Thank you mate. I feel vulnerable putting myself out there with these videos, so to read such kind comments really does make a difference. Wish you a wonderful day.
I can tell how it feels to put myself in your shoes. But you really did it greater and more enjoyable than many many others at least with this video since this is the 1st one of yours I came across. The way you talk has some soothing and calming effect that's nice to feel and makes me wanna listen, like an aggreeable friend. I've been trying to get my 1st SONOS with the Era 100 and went through almost all the videos on the web cos in my country, once the SONOS packaging is opened, no return for refund unless manufacture quality is at fault. Your video is the most delightful and helpful. Watched every second of it. Quick question, does the Era 100 have background (white ) noise when the music is duing its silent/quiet part or when the volumne is low? Found some bluetooth speakers have it, quite audible as to be annoying. It'll be a deal breaker to have. Thanks for the help. Not a gamer, so looking forward to your future gadgets videos.@@VidVayder
@stevetangjt that’s unfortunate about the returns policy. Too bad Sonos doesn’t have a headquarters in your country. I used my ERA100 as surround speakers and did not hear any white/static noise when it wasn’t playing sound or during quiet moments. I do experience this with Sonos One as surrounds. I would highly encourage you to go to a showroom in your country to test the speakers first to make sure it meets your requirements. Better than finding out the hard way. Thanks once again for the kind words of encouragement 🙏
I've been using a UE boom and the last couple of years a MegaBoom 3 for my PC and for watching videos on my cell phone at home. Seems Era 100 is a way better replacement especially sound quality wise. Really hope for a much better improvement to my sound experience. Unfortunately there's no SONOS store in my city so all I can do is to research it online. Thanks for your help. Have a nice one!@@VidVayder
Great point on speaker stands.. I sent a message to Sonos on one of their CZcams shorts to say as a Sonos One official stand customer it is wasteful that you have to buy new official Sonos stands for the Era 100. They look the same other than the speaker holders and suggested they have Era 100 speaker holders on their Store for purchase for existing Sonos One official stands. Sonos CZcams replied saying they would pass my feedback onto their production team. ^__^= Fingers crossed for the thousands of us using them for our Home Cinema.
Yeah it just makes sense to swap out the heads. Less wasteful and less effort to get everything swapped out. Hopefully Sonos has good news regarding that 👍
@@Dando-1983 You would hope that wouldn't you. I guess being able to make £100+ or so on people buying new stands throws some of that mindset out the door though lol!
If you found the video helpful or entertaining you can buy me a coffee, but only if you want to. Thanks for dropping by! bmc.link/vidvayder Do you need SonosNet for your setup?
Thanks so much for saying that. I really want to make more tsushima stuff and do have an idea for another music video but finding the time for it is challenging. Maybe when the sequel is released I will do something 🙂
@@Error.UserNotFound.404 The sequel has not been officially confirmed or announced, but many believe that it will happen. Hopefully they show us a teaser this summer during one of their showcases or during Summer Games Fest.
Thanks. But I don't understand the Wifi 6 point actually. Anyway your other devices are in wifi 5, so you will only have your Era 100 connected in wifi 6. And again I am not sure From the moment you use it with other speakers from the previous generation. Like the sound bars, the Beam 2 still uses 2.4GHz.
That’s the thing, I don’t know if upgrading my router to Wifi 6 will even help. But I do know that without the SonosNet compatibility, I had issues. The only hope for others like myself could be the use of Matter, but that is not guaranteed. For now I have to stick to the Ones as surround speakers.
I had a BeamGen2 connected to Ethernet and my Sonos one surrounds had terrible connection issues when I’d watch movies.. or standard tv Dolby Digital.. yep on the so called Ethernet Sonos Net.. I purchased a Sonos Boost and all was resolved. They sound great. I will be looking to upgrade to Era 100 but will wait until I get a Wi-Fi 6 router..
That’s a shame. It worked perfectly for me and I wonder if plugging Ethernet into my SL made the difference? It shouldn’t though, but at least Boost helped you! Yeah I think in your case it’s best to see what happens really. The Ones are still great at what they do.
