Review: Sonos Era 300

If you look at your speaker while listening, you shouldn't wince. So it's lucky that Era 300, Sonos' newest wireless speaker and first step into spatial audio 

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so good—its appearance is easy to ignore. Unless you suddenly see it, in which case it always surprises.

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Sonos' popularity has been built as much on its easy ownership as on its music. "Reasonably competitive" sound quality, class-leading ergonomics, an excellent control app

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With Era 300—and the smaller, cheaper Era 100 stereo speaker that debuted at the same time

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Sonos has kept all its strengths and added audio performance that rivals any price-comparable, size-adjacent alternative. Spatial music in the Era 300.   

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Amazon Music Unlimited, Apple Music, and Tidal music streaming services have helped spread spatial audio

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Sonos supports Amazon and Apple's spatial audio, but not Tidal's. The Apple Homepod smart speaker is a full-service supplier of spatial audio music

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Six speaker drivers give the Era 300 expansive sound. Four tweeters reflect sound from the roof and create a sense of height: one forward, one left, one right, and one put into a horn.

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