This has to be one of the best review videos I have ever seen for Sonos ecosystem. Excellent.

I've had a few £15-£20k hifi systems over the years, always looking for the ultimate sound. I have 2 5's, 2 Era 300, 2 Subs & an Arc, the sound, clarity, base is incredible, in my opinion for the price it beats anything I've owned up to this point!

I was thinking about upgrading the Sonos move in my living room for listening to music and wasn’t sure what I could replace it with. After watching your ultimate guide I went with your suggestion of a single Era 300 and a sub mini. I was blown away with the quality of sound I got from that combination. The Era 300 by itself is a fantastic speaker but when you add the sub mini it just elevates the listening experience to a different level. My Sonos move, which is a great speaker by the way is now in my kitchen which turned out to be the perfect acoustic location for it. Keep up the good work and thanks for your suggestion.

After reading on Sonos speakers for days for my needs, I am so thankful for this video! Reviewers in general can learn from this! If I had one question is this… For an open floor (kitchen, dinning, living in an L shape) where is the best placement for 2 x Era 300? Would you consider wall mounting? Good job and thanks again

Great commentary and reviews! I have the arc - era 300's surrounds and two subs and the sound is unbelievable! The era 300 shines the most as surrounds for a home theater set up.

Excellent review across the spectrum of Sonos products. This is the type review needed when customers are on the fence with products to purchase. I'm in the process of setting up a second room. Current room includes the Arc, 2 Gen 3, a pair of SL 1 and 2 Sonos 5.

Thank you so much for taking time. I studied the company's website last night too. And I think the 300 E. R. A is the most open area with the great room. The dining area and the kitchen all open would work there and in the front. Small officer that's 10 / 12 NE RA 100 and in my master bath in E. R 100. Thank you for taking time to respond and putting your talent on the tube.

WoW why didn't I see this earlier the week. You answered all my questions I had about what speakers or speakers to get, best video I have seen. You just got another subscriber 🎉

We have Sonos speakers and love them. We also have a Move to take outside, garage, etc.

That was really helpful. I used to have only a Play:1 since about 6 years. Time to upgrade. I just ordered the Era 300 after I had my experience with that Dolby Atmos/AppleMusic listening with an Era300. I might even get the Sub Mini also with makes it even better. I am happy that my choice was not the Home Pod, even though this is almost as good.

I got a pair of ERA300 at release with excitment to try "Spatial Audio". For me, these ERA 300 with Dolby Atmos tracks are worth every penny and can be astounding in how they fill the room, but also give stereo imaging you will think their is a center speaker. Sure some track mixes are not so well done but plenty of them already have blown me away. Ive been so impressed with these ERA 300, I have a Gen3 sub arriving to pair with them.

I also want to add that the Roam is the perfect bathroom speaker! I leave it docked on the counter, and I've been bringing it into the shower since I got it.

The Sonos Move is one of the best pieces of tech i've ever bought.

Have you compared the ultimate Sonos vs Bose 900 with sub and rear speakers? I have been a Bose fan for the longest but ready to do the switch. currently I have the Bose set up! Thanks! Great video!

Separate front speakers, Sonos 7.1, fantastic for Music A really good configuration for music, Sonos 7.1 Beam a sub mini and 2 Ikea picture frames as surrounds Then an additional 2 Ikea, in stereo pair, as support for front channels. Less volume on these. Run both systems at the same time. Easy to do in the app. Position a lot of volume on the surrounds, to get a very spacy sound in the room. Would like to test with Era 300.

Thanks Stephen - one of the best recommendations I've seen so far! I have the Beam Gen2 but no subs and rears and have been wondering if 2x Homepod 2s wouldn't make a better setup for my smaller lounge for movies and music (Like you, I'm all  ). After watching this, I'm leaning towards getting the sub mini and 2x Era100s to complete my setup 👍🏻

The 2 of them sound very, very good ugh 👍🏼

Awesome video!!! I know nothing about speakers but love music with great sound!! Not sure what inceiling sono speakers to use for family room and kitchen. Any suggestions?

3 more comments: 1) For whole house background sound, I would get the Era 100s first and the Ones second. The Era 100s have better bass response and better fill the room with sound. The Ones work, just not as well. I wouldn't spend Era 300 money on background sound 2) For a relatively small workout area with a TV, just get a Ray with a Sub mini. 3) For smaller outside areas, the Roam works just fine 4) One caveat: the Sonos app can struggle with homes with a large number of speakers. This has been an ongoing issue for me

Yeah I want a single 300 and a sub mini. So was looking for what others thought. A lot of my music is atmos. Thanks man!

