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Featuring next-gen acoustics and new levels of connectivity, Era 100 transforms any room with the finely tuned stereo sound and rich bass your music deserves. Easily play all your audio content using WiFi, Bluetooth®, and 3.5 mm line in.¹ Enjoy hands-free control with your voice.²
Powered by a 47% faster processor, the next-gen dual-tweeter acoustic architecture produces detailed stereo separation while a 25% larger midwoofer deepens the bass.¹
Place this speaker anywhere and everywhere you want to listen. The compact design fits beautifully on your bookshelf, kitchen counter, desk, or nightstand.
Stream from all your favorite services over WiFi. Pair a Bluetooth device with the press of a button. Connect a turntable or other audio source using an auxiliary cable and the Sonos Line-In Adapter.²
Go from unboxing to unbelievable sound in just a few minutes. Simply plug in the power cable, connect your phone or tablet to WiFi, and open the Sonos app.
With a tap in the Sonos app, Trueplay tuning technology analyzes the unique acoustics of your space and optimizes the speaker’s EQ. So all your content sounds just the way it should.
Reviewer: Edub
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Sounds great
Review: I already have 2 Era 100's and a Sub mini in my Family room. They sound fantastic. Some times I like to sit in my Living room and read, or meditate. But I would turn the volume up in the family room so I could hear those speakers. So I decided to get a third Era 100 for my living room. I put it on a small decorative shelf. I must say it is everything I imagined it would be. When setting it up I didn't know I could turn off selected speakers. This was a unexpected plus for me. So if I am in my living room I could just have the one Era 100 speaker play and vice versa. Or I could have all three and the sub mini playing at the same time. After having the 2 Era 100's and Sub mini for a couple of months now, I had forgotten how good just 1 Era 100 speaker sound. I did notice the two Era 100's paired with the sub sound more clear and crisp than the single Era 100's. That's because the Sub mini is using the low that the Era 100's would had normally played. Great concept in sound and speakers. I just turned the treble up a little bit more in the single Era 100 to get more highs. Sounds good. It's too bad Sonos doesn't allow for multiple Sub minis connected in the same group, it would be phenomenal. I had read somewhere that it wasn't cost effective for the consumer to buy 2 Sub minis when 1 Gen 3 Sub woofer has more output than two Sub minis. I say who cares Sonos? If a consumer wants to spend their money on a second Sub mini and put in in another room in the same speaker group it's their prerogative. If that's true then their business model doesn't make since to me. Set up was a breeze too. Because I didn't use a tutorial to set this up, it took me a few minutes to figure out how to select the speaker, because at first the single Era 100 didn't play although it was connected. But the setup was a breeze. Very easy. I may get another Era 100 (this time used) and put it in my kitchen and I'll have sound throughout all of downstairs. I've been fortunate to not have problems with the app, unlike many others. I am very impressed and satisfied.
Reviewer: Mike Chibnik
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good sound and easy to connect
Review: Sonos make well built quality sound equipment that last. The original Sonos speaker has been given us reliable quality audio for nearly a decade of use, so it was a no brainer when we needed a second WiFi speaker we'd get another Sono's. The new speaker was easy to connect up to our network and the phone app worked flawlessly.
Reviewer: CPalmer
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Want my money back. Utterly Useless for streaming music due to horrible software
Review: What a shame. When they work the sound is amazing. The problem. They never work for streaming music because of a woeful update to its software. Even the NYT, which once recommended the system as the best has changed its mind. About three months ago Sonos updated its system software that literally rendered my entire Sonos speaker system (This Sonos Era 100 included) useless. To use this system as a music streaming device, you must use the Sonos App. Sonos used to have one of the best apps in the business. Intuitive with amazing functionality. A few months ago they tried to update it, basically trying to make it look more like Amazon music. It was an utter failure. Folks like me are wanting to sell their entire system. I stayed with sonos for three months now since they promised they would make things right. They have not. The speakers stop streaming music after playing just one song. Nearly no commands work correctly. When I tell it to stop playing a song. It does not listen. I manually have to press the button on the speaker. This system was developed so you could talk to it and play all music across an entire CD. That used to be possible. Now it is not. Literally stops playing after one song. Via voice prompt, when you tell it to go to the next song, it cannot. We Sonos music streamers have lost the capability to stream music directly from our device's own music library. Many of us bought Sonos because we wanted to have great speakers that would directly play music from our phones or our shared music library folders on our computers. That functionality has ceased to exist. Run! Don't walk. And return these speakers. Their only use today is as a bluetooth device where you have to physically press each song you want to move onto via whatever controlling system you have for bluetooth. The Sonos incompetence here I cannot overstate. A once great company and music system has fallen. Such a shame. It did not have to be this way. If I could speak to the CEO of Sonos I would tell him this: Your bread and butter was your speaker system, not headphones, not other products. Get back to the basics. Restore the streaming functionality that allowed us to enjoy music via touchless voice commands and software that was once top notch. I have five Sonos speakers for sale. I hate to do it, but I am making all my speakers Amazon speakers. At least Amazon respects it customers by doing research before launching new products that destroy the functionality of what used to be. Goodbye, Sonos. Forever!
