Sonos Era 300 as surrounds should be angled towards main listening position or face straight the TV? Should they go just behind the couch like in the picture or further behind?
The era300 in the rear should face forward when used as surrounds. No sound comes from the front speaker. There’s no reason to point it inward towards the seating position like normal rears.
Yeah but then aren’t you shooting the sound of one of your left or right speakers directly away from you? I think you angle it towards you because you will pick up on the left and right tweeters sound instead of just hearing one tweeter really loud. I’m pretty sure Sonos knows there product specs better than us. They did make them 🤔
I think I’m going to replace my Sonos ones with era 300s for surround. Should I avoid placing them next to glass? Also, is more distance from the wall better? Rather than the minimum space necessary, how far should I place them from a wall to sound optimal? Thank you
This is not possible.. unless you add them to a different “room” and play them together with the arc and 300s. But this doesn’t include them in the surround sound setup. Or am I wrong?
I just got my Sonos Era 300 Wall Mount. How do you tilt up or down? I tried but I am afraid I will break something if too much force is applied. Moving side to side is not an issue. You would think vertical movement would be just as easy with the ball swivel. Am I a missing something?
@sonos Can I install them with the wall mount next to a dressoir? Space on the top will be free but space on one side of each era 300 will be close to the dressoir.. Please advice! I just placed my order..
Hello, thank you for the video. I have two questions : is the era 300 enough for a 50m² ? ANd if we buy two, is it relevant to place them in two opposite corner of the room or not ?
It says if you’re mounting it on the wall high, to install it upside down. Will the bracket be able to support the weight with the mounting screws from the top?
Hello, thanks for the reviews. just a question, if i am only going to get one Era 300 for my desktop, and have to place the Era 300 on the left of my display, would it affect the listening experience? e.g. stronger sound on the left ear. thanks.
Hi Erik. Have you had a consultation with our support team? They can assess diagnostics on your system and advise on solutions and best practices to ensure you are able to listen with ease! Please contact the team at support.sonos.com/s/contact
Rreally want these to replace my ones, but there to big for my setup. My sofa is pretty much flat the wall. was hoping Sonos was going to release something one/sl size for atmos
You also shouldn’t be placing the 300’s in the rears facing inward like normal Book shelf speakers. They should be positioned straight looking forward considering they are bipolar speakers. That have side firing speakers.
Hi Matt! With Era 300, the sound is sent in all directions, so locating a sweet spot in the room is not necessary. When using Era 300 as surround sound speakers for your home theater setup, just be sure to place the speakers so the front grilles are generally facing toward the TV, not away. So you might have them angled toward the TV or have them facing straight ahead in the direction of the TV. Hope this information is helpful.
@@sonosquestion. We are trying to remove floor stands from our greatroom area. We want to mount the Era300s to the wall. The only problem here is we want to mount them on our back wall behind our chairs high up the wall. We have 9’ ceilings and unfortunately we would have to mount them above our window curtains. This means there will probably only be about 14” to the top of the speaker by the time we are done mounting them. Our living room or greatroom area is big enough where we do not have our chairs against the wall behind us. Our chairs are several feet away from the wall behind us where the sonos Era300s will be. The reason we are saying this is if we mounted the speakers at shoulder height on the wall. There is a strong chance someone will bump into them if they walk by the area. So we want to go higher. In order to do that we have to go above our curtains. This way the power cord can dangle down behind the curtain and be hidden all the way down to the outlet behind the curtain. Now that this explanation is out of the way as to why we want to do this. We do intend to angle the speaker in a downward angle toward where we sit out in the middle of the floor. If we angle the speaker. The top of the speaker will now no longer be pointing straight up. It will have some angle to it or have more room to throw the upward sound it’s designed to project. Will this be ok and still work well. If you suggest mounting them upside down still. Won’t this now project the sound downward at an angle toward and down into the curtain below it? In our opinion the sound could get lost down in between the curtain and the wall and window behind the curtain. Also if we mount speakers upside down. Will the wall mount block the top of the speaker. Just another couple of details we want to make sure of in your reply. Thanks for your input.
