Sonos Era 300 Review - 6 Months Later

Is the Sonos Era 300's sound performance and Dolby Atmos support worth the price? How does it compare to other speakers in Sonos' lineup, is it better at spatial audio than Apple's HomePod Gen 2, and overall, who exactly should pick up this speaker?

We'll answer those questions and more in our long term review of this speaker. We'll also talk about what services you can use to play spatial audio, how the line in works, we'll take you through the best features of the Sonos app, plus the downsides we've found with this speaker including music transfer, the center channel speaker in an Atmos surround configuration and more!

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🕰️Timestamps:
0:00 - Dolby Atmos Music
2:13 - Speaker design
3:35 - Speaker controls
4:36 - Sonos app
5:59 - Setup experience
6:10 - Downsides
8:28 - Recommendations

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[rhenzlemuel]

I finally pulled the trigger, Sonos sent me a 20% discount and got a pair of Era 300s for $771 shipped 🔥

[joemiller]

Thanks for the review. I’ve had a pair of 300’s hooked up as surrounds with my arc and sub. Some Atmos tracks give me goosebumps. My favorite track is Better Days by Dermont Kennedy. You should give it a listen.

[timothey]

Thanks of the review! As a music junkie I really wanted the atmos experience but scrolling through my apple music library and noticing tracks even today aren’t always atmos supported. I guess its too early to focus on that immersive experience. Wish they played stereo tracks out the front instead.

[Nick-Tuned]

These speakers sound amazing. Some of the best audio quality I’ve heard and the spacial audio feature is pleasing to the ear. Dare I say almost audiophile quality. It gives you the illusion of sounds coming from areas where hardware is not present. My only knocks on the product are that it is a tad bit overpriced for what they are and also that Sonos routes their user experience through their proprietary mobile app which is a bit clunky and counterintuitive in some ways. Another concern when buying a product of this nature is how long the company will continue pushing firmware updates to it.

[duprie]

Oh man, it makes me so sad to see one lonely Era 300 sitting on the table there 😢 I'm not rich or anything but when I heard these as a stereo pair I had to go and buy two. The Sonos Era 300 as a stereo pair is 10 times better than having just one. I have no problem with ordinary stereo on these either. Atmos or 2 ch. stereo, both sound absolutely fantastic. Even if Atmos just turns out to be a passing fad (which I think sadly it will, unless Apple stops charging artists $200 _per track_ to upload Atmos versions) it'll still be a great investment.

[bobwalters]

Good vid! I love my era 300’s as surrounds! And btw, you look a lot like Mark Paul Gosselaar!!

[MarkoKoskenoja]

Another good and thoughtful review👍 As an Android user I wouldn't buy any Sonos products unless they incorporated Chromecast, Google Assistant and local library playback of my TB of HiRes music files....or at 2 of this features.

[PaoMauMahal]

You got it right. :) Very helpful information there and gave us a good bottomline.

[mikewilson]

Fantastic speaker imo. Worth the investment!

[nsarunlant]

Is it better to have Era 300 as surrounds for beam gen 2 ? or should i settle with Era 100 for surrounds ?

[RwynLsofficial]

always love your videos man from PH ! i have already Sonos One Gen 2, planning to add ERA 300. great insights ! well my wife is working in SONOS. so she is the one who introduce me to that specially when the ERA came out in the market. and we are excited to have one !

[ColbotDragon]

Ok, you’ve convinced me! Gonna get one next pay day

[MiguelRamirez-mexz]

I understand that there aren't many speakers to compare the Sonos Era 300 with, so I'm contemplating a soundbar like the Samsung Q800C. It supports Dolby Atmos for both music and movies, and it's attractively priced just under 400€, with an additional 100€ cashback offer in Spain. In light of this, would you still recommend the Sonos Era 300 priced at 499€ over a soundbar?

[addictedTobowling]

I have two SL ones connected to my arc and sub. Is it worth upgrading to these? Thanks

[razyeld]

Do you actually use the products for 6 months before doing the review?

[youknowwho]

Compared to Beolit 20 and its amazing soundstage, which speaker is better?

[myatix]

The biggest thing that sucks about Sonos speakers is that you can’t have different speaker configurations for different scenarios Eg: Music vs Home Theatre… Thanks for sharing!

[engineeringVirtue]

Did you change the treble or bass settings on the equalizer... a little underwhelmed by the bass with Default settings?

[JulianJohnston]

Great review, thanks for the post pal.