Sonos Era 300 | Spatial Audio Smart Speaker With Wifi, Bluetooth, Amazon Alexa, Dolby Atmos – Black

Sonos Era 300 | Spatial Audio Smart Speaker With Wifi, Bluetooth, Amazon Alexa, Dolby Atmos – Black

Sonos Era 300 – Spatial Audio Speaker with Dolby Atmos

The Sonos Era 300 is a landmark product in the evolution of home audio – the first speaker from Sonos specifically engineered to decode and reproduce Dolby Atmos spatial audio content, delivering a truly immersive listening experience that moves sound around you in three dimensions rather than from a single point in front of you. Designed to serve as a premium standalone listening device or as a rear surround speaker in a Sonos home theatre system, the Era 300 represents Sonos's most ambitious and technically sophisticated consumer product to date, combining groundbreaking acoustic engineering with the seamless usability that has made Sonos the standard-setter in multi-room wireless audio.

Six Drivers for True Spatial Audio

To achieve genuine spatial audio reproduction, the Era 300 houses six individual Class D amplified driver channels: four mid-woofer drivers positioned to project audio to the left, right, forward, and upward, plus two tweeters. The upward-firing driver is the key differentiator – it bounces sound off the ceiling to create the overhead audio dimension that is fundamental to Dolby Atmos content. When streaming Dolby Atmos music from Apple Music or Amazon Music, the Era 300 uses this six-driver array to place individual instruments and sounds in a three-dimensional space around the listener, creating an experience that is fundamentally different from conventional stereo playback.

Dolby Atmos Music Streaming

The Era 300 is capable of decoding Dolby Atmos content directly from streaming services that support it, including Apple Music (where Spatial Audio is available across the entire library at no extra cost) and Amazon Music Unlimited. The acoustic result of this capability is remarkable – tracks mixed in Dolby Atmos take on a scale and spaciousness that stereo simply cannot replicate, with vocals appearing to float in front of you, instruments placed to specific left, right, and overhead positions, and ambient sounds surrounding you on all sides. For listeners who primarily stream music, the Era 300 provides the most immersive possible listening experience from those services.

Sonos Ecosystem and Multi-Room Audio

As a full member of the Sonos ecosystem, the Era 300 integrates seamlessly with every other Sonos speaker and soundbar. Two Era 300 speakers can be used as a stereo pair for exceptional spatial audio fidelity, or they can be paired as rear surrounds with a Sonos Arc or Beam soundbar and a Sub for a complete home theatre spatial audio system. The Sonos app provides comprehensive control over grouping, volume, and equalisation, and the Era 300's built-in Trueplay tuning technology uses the speaker's microphone to automatically optimise the acoustic response for the specific room it is placed in.

Connectivity and Smart Features

The Era 300 connects to your home network via Wi-Fi (2.4GHz and 5GHz supported) and Bluetooth 5.0 for direct wireless playback from a phone or laptop without Wi-Fi. AirPlay 2 support allows seamless streaming from all Apple devices and integration into Apple's multi-room audio ecosystem. The rear panel includes a USB-C port with an optional line-in adapter for connecting analogue sources such as turntables or CD players. Amazon Alexa and Sonos Voice Control are both available as built-in voice assistants, providing hands-free control over playback and smart home devices.

Specifications

Key Features

• Driver Configuration
• 6 Channels (4x Mid-Woofer + 2x Tweeter) Upward-Firing Driver
• Yes (for Spatial Audio Height Channel) Dolby Atmos Support
• Yes (Full Decode + Playback) Wi-Fi
• 2.4 GHz + 5 GHz (802.11 b/g/n/ac) Bluetooth Version
• Bluetooth 5.0 AirPlay
• AirPlay 2 Voice Assistants
• Amazon Alexa + Sonos Voice Control USB-C Port
• Yes (Optional Line-In Adapter) Trueplay Tuning
• Yes (Automatic Room Calibration) Multi-Room
• Yes (Full Sonos Ecosystem) Surround Use
• Yes (Sonos Home Theatre Surrounds) Power Supply
• AC Mains Dimensions
• 160 x 290 x 170 mm (approx.) Weight
• Approx. 4.47 kg Warranty
• 1 Year The Future of Home Listening
• The Sonos Era 300 redefines what a home speaker can do, moving beyond the flat plane of stereo to wrap music around you in a genuine three-dimensional space.

Key specifications:

• Colour: Black
• Connectivity: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi