Era 100

Today I got to listen to 2 Era 100’s and a Sonos Arc and I’m surprised that for the price point they sound worse than my $100 Edifier Bookshelf speakers! Am I imagining this or do Sonos speakers sound robotic and a bit “un-dynamic” if that makes sense?

It’s such a shame for the price point…

Very full stage sound. Only complaint is the Era is slightly over powering the Arc Ultra and dialogue... Any ideas?

Anyone ever use or think about using these? Seems like it could work well for some background music applications. Just Cat6, no speaker wires or amps. Can be hooked up to network or utilize WiFi.
https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/era-100-pro

I think what you’re hearing makes sense.I used Era 100s as fronts myself for a while, and they were okay, but to me they were never the best front solution. I later ran Era 300 as fronts with Era 100 as surrounds, and that sounded very good. After that I bought Sonos Fives and now use Fives as front

I currently have 6 Mirage satellite speakers mounted on the ceiling like the 2 seen in this photo. I really want to upgrade to much better speakers but am having difficulty choosing which kind (satellite, bookshelf, floor standing, etc.) and where to place them given the odd layout of this room.

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We need an upgraded Era 100 with up firing speakers and possibly an higher price. The possibility to adding them as front surrounds will triggers many Sonos users to buy 4 (but selling 2 Era 300 currently underused as rear surrounds).

ran into this last month with my st20. honestly the sonos ecosystem is probably the smoothest replacement for multiroom. i’d start with a Sonos Era 100 or two. bose still has the smart speakers but they don’t feel as polished for whole home audio now. you could also grab a Bluesound Node if you want

Someone needs to put images of speakers at each point of change. What would go where? Innovation Trigger: Vizio Soundbar Peak of Inflated Expectations: KEF LS60 Trough of Disillusionment: Sonos Era 100 Plateau of Productivity: Magnepan LRS+

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Nisam audiofil. Telka mi ima dobre zvučnike (Phillips The One 75’), ali sam htio upgrade. Žena nije odobrila Sonos Era 350 pa sam uzeo dva Era 100 i Beam 2 kombo, za moje potrebe sasvim dovoljno, iako bih volio woofer ubaciti u mix. Pregovori su u tijeku.