Reviewer: donz
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Sonos speaker
Review: The music sounds so good on this speaker. I love it!! Can not say a bad thing about it! Itâs worth everyPenny. Very easy to use
Reviewer: TCG
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Pretty impressive...
Review: First of all, I'm admittedly an audiophile snob. So keep that in mind when reading my comments. This fit, finish, and execution of this product is excellent. The app and setup process was completely troublefree and I had the pair of these configured and playing in stereo in about 10 minutes. I really appreciate the tactile control on the top of the speakers for pause, play and volume up and down.The sound quality was a mixed bag for me. The top end is very even and without any stridency. There is a modest amount of mid range suckout. This was somewhat disappointing for me as I listen to a lot of female jazz singers. Vocal reproduction is often missing the natural timbre that you get from higher end speakers and headphones. Vocalist can sound "thin" and somewhat nasley. And then there is the bass.Once these speakers are placed properly (8-10 feet apart) and the listener is positioned to create a triangle from the speakers, the bass is somewhat shockingly good for speakers of this size. I had to turn the loudness feature off and dialed the bass down (-2) in the EQ setting. The response from the bass with these settings is still stong and punchy, and there is even a bit of texture to the sound. How Sonos is able to accomplish this with a speaker these size, I just don't understand.The convenience of the stereo pair and overall performance of the speakers make these a keeper for me despite being an audiophile. I'll probably look to add a Sonos sound bar in the future.
Reviewer: Snowman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I run two of these with a Sonos sub-woofer electronically coupled to one of them. I have them configured in two different connected rooms with Spotify over my phone through our WIFI network so they play simultaneously and fill the rooms with really nice sound - surprisingly good actually for such small units.I do recommend adding a Sonos sub-woofer (I used a sub-mini) to fill out the tones and the rooms. It isn't cheap but is well work the money.FYI - the Sonos app isn't particularly intuitive or helpful in my view but you can get around it once installed and setup on your network by working directly through Spotify by selecting the Sonos speakers as your output device.
Reviewer: LMDM
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Pro: Ya tengo una Five y me encanta la calidad tan balanceada del sonido, esta no decepciona, obvio no es tan potente como la Five, pero cumple muy bien, es práctica, la conexión es rápida vÃa WiFi, asà como vÃa Bluetooth, la conecté a mi Sony Walkman sin problemas (probando, parece funcionar esto último sin necesidad de estar conectado a wifi, ya que apagué el módem). Las de Bose no me gustan porque arrojan demasiados graves que distorsionan el sonido real, opacando altos y medios.Cons: no es compatible la conexión con la Five ni Play, intenté hacer que sonaran las 2 al mismo tiempo aunque están en habitaciones diferentes, y aparece la notificación de que no son compatibles para reprodur en stereo, y creo que es la unica forma. Debe estar conectada a la corriente. La caja venÃa sucia y medio maltratada, sin embargo, el contenido está Ãntegro.
Reviewer: Cliente Amazon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Sistema de so genial, en tinc 2 i sonen molt bé, sense cablejar i molt intuïtius, i en la possibilitat dâampliar lo sistema de sò en més productes SONOS, de manera senzilla.
Reviewer: R.K.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Sehr schöne Form, Klang und ein leichtes Einbinden in das System.
Reviewer: Jezebell
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Great sound... Easy to setup!
Customers say
Customers like the sound quality and ease of setup of the speakers. They mention they're beautiful and good for filling a room with good fidelity. However, some customers have reported issues with the app quality and compatibility. Opinions are mixed on functionality, connectivity, and Bluetooth connectivity.
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