Sonos has participate a new epoch of its speaker range , announcing the launch of two new loudspeaker system in the Era 100 and the geological era 300 .
Rumours have been rife about these speakers since last autumn , and there have been several leaks about what these speakers could be and do . But now we have a clearer approximation of the novel Era speakers and how they equate to the premature speaker .
The Era 100 ’s direct compare is to the current One speaker , and while theSonos Onewill continue to be sold , it ’ll only be until stocks last . Once that happens , the geological era 100 will take over .
So how does the Era 100 compared to the Sonos One ? Here are a few ways in which the speaker differ .
The Era 100 produces sound in stereo
The Sonos One is a mono speaker , its driver setup consists of a woofer and tweeter speakers . The earned run average 100 advance that configuration to two tweeter and a woofer .
The two tweeters have been fish to disperse audio out into a room and create that stereo effect , while the woofer digs into bass better than the original speaker did , with more weight and plug from what we heard at preview ahead of the annunciation .
It doesn’t support Ethernet out of the box
There ’s a change in terms of the Era 100 ’s excogitation equate to its predecessor . TheSonos Onehad an Ethernet port for hardwiring unmediated to a router . This brought advantages in a stronger , uninterrupted connectedness between the verbaliser and the router for a consistent wireless performance .
The Era 100 has ditched the Ethernet port for aUSB - Cconnection , but you’re able to still unite straight off to your router through the Sonos Combo Adapter , which we believe will be sold individually ( but we are double checking this ) .
The Era 100 is more expensive
The price Sonos has settled on for the Era 100 is $ 50 / £ 50 more expensive than the Sonos One . Once the One Gen 2 speaker has sell out , the Era 100 will supplant and up the cost of getting a Sonos speaker for your home , though the Roam and Roam SL speakers will stay on as the most affordable Sonos speakers .
It supports a new version of Trueplay
The fuss yield withTrueplayhas been that you need both an iOS equipment and the longanimity to walk around a room and wave an iPhone around as if you were do a sorting of room dance . You risked looking just a little silly do the Trueplay acoustical calibration .
you may now keep off causing curious looks from people in your home as both the unexampled Era speakers support a tweaked version of Trueplay in Quick Tune .
Quick Tune uses microphones within the speaker to understand where it ’s been placed and graduate the sound consequently . The difference here is that you wo n’t have to wave your iPhone around ; just simply agitate a release in the Sonos app and hold off for 15 - 20 seconds for the loudspeaker system to work its conjuration .
And with the launching of Quick Tune , Trueplay can now be do on Android devices , although only this Quick Tune variant is confirm . For non - Era speakers you ’ll still need to do the “ room dance ” , while the portable speakers like the Roam and Move will continue to use Auto Trueplay .
The Era 100 has Bluetooth built-in
We can realise Sonos ’ averting to Bluetooth as that form of wireless communicating is not perfect . However , it ’s used by so many gadget that it would seem rather churlish to not support it . With the earned run average speakers , Sonos has finally broughtBluetooth 5.0to its rest home speaker unit products , allowing users with any source gimmick to connect straight off to the speaker . Sonos ’ Roam and Move have Bluetooth support , but they ’re primarily designed to be used outdoors .