Hi Barry, thanks for reaching out! To connect your Sonos Soundbar to your TV, you will need to be able to connect cables, like the HDMI cable, to the TV set.
Can I use an Era 300 with an existing Gen 1 Beam? Or does the trio require all to support Dolby atmos, ie I need an Arc to get the most out of my Era 300s to have the sound profile/bitrate play? If I am staying with a Beam, Era 100s are my best bet then, correct?
Hi there! Both Era 300 and Era 100 are only compatible with systems using the Sonos S2 app. So if you are interested in connecting them to a Beam, it will need to be a Beam Gen 2. You can find a list of the S2 compatible systems here: support.sonos.com/article/sonos-s2-compatibility Hope this information is helpful!
Hii, i bought the era 300 and when i do the trueplay in my room after when it´s finish, i don´t hear any difference, i turn off and on the trueplay adjustment and don´t make any difference, i already changed the wifi connection to other wifi´s, changed the speaker to another space and still the same, and the doby atmos is not working that well too, it´s working but not that well, i´m saying this because my friend has a era 300 too and his era 300 make like a HUGE difference when the trueplay is turn on and off, it´s different from mine, ahh and my device is an iphone 11 pro max, i did a lot of times the trueplay and the sound is always the same, when is turned off and on it´s supposed to make a difference but in my case it doesen´t, what can i do? change to another era 300 in the store i bought it? but i dont know if they are going to accept it, please i need help! it´s a huge investment for me! And when the volume is in 30 in my friend’s era 300 is alteady really loud but in mine not that much like is in his, and in his era 300 the sound is very spacial and in dolby atmos really can hear the seperation of the instruments, the sound of mine is incredible too so i dont believe that a speaker problem, that is a hardware problem, pls i nees to fix this
Such a good video. I'm just about to buy a pair and upgrade my ones. 2 ft upper clearance I should be able to do that. What about the sides? And how does upside down mounting work? Not how to do the mount upside down, but the sound profile.
All great questions! When Era 300 is placed next to a wall or on a shelf, leave at least 1" (2.5 cm) clearance in back and 8” (20.32 cm) on each side of the speaker for optimal sound 👍 With Era 300, the sound is sent in all directions so sound profile should be great even when positioned upside down. And Trueplay tuning will optimize sound for your specific space.
Hi Eddie! Thanks for your question. If you are planning to place your Era 300 next to a wall or on a shelf, be sure to leave at least 1" (2.5 cm) clearance in back and 8” (20.32 cm) on each side of the speaker. When using Era 300 speakers as surrounds, leave at least 8" (20.32 cm) clearance around the sides of each speaker. Hope this information is helpful!
Thanks for the video. Do you have measurements with REW for example ( Room EQ Wizard ) to see the power of the room calibration ? Is the calibration customizable ? Does it allow to manually make parametric filters or import them in a .txt file or convolver for example ? Written with translator Greetings
Hi Juan Jose! Sonos uses Trueplay to help tune Sonos speakers, and levels of calibration will vary depending on every user's individual space. You can access it via the Sonos app. What's great about Trueplay is that is uses the microphone on your Sonos system to measure how sound in a room hits the corners, doors, walls, windows, ceiling, and every other surface. Then, it will adjust for optimal sound for that room. After you tune your speaker, you can make further adjustments by changing your EQ settings. These settings are applied on top of the adjustments already made by Trueplay tuning. If you move your Sonos speaker to a new location or change its configuration (like making or separating a stereo pair), you should go through the Trueplay tuning process again to update its settings. Hope this information is helpful!
