Sonos Era 300 VS Apple HomePod FULL COMPARISON!

I get into the details comparing the all-new Sonos Era 300 speaker against Apple's 2023 full-sized HomePod! Check out the smart home features, audio test, spatial audio abilities, and more!

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Chapters ➡
0:00 Intro
0:51 Design
2:27 Spatial Audio
4:49 Sound Quality & Sound Test
7:04 Use with TV
8:37 Smart Home uses

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Which smart speaker do you prefer?


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[evan]

I've got a homepod mini and an era 100 and the era 100 is SO much clearer and more room filling but that makes sense considering its size and price.
My 2 era 300's as rears make my tv setup insane and the atmos stuff is so cool

[richarddutchholland]

I’d still go for a pair of HomePods for my needs, I just want 2 channel for the TV and then streaming music. The ERA don’t do the 2 channel setup, so using ERA 300’s your using them in a already expensive Sonos setup, a pair of these seem expensive at £900 just to be used as rear speakers is a surround setup

[jetsonjoe]

HomePods sound far more richer and elegant...and a pair of them are just beautiful sound...best ever for price...no contest...they can review all they want but truth is Apple has done an amazing job of sound...but a pair is the only way to go.

[julioirizarry]

Great comparison! I said they okay for music and spectacular when it comes as surrounds with the arc and the sub or two in my case. They might have been intended mostly for music but really shines as surrounds for movies . All those inside speakers and weird looking designs give you and incredible immerse atmos experience.

[xguy]

The Arc + Sub + 2 Era 300s for surround setup is truly immersive. I’ve demoed many different atmos movie scenes and I’ve been impressed. I would tell anyone these are now the go to speakers for surrounds.

[renedominguez]

Price is the only thing the HomePod wins, considering this and commodity it’s a good buy, but sound-wise it’s not even close, the Era 300 is miles ahead

[billm]

I dont know why they keep comparing the era 300 to the home pod there is no comparison era 300 eats the home pod any day you can use it as ht system and you can use it with android no comparison

[vikram.SumerSingh]

You nailed it, every other review called about the Amazing spatial audio, I got ERA 300 and on a single speaker, I could barely notice the difference, .

[mattsynth]

Sonos: goofy looking, way too expensive. All the music I listen to was recorded in stereo so Atmos and Spactial audio is not important to me. For a home theater I prefer a full surround a sound system like Marantz with Klipsch towers, not some plastic speakers. HomePod is also too expensive but very good looking option for Apple users looking for good sounding small speakers.

[miilero]

I got 2 homepods are amazing for listen music and movies

[Ykodi]

Great review!! If I want to use only 2 speakers for my Apple tv for dolby atmos effects, which is better - set of 2 homepods or set of 2 era 300?

[arondyte]

Excited to get a second homepod soon for a stereo set-up. I just have 1 at the moment and it’s already blowing me away!

[alpdoganakyuz]

Mids and highs are better in homepod 2

[aaronmelson]

I just purchased the 2nd gen homepod. Never owned the mini or the 1st gen. I paid $250 for my homepod from best buy brand new and i only use it to listen to music and love it so far.

[klaymoon]

Great video. To connect to a TV, does Sonos works via HDMI eARC through an Apple TV when connected via airplay? If so, I'd assume at least a single Sonos can be used as a TV speaker.

[GlennWatson]

I returned mine. Kept dropping signals an Wouldnt par two speakers with bluetooth. New app really sucks too,

[luminary]

Omg I don't hear from speakers
Only
Talk too much 😭

[BMarandonly]

Cool video…now let’s talk about how all my shortcuts are failing with iOS 16.4. Great for a couple days, but now everything I run is failing for unknown reasons….WHY! Lol I hate Apple of today I miss Apple of “it just works”.

[peatlow]

The seperation begins with the intercom, Siri, and ease of use for the HomePods. And tap your iPhone to the HomePod and it plays music from your iPhone super fast. And it does 5.1, 7.1 and Dolby Atmos for streaming shows and movies 🎥at home. The sound and bass is very good. And I know Apple takes great pride in their acoustic team delivering great sound for shows and movies considering Apple TV team already is making big plans into movie theaters and making movies anyways. Great video but Siri and the smarts the HomePods bring was missing and to me is more favorable to me than the Sonos speakers.