Awesome review for all sorts of setups

I am from an old school.... using cables to hook up my amplifier to speakers is still my best option. I hope this method is still around for many years to come. 😊

I mean absolutely great content but do you mind sharing how you classify these room sizes??

Good breakdown of the Sonos ecosphere

Such a good video. Thankyou for clarifying things

Very nice review! One question: what do you consider “large” and “medium” rooms, area wise?

Very very nice review my friend !!!!!!!!

This is the best review for sonos room setup/ recommendations

Thanks for the concise and detailed review. I have a medium size hall in a shared house so I am considerate of the noise. For this reason, I am thinking of buying the Sonos beam, 1 era 300 and sub mini. I am a music person, please let me know what you think.

Great reviews, but what is the difference between a large, medium and small room? How large is large?

You are wrong on 2 counts. 1) The ultimate no cost considered large room HT setup is the Arc plus 2 subs, 2 Era 300 rear surrounds AND a pair of front channel Era 300s 2) Sonos does not allow you to integrate the front Era 300s as part of your Arc system. However, you can pair the front Era 300s with the Arc system. I have this system. The addition of the Era 300s is a substantial improvement on the Arc alone and once you have 2 subs, you will never want to go back to one. This is truly great sound albeit at a HIGH cost. But this system rivals the Nakamichi Dragon

Great video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 I bet that the biggest home theater system is incredible with the right atmos movies

I have 8 HomePod Minis and will be upgrading 4 of them to HomePod 2 to use in my apple TV setup. Because of your honest review, I will be buying the Era 300 to use in my computer room just to listen to music. Thanks again and keep them coming. I do have a question and upgrading to the new Apple Home. Have you upgraded yet and is so, any problems?

Hi question: what is the size (sq. ft) of the room you are referring to for large and medium? My living room size is 10'6"x8'10". It opens up in a kitchen (8'8"x9'8") and dining (7'3"x7'1") area. There are no walls between the living, dining and kitchen. Thanks in advance

First time watching your videos. Such a good review. Keep it up..

For someone who doesn't have a very big budget but cares so much about the quality of sound can you tell me or do a video on the Ikea Sonos speakers. Do they have a space where they could work well as a filler for sound? Are they a close second regarding the quality or are they not worth even purchasing.

Top review mate. Can’t wait to replace my 1s with the 300s as surrounds for the arc and gen 3 woofer 🎉

This is sooo very helpful! Now I don't have to hire a home theatre expert. Thank you!

Great and helpful video

Hey Stephen what's going on with the sonos app it is wise to still stick with sonos which seems like alot of people are moving away from it what can I do

Great Review Stephen - I wish I had seen this before buying the SONOS ERA 300! I have an ARC system with a Sub Gen 3 and 2 SONOS ONE (Gen 2) rear speakers. I was really impressed by the SONOS ERA 300’s specifications and in particular its ability to handle ATMOS tracks. I thought I could add the SONOS ERA 300 to my Home Theatre system as “side” speakers but NO! SONOS Home Theatre only supports ARC (3) and two rear speakers plus one or two Sub Gen 3’s. My choice is now to replace my two rear speakers with ERA 300’s or to send the ERA 300 back. I rang SONOS to find out how I could connect the SONOS ERA 300 to my ARC and keep the two rear channels. Not possible says Support! The best they could suggest is creating a new room and grouping the rooms so that when music is played then all speakers play. For Home Theatre this does not work. It is really disappointing SONOS Home Theatre is restricted to its positional restrictions. (Front Left, Centre, Front Right - ARC), (Rear Left and Rear Right - SONOS ONE / 100 / ERA 300’s) and Subs (2 SUB GEN 3). Home Theatre should allow side channels as well. Today ATMOS is supposed to support digital all around sound. Most of the ATMOS effects are left to the ARC. Perhaps by adding 2 rear ERA 300’s some ATMOS effects may go to the rear speakers but I am uncertain. Clearly the base sounds come from the SUB GEN 3 (from one direction) , ATMOS is meant to be digital surround so if there is an explosion behind you it should come from behind and not from the front. Don’t know how SONOS can fix this because they seem constrained by the positions of the speakers .

Thanks for the review, it was excellent. I have a TV room set up with Arc , Sub Gen 3 and two one SL . This was my first Sonos set up and I love it. I have smaller room set up with TV and pool table , I haven't set up Sonos yet but I was offered a Ray. I was thinking adding Ray and also adding a 300 or five to help fill the room. Would i be able to connect Ray with Five or 300 and or should I. My main goal would be for music but also nice to have good sound for TV especially sports.

