Sonos product manager Ryan Moore says the company started working on its first spatial audio speaker “two and a half or three years ago.” That would place its origins about a year after Sony introduced its 360 Reality Spatial Audio format at CES in 2019, and six months after Amazon brought the first spatial audio speaker-the Echo Studio-to the consumer market. The new speakers are manufactured using “post-consumer” recycled materials and are assembled with screws instead of glue, to make them more likely to be repaired then tossed if something ever goes wrong. The Era series is more eco-friendly, promising to consume less power-just 2 watts-while on standby. Sonos says its speakers have improved touch controls and new USB-C connectivity, with two optional adapters: One has a 3.5mm analog line-level input and the other has both a 3.5mm jack and an ethernet port, so “people can get whatever content they want into their systems,” said Ryan Moore, Sonos product manager for the plug-in category. iOS users can either do the same or continue to use their mobile devices for room tuning. With the Era series, Android aficionados using Trueplay will rely on the far-field microphone arrays built into the speakers themselves. In the past, this technology relied on the microphones in an iOS device to evaluate the acoustics of a listener’s room as such, Trueplay was useless to Android users. On the other hand, Sonos has expanded its Trueplay room-equalization technology to support Android devices for the first time. However, if the home theater speaker is wired to the network, then the Era surround speakers can also use Ethernet connections if desired.Buyers will be able to deploy two of the new Sonos Era speakers (the Era 300 are shown here on stands) as stereo pairs or as pairs of surround speakers. When the primary home theater speaker is connected to the network with a wireless connection, the Era surround speakers cannot be connected to the network with an Ethernet cable. When Era 100 or Era 300 speakers are used as surround speakers, there are some limitations to their Ethernet connectivity when using the Sonos Combo Adapter. Limitations when using Era 100 or Era 300 as surrounds However, if the Amp powering the TV front speakers is wired, the Amp powering the surround speakers can remain wireless. The Amp powering your surround speakers cannot be wired to the network on its own – it must be wired in addition to the Amp powering the TV front speakers. When using two Amps in this configuration, there are some limitations on how they can be wired to the network. You can use two Amps for home theater: one as TV front speakers and the other as surround speakers. Limitations when using two Amps for home theater The primary home theater speaker will handle requests from any voice assistants in this setup. If the Sonos home theater speaker is also voice-enabled, then the microphones on any voice-enabled surround speakers will be disabled. The following features will be disabled on Sonos products used as surround speakers: Place your surround speakers behind and to the left and right of your usual listening position.Ensure both speakers are in the same orientation: vertical or horizontal. Era 300 can be used with an Arc or Beam (Gen 2) only.ĢThe SYMFONISK Floor lamp and SYMFONISK Table lamp (Gen 2) are related models and can be used together as surround speakers. ✞ra 100 can be used as surround speakers for an Arc, Amp, Beam (any generation), or Ray. However, related models like One and One SL can be used together as surround speakers. For example, two Sonos Ones can be used for surround sound but One and Play:1 cannot. Sonos products that can be used as surround speakersĪ Sonos home theater speaker can use two Sonos speakers of the same model as surrounds. To learn how to add your speakers as surrounds, see our article on adding surround speakers. This article provides guidelines and limitations of surround speakers in a Sonos home theater setup.
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