage]

I bought the whole Sonos surround system with all the bells and whistles, and now just watch king of the hill and beavis and butthead, lol no surround there

[nmoppisdn]

What sucks is that if you have wall mounted sonos ones, you can't mount sonos era 100 on them

[markusberg]

Fyi, the Sonos One also has forwards and backwards functionality by swiping right or left across all three touch buttons. The discrete buttons of the Era 100 is better, of course, but still...

[DragosVingarzan]

Is it really different though? You get Bluetooth but lose the free ethernet… meh, feels more like a small version bump.

[ultimativo]

Attention: The sound of the Era 100 is worse than the sound of the old One´s. This Upgrade is disappointing. Also permanent disconnection

[antigravity]

Our family uses Android and Google home. Thumbs down Sonos