Great video! Would you recommend pairing the Arc with the Sub Mini? Im not sure if I can justify almost double the price for the Gen3 sub.

5:57 I think the Era 300s are more than just a little better than the One SLs lol but I think you meant Era 100s

Beam gen2, would u recommend using ONE era300 centered behind the couch until saved up enough for another one? Might take a while.

Thanks Stephen. Very helpful review. I have 2 Play 3's (Gen 1?), 2 Play 5's (Gen 1?) and a sub (Gen 1?) and a play 1 (Gen 1?). I'm thinking of replacing the Play 5's with 2 Era 300's and the Play 1 with 2 Era 100's and adding a sub mini and keeping the sub (Gen 1) and the play 3's (taking advantage of the Sonos upgrade discounts). I would like to pair the Play 3's with the sub mini in a bedroom and the Era 300's with the Sub (gen 1) in the living room. The Era 100's would either be paired with the Era 300's in the living room or the Era 100's in the bedroom or just stand alone. If this makes sense, do you think this would work? Thanks in advance for your time and advice.

I am currently restructuring my office and in the past I used the Sonos Five and honestly I think it is pretty solid. Though now I would like to also have two smaller speakers on my desk and combine them with my Sonos Five. In the other rooms I already use other Sonos speakers. Any recommendations for two smaller speakers? I also use Apple's ecosystem ...

Thank you!

Hope you can help me. I want a music system on my living room. I already have the homepod g2. Should I keep it or go for 300 in stereo? Price is not a factor. I can get the 300 for much cheaper price. Almost as the HP2.

Thanks for the video and recommendations! Agree that ERA300 is a great speaker. But what if it has to sit on a shelf, thus with little space around it? The drivers on the sides and top will underperform, in which case the Sonos Five, with its front drivers only, is a much better option

great video!

When plugging in an Apple TV my TV has eARC too. What is the correct wiring configuration? Does eARC on TV get plugged into soundbar or Apple TV? Then with 2 HomePods it’s works? The HomePods are connected via AirPlay so sound will come from sound bar and pods? This also works for using a gaming system?

i dont have space for a soundbar under my tv stand and in my appartement its not allowed to hang the tv on the wall, so is a pair of sonos era 100 and a sub mini fine. for a nice tv setup in a medium size room?

You’re missing 2 fives. Absolute premium stereo pair.

Great video! I really appreciate the insights. I was wondering if you could give me a recommendation. I currently have an Arc in a large living room, but thinking about making a bedroom (13.5x11) into a media room. Should I move the Arc over and pair it with the 300s, or just get a Beam with 100s for that room. Love the idea of full spatial audio but worried it might overwhelm the room. Thanks in advance!

Can I use the sound bar for karaoke?

A single Era 300 wouldnt work for TV audio right? I would also need something like the soundbar? any recs? Soundbar under the TV + ERA 300 somewhere else in the room?

Beam, 2 SL 2 and Sub

Indeed it doesn’t matter which ecosystem you’re part off because the era speakers won’t work with anything other than Alexa… I want to convert my whole house into sonos (from google speakers) but now having second thoughts because of the removal of google assistant

Hi Can you pls suggest is Sonos era 100 is better or Bose revolve plus 2 Pls suggest

Hey man I have a question - I bought the immersive set however was wondering if I could have the 300’s as left and right as opposed to being sat behind me … only because I don’t want wires running along the floor 😢thoughts?

Which other system will be able to compete with the Sonos complete system?

Thanks Captain America just wondering if there a way to use Dolby Atmos from from television on the Era 300, they should have included a eArc HDMI input

Been rocking the Arc, dual subs and the Fives as rears. I'm trying to resist getting the ERA 300's. I'm very curious tho if they make that much of a difference.

Wired vs Wireless question…with the following setup ARC,Sub gen3, 300’s is it a good idea to connect ARC/Subs via Ethernet and 300’s dongle /Ethernet? Will there be a delay between the 300’s and the rest of the system? In a 2nd room same setup with 100’s instead of 300’s same question about delay because of the dongle

Can you get 1 Sonos Era 300 + Mini-sub for a medium living room for both music and movies?

Hi Stephen! Great review. I currently have a Beam Gen 2. Contemplating on getting the Sub Mini but torn between Era 100 and 300 for my living room setup. What would you recommend?

2 subs isn’t overkilll.

In a small villa (1600 sq.ft.) with an open floor plan I have two seperate bathrooms. Would like a 300 in the open area but which one for the master bath?

Did the lack of front firing driver for ERA 300s in surround setup with ARC/Sub create a difference ?

