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#Sonos surround sound drivers#
#Sonos surround sound driver#
#Sonos surround sound Bluetooth#

Basically, you need to use the Amazon Music Unlimited app to do any curation and find Atmos tracks, save them to a playlist or other easily found area of your personal library, then dig them out in the Amazon part of the Sonos app. You can barely browse music, and it doesn't tell you at all whether something is available in Dolby Atmos or higher quality. There's one problem with Amazon taking the lead here: its integration with the Sonos app is hot garbage. Amazon is also the only service to support Hi-Res on the Era 300 right now, but I expect that will change over time.

Apple Music is set to be added on the day of release – I couldn't test it with my pre-release sample, so I stuck with Amazon Music Unlimited. Right now, that means Amazon Music Unlimited or Apple Music. To get Dolby Atmos, you'll need to use a compatible music streaming service in the Sonos app – you can't send it over AirPlay or Bluetooth.

#Sonos surround sound Bluetooth#

You've also got Bluetooth 5.0 (Sonos says this is intended to be updated to Bluetooth 5.2 in the future, which could means some useful extra features) and a USB-C port, and you can connect an adapter to the latter that enables 3.5mm line-in or Ethernet.

Don't get me wrong, you can still feel this thing putting some energy into a table when you put your hand on it, but it won't make things buzz too much when you crank up the volume.Ī processing platform with 4GB of RAM powers the Era 300, helping to get the Dolby Atmos positional effects from the drivers, and being future-proofed for upgrades in the years to come, apparently.

#Sonos surround sound drivers#

This means they play the same audio, and can be driven hard for rich bass without vibrating such a small speaker right off the shelf – the vibrations of the two drivers cancel each other out.

#Sonos surround sound driver#

Here, there's a forward-firing compression driver, then one upfiring driver at roughly a 10-degree angle, and two side-firing drivers (one left, one right) also at around 10 degrees.Īnd then there are two side-firing woofers, facing left and right, in a force-opposing configuration. Interestingly, Sonos has gone for compression drivers for the most part, which are much harder to integrate well into small home-friendly speakers than standard dynamic drivers (because they require an extra structure to shape and amplify their sound) – but they can be more efficient, easier to steer for directional sound, and lower-distortion when done right. Let's start with the speakers in the Sonos Era 300.

Upfiring and side-firing drivers for Dolby Atmos.

(Image credit: Future) Sonos Era 300 review: Features Detail is sharper than a diamond-edged scalpel, and there's a clear focus on accuracy overall – though it doesn't really like being quiet, I wish it had a little more low-end extension, and with such an eye on detail, it can also get a little harsh with music that hasn't been created well. None of this would matter if it didn't sound generally good, of course, and it sounds great. Sounds steer wiiiiiide to the left and right, they get height, and they can move around the speaker itself, freed from the box without getting outlandish.

Thanks to its array of drivers and processing skills, it delivers more expansive sound than any one-box speaker I've heard to date – even with just stereo music, there's such a clear sense of left and right channels feeling separate and distinct.Īnd with Dolby Atmos music, the Sonos Era 300 takes it all to a new level. The Sonos Era 300 is a premium speaker at $449 / £449 / AU$749, no question, but there are plenty of options in our list of the best wireless speakers that hit your wallet even more heavily, and having tested a load myself, I think the Era is actually a really good value.