@@VidVayder yep don’t think I could take the plunge without Wi-Fi 6. I don’t want to go back having issues.. silica a shame the Era are not supported on the Boost thanks for sharing that I had no idea!
I have my Beam Gen2 connected via ethernet cable and my Era 100 are connected as surround speakers wirelessly as "WM0" and can't be seen in my Wifi network. Doesn't this mean that they use Sonos Net? Anyway, this setup works perfectly.
Interesting! Go to Settings > System > Network. Does it show SonosNet and the channel number? Maybe it’s bonded to your Beam but not in a single closed channel? I don’t know for sure, but I do know the Era 100 doesn’t work as well as surrounds for me as the SL, and the documentation says it doesn’t use SonosNet. Good to hear that it’s working well for you regardless!
Initially I had deactivated my WiFi on the Beam (as it was connected by cable) but this didn’t work well (lots of sound dropouts on the surrounds). Then I activated WiFi on the beam again (leaving it connected to the cable) and everything switched to WM0 and works perfectly now.
No, you need to set up the Era 100 via WiFi before you can use it as a Bluetooth speaker. You can probably set it up anywhere else that has WiFi and then take it home though.
I’ve had them 6 days. I tried switching speakers and re-pair them. Rebooted the router several times. They stay good for about a day, then lose right speaker and I have to turn off and start over.
Sorry to hear that mate. I can imagine how disappointing that would be. Sounds like your situation is similar to mine and you require SonosNet? Is your modem/router a recent one?
Sonos have basically made their entry level product too expensive, and missed the boat adding an upfiring driver for rear surround applications all at the same time with these 100’s. The 300 is greatly overpriced, for those searching for Atmos capable rear surrounds. The 100 should have been designed to be a cheaper option to the 300, but Sonos bungled that opportunity big time. There’s a reason sonos shares are tanking and they’re having to lay folks off. All of their latest devices have been way too expensive, and quite underwhelming performance wise. For instance. The gen 3 sub is 300 more Canadian dollars than the gen 1 was. With zero performance upgrades. The ARC soundbar is a tinny sounding, treble heavy - overrated unit, that still has major dialogue clarity issues. It’s not an upgrade compared to the decade old playbar, outside of having HDMI capabilities, and is 400 more Canadian dollars. You can grab a two room set of Sonos 1 SL’s for basically the same price of a single 100 at the moment. I know which route that Id be taking, until they discontinue the 1 SL.
Agree on them missing the mark on the 100. Was really hoping it would be a no brainer for people who currently use the One and One SL's for surrounds. At the moment, everyone (myself included) is finding it difficult to recommend the 100 outside a handful of situations, that being mostly people new to the ecosystem. They could have nailed both markets with upfiring speakers on the 100.
@@VidVayder I think they even missed the mark on the 300. You’re better off just buying a pair of 5s for the price. The 5s put out twice the base of the 300s, and sound great in all applications…..Not just while playing Dolby Atmos feeds. Turning off the forward facing driver, and giving you limited control’s to be able the “dial in” the 5 other drivers on the 300 - while in surround mode has a lot of customers feeling like they have a product that they can’t get the most out of. Those 300 issues either need to be rectified via update, or Sonos needs to bring the price down significantly to realistic levels.
@@VidVayder It wasn't good enough to avoid interference from neighboring networks. Constant drop outs... ditched all my old Sonos that only worked on 2.4, upgraded to the newer ones that run off the 5Ghz network and everything works so much faster and better.
Your video is such a breath of fresh air in the review area. Love how you talk.
Thank you mate. I feel vulnerable putting myself out there with these videos, so to read such kind comments really does make a difference. Wish you a wonderful day.
I can tell how it feels to put myself in your shoes. But you really did it greater and more enjoyable than many many others at least with this video since this is the 1st one of yours I came across. The way you talk has some soothing and calming effect that's nice to feel and makes me wanna listen, like an aggreeable friend.
I've been trying to get my 1st SONOS with the Era 100 and went through almost all the videos on the web cos in my country, once the SONOS packaging is opened, no return for refund unless manufacture quality is at fault. Your video is the most delightful and helpful. Watched every second of it.