@@sonos Thank you for your kindness in answering. I have clear that Trueplay is in charge of the room calibration,the question is to be able to see at some point the power of that calibration and if it is customizable enough having made measurements with REW ( Room EQ Wizard ) for example. That's how I do it on my 5.1 in my living room,I make measurements to see what I have first in the room and then with external EQ I adjust with the precision I need. I will keep an eye out for future videos but to date there is no soundbar that after applying your factory room calibration,we can manually implement more filters manually to adjust as fine as possible. the equipment. The moment I see it,I will make the switch from my 5.1 to a soundbar,as I have a large WAF factor. Just an example for you to understand my position: On my mobile I have the Neutron Player app for Android and its parametric equalizer has 20-25 targets and you can put up to 60 filters per channel. I have a target for the car,work area,more personal listening room,etc,etc. To be able to make such a personalized equalization, first you have to make measurements. It would be nice if I could transfer my comment to the Sonos department on these issues and see if in the future it is possible to implement the possibility of putting also a manual and customizable equalization. Written with translator Regards.
I replayed the first 3 seconds over and over..... drooling for era500s
I’ve heard the 300’s can face forward just fine (with the sound optimization)
Looking forward to the longer power cords promised by Sonos months ago, that also would help with speaker placement.
Well needed too....Its already been a couple of months though!!! SMH
Sonos Era 300 as surrounds should be angled towards main listening position or face straight the TV? Should they go just behind the couch like in the picture or further behind?
Hi, can I put my era 300 on the ceiling as back speakers for home theater setup?
What would be the ideal placement for an open floor plan long rectangular room?
Ooof - guys, the toeing in of each speaker contradicts what Sonos engineers just confirmed in your Q&A. Eras 300s should face your TV straight on.
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The era300 in the rear should face forward when used as surrounds. No sound comes from the front speaker. There’s no reason to point it inward towards the seating position like normal rears.
Yeah but then aren’t you shooting the sound of one of your left or right speakers directly away from you? I think you angle it towards you because you will pick up on the left and right tweeters sound instead of just hearing one tweeter really loud. I’m pretty sure Sonos knows there product specs better than us. They did make them 🤔
I think I’m going to replace my Sonos ones with era 300s for surround. Should I avoid placing them next to glass? Also, is more distance from the wall better? Rather than the minimum space necessary, how far should I place them from a wall to sound optimal? Thank you
If you have the Arc sound bar consider using the 1’s or 100’s as a front stereo pair, added to the living room surround sound with 300’s as rears
@@robertweekes5783 you can do that? How lol?
This is not possible.. unless you add them to a different “room” and play them together with the arc and 300s. But this doesn’t include them in the surround sound setup. Or am I wrong?
I've treated my ceiling with acoustic panels to minimize reflection points. I'm assuming these speakers are useless for my application?
Ceiling panels would reduce but not eliminate the vertical audio effects
maybe mount them upside down?
I just got my Sonos Era 300 Wall Mount. How do you tilt up or down? I tried but I am afraid I will break something if too much force is applied. Moving side to side is not an issue. You would think vertical movement would be just as easy with the ball swivel. Am I a missing something?
@sonos Can I install them with the wall mount next to a dressoir? Space on the top will be free but space on one side of each era 300 will be close to the dressoir.. Please advice! I just placed my order..
Hello, thank you for the video. I have two questions : is the era 300 enough for a 50m² ? ANd if we buy two, is it relevant to place them in two opposite corner of the room or not ?
It says if you’re mounting it on the wall high, to install it upside down. Will the bracket be able to support the weight with the mounting screws from the top?
Trueplay adjusts EQ? So I shouldn’t touch anything after it’s done?
Hello, thanks for the reviews. just a question, if i am only going to get one Era 300 for my desktop, and have to place the Era 300 on the left of my display, would it affect the listening experience? e.g. stronger sound on the left ear. thanks.