The best video make eve!!.

I just bought a lovesac this weekend and wondering if there are speakers that I could put into the left and right arms of the couch? I don’t know anything about speakers but heard mixed reviews on the stealth tech that can be added to lovesac so trying to see how I could get the same experience with other speaker systems…

I have the Sonos Arch and the Sub (Gen 3) but I'm hoping to purchase a pair of the Sonos Era 300. The review you made is awesome! However, I do have a question regarding the Sub (Gen 3) placement. Mine is currently to the side of my television aobut a foot away and I was curious if that will hurt my television, which is only about a year old? The main reason I'm asking is because I remember that in the past, image distortion problems were brought on by speakers with magnets put close to vintage projection televisions.

Excellent job! I am a subscriber now! Question. I have the arc, era 300 pair and sub 3.. when I just wanna listen to music, I don’t know how to turn off the arc and only have the era 300s play. Is that possible? They are currently set up in surround mode..

What's your thoughts on an Arc, gen 3 sub x 1, and 2 x 300's for rear's in a 4m x 4m room? With the 300's wall mount in the corners?

I have the Sonos Beam gen 2 and 2x Era 100s in my Room (has both TV and Computer), can I the Eras for surround speakers for my TV, then switch the Eras for Computer speakers without changing any setup?

I own an Arc and a Gen2 Sub, and I'm considering adding two Sonos Era 300 speakers to my home theater setup. I wonder if it is possible to separate the home theater setup and exclusively use the Sonos Era 300 speakers for spatial audio? Additionally, I'm curious about the ease of switching back and forth between using the Arc setup and using only the Sonos Era 300 speakers.

I have 2 MOVE and 2 ROAM , each system pairing in stereo , i want to add an era 300 , and play them together , . i all ready have a really a good quality sound but i think with the era 300 will improve , what's your thinking about my thoughts ? i use them only for music

So, I’m new to integrated sound systems. Do all of these different speaker systems connect to each other over WiFi?

Hi! Geat straigh forward review!! Thanks! BTW I've a Beam Gen2 + Sub mini, for movies on a aprox. 260sqf room which would be the best/more adequate surrounds? The 300s or 100s?... Cheers

Spotify doesn't have spatial audio? Or have I missed something.

How do the in-wall and in-ceiling speakers compare?

Thanks on the awesome advice! I have 1 question. How about the Era 300 for a turntable speaker?

do a video on sony AX7 vs era300

how's the sonos era 300 if i only want to use it for movies and stereo music?

FYI Spotify doesn't have spatial audio, so if you only use Spotify, don't get the 300 for music over the Five

I have a 75 inch TV in living room. Do you think this setup is enough for daily use? Arc + sub mini + 2 era 100? Thanks

Can I use Sonos ecosystem with android? I'm thinking to start building my home theater with soundbar Sony ht A5000 or Bose 600 or Sonos. Could I play music from my Android to Sonos Beam/Arc on Spotify?

I have 2 fives now with a sub but wanting to get 6 in ceiling speakers to replace the 2 fives i hope the sound is better with the in ceiling speakers from sonos

I bought the Five 2weeks before the release of the 100 & 300, its an amazing music station with some amazing boom to it. I managed to swap the Five for the 300 & its a slight downgrade in the Bass section & power, but overall a nice upgrade. I'm wondering if I can use 1 Era 300 with the 1 Sub or Sub - Mini. How would it work connecting to a tv.

what is the best SOURCE of music for the era 300 speaker?

Can I connect a cordless microphone to sync with the sonos , if so how? Thnx

Which one would be great for a garage?

Hi, my quetion is as follow: I hava the following setup: Sonos Arc, sub and two rear sonos One SL. Can I seperatly install two sonos Era 300, at the living room, just to hear music? would they be better than sonos five? Thanks.

I have the arc n sub with two SL ONE. Is it worth it to upgrade to two 300s?

Hi, I got 70m living room and kitchen and i want to buy sub gen 3 + arc and 2 era300 for music and movies is this enough or i should get some extra speakers?

Have a Sonos beam gen 2. Would you recommend the sub mini or one of the new era products to compliment it?

Hi ,Currently I have Sonos arc /sub gen 3/two one sl, Can I add era 300 on top of that?? In that case ,it could be 7.1.4?where can I leave the era300 ?either rear or the front, Thanks

The era 300 doesn’t sound that good when the source isn’t Dolby atmospheres, right? My research seems to point to this.

I see you have a HomePod mini and the Sonos Era 300. Next to each other? You can say “Siri” and Sonos won’t work, right?