Quick question, does the Era 100 have background (white ) noise when the music is duing its silent/quiet part or when the volumne is low? Found some bluetooth speakers have it, quite audible as to be annoying. It'll be a deal breaker to have. Thanks for the help.
Not a gamer, so looking forward to your future gadgets videos.@@VidVayder
@stevetangjt that’s unfortunate about the returns policy. Too bad Sonos doesn’t have a headquarters in your country. I used my ERA100 as surround speakers and did not hear any white/static noise when it wasn’t playing sound or during quiet moments. I do experience this with Sonos One as surrounds. I would highly encourage you to go to a showroom in your country to test the speakers first to make sure it meets your requirements. Better than finding out the hard way. Thanks once again for the kind words of encouragement 🙏
I've been using a UE boom and the last couple of years a MegaBoom 3 for my PC and for watching videos on my cell phone at home. Seems Era 100 is a way better replacement especially sound quality wise. Really hope for a much better improvement to my sound experience. Unfortunately there's no SONOS store in my city so all I can do is to research it online. Thanks for your help. Have a nice one!@@VidVayder
Great point on speaker stands.. I sent a message to Sonos on one of their CZcams shorts to say as a Sonos One official stand customer it is wasteful that you have to buy new official Sonos stands for the Era 100.
They look the same other than the speaker holders and suggested they have Era 100 speaker holders on their Store for purchase for existing Sonos One official stands.
Sonos CZcams replied saying they would pass my feedback onto their production team. ^__^=
Fingers crossed for the thousands of us using them for our Home Cinema.
Yeah it just makes sense to swap out the heads. Less wasteful and less effort to get everything swapped out. Hopefully Sonos has good news regarding that 👍
@@VidVayder fingers crossed they have environmentally friendly packaging they should have that mindset with speaker stands too.. ^__^=
@@Dando-1983 You would hope that wouldn't you. I guess being able to make £100+ or so on people buying new stands throws some of that mindset out the door though lol!
Great review very practical will look out for your next one 😊
Thank you! Glad you found it helpful and I appreciate the kind words 👍
If you found the video helpful or entertaining you can buy me a coffee, but only if you want to. Thanks for dropping by! bmc.link/vidvayder
Do you need SonosNet for your setup?
Love your videoes. I would love more tsushima videoes
Thanks so much for saying that. I really want to make more tsushima stuff and do have an idea for another music video but finding the time for it is challenging. Maybe when the sequel is released I will do something 🙂
@@VidVayder great!
Im subscribed so i will definately come back
@@VidVayder also, i didnt know there would be a sequel.
@@Error.UserNotFound.404 The sequel has not been officially confirmed or announced, but many believe that it will happen. Hopefully they show us a teaser this summer during one of their showcases or during Summer Games Fest.
Thanks. But I don't understand the Wifi 6 point actually. Anyway your other devices are in wifi 5, so you will only have your Era 100 connected in wifi 6. And again I am not sure From the moment you use it with other speakers from the previous generation. Like the sound bars, the Beam 2 still uses 2.4GHz.
That’s the thing, I don’t know if upgrading my router to Wifi 6 will even help. But I do know that without the SonosNet compatibility, I had issues. The only hope for others like myself could be the use of Matter, but that is not guaranteed. For now I have to stick to the Ones as surround speakers.
I had a BeamGen2 connected to Ethernet and my Sonos one surrounds had terrible connection issues when I’d watch movies.. or standard tv Dolby Digital.. yep on the so called Ethernet Sonos Net..
I purchased a Sonos Boost and all was resolved. They sound great.
I will be looking to upgrade to Era 100 but will wait until I get a Wi-Fi 6 router..
That’s a shame. It worked perfectly for me and I wonder if plugging Ethernet into my SL made the difference? It shouldn’t though, but at least Boost helped you! Yeah I think in your case it’s best to see what happens really. The Ones are still great at what they do.
@@VidVayder yep don’t think I could take the plunge without Wi-Fi 6. I don’t want to go back having issues.. silica a shame the Era are not supported on the Boost thanks for sharing that I had no idea!
No problem! Glad the info was helpful to you 👍
You funny as hell 😂 Great video. I love it 👍
Thank you! Appreciate you watching and leaving a comment 😊
I have my Beam Gen2 connected via ethernet cable and my Era 100 are connected as surround speakers wirelessly as "WM0" and can't be seen in my Wifi network. Doesn't this mean that they use Sonos Net? Anyway, this setup works perfectly.