Also need to know why atmos music is extremely loud vs watching an atmos movie at the same volume, have tried everything to fix this
Hi Erik. Have you had a consultation with our support team? They can assess diagnostics on your system and advise on solutions and best practices to ensure you are able to listen with ease! Please contact the team at support.sonos.com/s/contact
Rreally want these to replace my ones, but there to big for my setup. My sofa is pretty much flat the wall. was hoping Sonos was going to release something one/sl size for atmos
Era 100s
You also shouldn’t be placing the 300’s in the rears facing inward like normal
Book shelf speakers. They should be positioned straight looking forward considering they are bipolar speakers. That have side firing speakers.
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If I have high ceilings, like about 30ft high. Do you recommend hanging them upside down like at 10ft?
So do we angle the speakers or face them forwards?
Watch Peter pee he has plenty videos on sonos products speaker placement etc he's pretty good
My question as well
Hi Matt! With Era 300, the sound is sent in all directions, so locating a sweet spot in the room is not necessary. When using Era 300 as surround sound speakers for your home theater setup, just be sure to place the speakers so the front grilles are generally facing toward the TV, not away. So you might have them angled toward the TV or have them facing straight ahead in the direction of the TV. Hope this information is helpful.
@@sonos Peter begs to differ:
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@@sonosquestion. We are trying to remove floor stands from our greatroom area. We want to mount the Era300s to the wall. The only problem here is we want to mount them on our back wall behind our chairs high up the wall. We have 9’ ceilings and unfortunately we would have to mount them above our window curtains. This means there will probably only be about 14” to the top of the speaker by the time we are done mounting them. Our living room or greatroom area is big enough where we do not have our chairs against the wall behind us. Our chairs are several feet away from the wall behind us where the sonos Era300s will be. The reason we are saying this is if we mounted the speakers at shoulder height on the wall. There is a strong chance someone will bump into them if they walk by the area. So we want to go higher. In order to do that we have to go above our curtains. This way the power cord can dangle down behind the curtain and be hidden all the way down to the outlet behind the curtain.
Now that this explanation is out of the way as to why we want to do this. We do intend to angle the speaker in a downward angle toward where we sit out in the middle of the floor. If we angle the speaker. The top of the speaker will now no longer be pointing straight up. It will have some angle to it or have more room to throw the upward sound it’s designed to project. Will this be ok and still work well.
If you suggest mounting them upside down still. Won’t this now project the sound downward at an angle toward and down into the curtain below it? In our opinion the sound could get lost down in between the curtain and the wall and window behind the curtain.
Also if we mount speakers upside down. Will the wall mount block the top of the speaker. Just another couple of details we want to make sure of in your reply.
Thanks for your input.
Got my TV wall mounted all type wires are sunk into the wall can I connect the speaker to my TV with out wiring it to the TV
Hi Barry, thanks for reaching out! To connect your Sonos Soundbar to your TV, you will need to be able to connect cables, like the HDMI cable, to the TV set.
hallo gentelmens can 4 pieces era 300 one room can connect together or no ?
Can I use an Era 300 with an existing Gen 1 Beam? Or does the trio require all to support Dolby atmos, ie I need an Arc to get the most out of my Era 300s to have the sound profile/bitrate play?
If I am staying with a Beam, Era 100s are my best bet then, correct?
Hi there! Both Era 300 and Era 100 are only compatible with systems using the Sonos S2 app. So if you are interested in connecting them to a Beam, it will need to be a Beam Gen 2. You can find a list of the S2 compatible systems here: support.sonos.com/article/sonos-s2-compatibility Hope this information is helpful!
Can you mount it upside down on a ceiling mount?
Hii, i bought the era 300 and when i do the trueplay in my room after when it´s finish, i don´t hear any difference, i turn off and on the trueplay adjustment and don´t make any difference, i already changed the wifi connection to other wifi´s, changed the speaker to another space and still the same, and the doby atmos is not working that well too, it´s working but not that well, i´m saying this because my friend has a era 300 too and his era 300 make like a HUGE difference when the trueplay is turn on and off, it´s different from mine, ahh and my device is an iphone 11 pro max, i did a lot of times the trueplay and the sound is always the same, when is turned off and on it´s supposed to make a difference but in my case it doesen´t, what can i do? change to another era 300 in the store i bought it? but i dont know if they are going to accept it, please i need help! it´s a huge investment for me! And when the volume is in 30 in my friend’s era 300 is alteady really loud but in mine not that much like is in his, and in his era 300 the sound is very spacial and in dolby atmos really can hear the seperation of the instruments, the sound of mine is incredible too so i dont believe that a speaker problem, that is a hardware problem, pls i nees to fix this
sound not more clear why
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Can you mount closer to the ceiling but place them upside down?
Mounting the speaker upside down is actually recommended if the speaker is installed within 2 feet of a ceiling to optimize downfiring sound 🔉
Such a good video. I'm just about to buy a pair and upgrade my ones. 2 ft upper clearance I should be able to do that. What about the sides? And how does upside down mounting work? Not how to do the mount upside down, but the sound profile.
All great questions! When Era 300 is placed next to a wall or on a shelf, leave at least 1" (2.5 cm) clearance in back and 8” (20.32 cm) on each side of the speaker for optimal sound 👍 With Era 300, the sound is sent in all directions so sound profile should be great even when positioned upside down. And Trueplay tuning will optimize sound for your specific space.
How much space is needed to the sides of the speaker.
Hi Eddie! Thanks for your question. If you are planning to place your Era 300 next to a wall or on a shelf, be sure to leave at least 1" (2.5 cm) clearance in back and 8” (20.32 cm) on each side of the speaker.
When using Era 300 speakers as surrounds, leave at least 8" (20.32 cm) clearance around the sides of each speaker. Hope this information is helpful!
I’ve been hearing that the center speaker does not operate when used as a surround sound speaker. Is this true and if so why?
They’re disabled in surround mode bc when active it causes really bad localization
How are these comments not getting a relies by the comoany them selves ?! Seesh. I was hoping to get answers myself.
He looks like that guy from spiderman.
Thanks for the video.
Do you have measurements with REW for example ( Room EQ Wizard ) to see the power of the room calibration ?
Is the calibration customizable ?
Does it allow to manually make parametric filters or import them in a .txt file or convolver for example ?
Written with translator
Greetings
Hi Juan Jose! Sonos uses Trueplay to help tune Sonos speakers, and levels of calibration will vary depending on every user's individual space. You can access it via the Sonos app. What's great about Trueplay is that is uses the microphone on your Sonos system to measure how sound in a room hits the corners, doors, walls, windows, ceiling, and every other surface. Then, it will adjust for optimal sound for that room.
After you tune your speaker, you can make further adjustments by changing your EQ settings. These settings are applied on top of the adjustments already made by Trueplay tuning.
If you move your Sonos speaker to a new location or change its configuration (like making or separating a stereo pair), you should go through the Trueplay tuning process again to update its settings.
Hope this information is helpful!
@@sonos Thank you for your kindness in answering.
I have clear that Trueplay is in charge of the room calibration,the question is to be able to see at some point the power of that calibration and if it is customizable enough having made measurements with REW ( Room EQ Wizard ) for example.
That's how I do it on my 5.1 in my living room,I make measurements to see what I have first in the room and then with external EQ I adjust with the precision I need.
I will keep an eye out for future videos but to date there is no soundbar that after applying your factory room calibration,we can manually implement more filters manually to adjust as fine as possible.
the equipment.
The moment I see it,I will make the switch from my 5.1 to a soundbar,as I have a large WAF factor.
Just an example for you to understand my position:
On my mobile I have the Neutron Player app for Android and its parametric equalizer has 20-25 targets and you can put up to 60 filters per channel.
I have a target for the car,work area,more personal listening room,etc,etc.
To be able to make such a personalized equalization, first you have to make measurements.
It would be nice if I could transfer my comment to the Sonos department on these issues and see if in the future it is possible to implement the possibility of putting also a manual and customizable equalization.
Written with translator
Regards.