Interesting! Go to Settings > System > Network. Does it show SonosNet and the channel number?
Maybe it’s bonded to your Beam but not in a single closed channel? I don’t know for sure, but I do know the Era 100 doesn’t work as well as surrounds for me as the SL, and the documentation says it doesn’t use SonosNet. Good to hear that it’s working well for you regardless!
Yes, it does. It’s channel 1 in my setup.
Initially I had deactivated my WiFi on the Beam (as it was connected by cable) but this didn’t work well (lots of sound dropouts on the surrounds). Then I activated WiFi on the beam again (leaving it connected to the cable) and everything switched to WM0 and works perfectly now.
Can i use era100 without wifi at home
No, you need to set up the Era 100 via WiFi before you can use it as a Bluetooth speaker. You can probably set it up anywhere else that has WiFi and then take it home though.
My Era 100 stereo pair keeps losing the right channel. This never happened with my Play 5 gen 1 stereo pair. I’ll probably return them.
May I ask how long you used them and still continued to have issues?
I’ve had them 6 days. I tried switching speakers and re-pair them. Rebooted the router several times. They stay good for about a day, then lose right speaker and I have to turn off and start over.
That sounds annoying!
Yes , I talked to Sonos support and they didn’t help me. I submitted diagnostic to them 2 times, no answer back, very disappointed.
Sorry to hear that mate. I can imagine how disappointing that would be. Sounds like your situation is similar to mine and you require SonosNet? Is your modem/router a recent one?
Sonos have basically made their entry level product too expensive, and missed the boat adding an upfiring driver for rear surround applications all at the same time with these 100’s. The 300 is greatly overpriced, for those searching for Atmos capable rear surrounds. The 100 should have been designed to be a cheaper option to the 300, but Sonos bungled that opportunity big time. There’s a reason sonos shares are tanking and they’re having to lay folks off. All of their latest devices have been way too expensive, and quite underwhelming performance wise. For instance. The gen 3 sub is 300 more Canadian dollars than the gen 1 was. With zero performance upgrades. The ARC soundbar is a tinny sounding, treble heavy - overrated unit, that still has major dialogue clarity issues. It’s not an upgrade compared to the decade old playbar, outside of having HDMI capabilities, and is 400 more Canadian dollars. You can grab a two room set of Sonos 1 SL’s for basically the same price of a single 100 at the moment. I know which route that Id be taking, until they discontinue the 1 SL.
Agree on them missing the mark on the 100. Was really hoping it would be a no brainer for people who currently use the One and One SL's for surrounds. At the moment, everyone (myself included) is finding it difficult to recommend the 100 outside a handful of situations, that being mostly people new to the ecosystem. They could have nailed both markets with upfiring speakers on the 100.
@@VidVayder I think they even missed the mark on the 300. You’re better off just buying a pair of 5s for the price. The 5s put out twice the base of the 300s, and sound great in all applications…..Not just while playing Dolby Atmos feeds. Turning off the forward facing driver, and giving you limited control’s to be able the “dial in” the 5 other drivers on the 300 - while in surround mode has a lot of customers feeling like they have a product that they can’t get the most out of. Those 300 issues either need to be rectified via update, or Sonos needs to bring the price down significantly to realistic levels.
I'm very happy with the lack of SonosNet, contantly causes problems.
Really? I’ve never heard of it being a problem before. Was it causing your devices to drop out? Or interfering with the rest of your network?
Totally agree. Sonosnet was great like 15 years ago... but honestly, everything should be running on the 5Ghz band now.
@@VidVayder It wasn't good enough to avoid interference from neighboring networks. Constant drop outs... ditched all my old Sonos that only worked on 2.4, upgraded to the newer ones that run off the 5Ghz network and everything works so much faster and better.
It’s been the opposite for me. 5ghz gave me issues so I stopped using it. Maybe I need to revisit the idea soon and try again.
@@johnlacson94 Sonos Beam 2 still work on 2,4Ghz, I don't understand why.
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Answered your question above.