The Sonos Era 100 has a sound architecture comprising three Class-D drivers, two dual-angled tweeters and a mid-woofer. The woofer is said to be 25 per cent larger than the Sonos One's woofer, and there is a 47 per cent faster processor too, future-proofing the Era 100 for software updates. The Era 100 also delivers stereo sound rather than mono and overall, the sound performance it delivers is absolutely excellent. The rear of the Sonos Five reveals its power cable, Ethernet and 3.5mm ports –so your turntable is catered for too. (Image credit: TechRadar) Sonos Five review: Features A new Sound Swap feature, by holding down the speaker's play/pause button, will immediately switch the music playing on the Roam to the nearest Sonos speaker in your home. And while Sonos likes to say that it provides music without a 'sweet spot', the sound quality does subtly drop off when you go too far to the side. There's roughly a 90-degree angle from the front where you get the full beans, and if you step further round than that, a layer of texture is lost. It's not like when you step to the side of a TV and you can't see anything properly anymore – it's fine during parties. It's just that if you're listening for the quality of the music, you want to stay central.

Updated results since this setup now features a height level adjustment feature, following the 13.1.2 firmware update.

The Era 100 checks off almost everything we wanted to upgrade in the Sonos One

All in all a brilliant improvement compared with standard TV sound output. Connectiond was a breeze and would be for anyone with either eArc or optical connections available. Setup wasn't completely painless, but relatively easy using the Sonos app on my Android phone. Thoroughly recommended. Read full review

The far bigger upgrade to the overall sound is the additional bass extension, provided by a 25% larger woofer. It absolutely does its job – there's way more thump to it when listening to something like electronic hits, and instruments such as piano get far more resonance to bring them closer to real life. If you want a light, portable, Bluetooth Sonos speaker, you'll want to consider the smaller, smarter Roam. However, while the Move 2 is heavier and more expensive, it also delivers a sense of scale and weight that the Roam cannot match. Converted to Test Bench 1.1. With this update, we've added a Mounting test and added information about Subwoofer Output, Spotify Connect, and Microphone Mute.

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The Sub will work wirelessly with any Sonos speaker, Sonos Amp, or Connect:Amp, so you can add it to a music system or one aimed more at home theatre.A press of the button on the front connects it to your existing Sonos network. If you like the idea of a Sonos Sub that's easy to set up, sounds good and improves your system, this is a good buy. The Sonos Era 300 has a funky new angular design, like a misshapen hourglass on its side, and that's because it houses an array of speakers. You've got a forward-firing compression driver, an upfiring driver for Dolby Atmos height, left and right drivers for width, and then two side-firing woofers. Classically understated, the Move’s robust build means it won’t conk out at the beach. Positioned vertically or horizontally, Auto TruePlay smarts adjust the sonic output based on where you place it. For a speaker of this size, sound quality is seriously impressive, easily matching its best competitors for bass impact and balance. So the Sonos Era 100 features a new oval woofer for bass and mid-range, and two angled tweeters above it, one facing left, and one facing right. The tweeters have a 100-degree angle between them, and each has a waveguide frame in front of it that disperses sound across 180 degrees per tweeter. That means the tweeters have a total sound spread of 270 degrees between them, according to Sonos. Arc-compatible codecs that contain Dolby Atmos include Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, and Dolby MAT. Most streaming services that have Atmos content use Dolby Digital Plus, while Blu-rays usually use Dolby TrueHD or Dolby MAT.

It looks like a soundbar, but also like a Sonos speaker – largely thanks to its matte finish, acoustic grille and impeccable build quality. It’s lengthy at 114cm, but the limited height and depth give it a relatively low profile. Inside are 11 drivers: two firing upwards, one at each end and eight carefully angled along the front of the bar. Not hugely important, but It would be nice to get some clarification perhaps ? I also didn’t think it was just the two side-facing speakers (only) that just handled the rear (pseudo) channels, but that’s maybe my misunderstanding from some things that I’ve read and heard about the Arc.It's also a smart speaker, meaning you can control it with voice commands using Alexa or Google Assistant. For Apple device users, Apple AirPlay 2 is supported for seamless integration with your device. Like the Sonos One, it's a smart speaker, though here there's only support for Alexa and Sonos' own Voice Control system (which only controls music, and doesn't send anything to the cloud). Google Assistant has been dropped from the list. That's not to say it's bass-heavy overall though. Listen to Fontaines D.C.'s Skinty Fia and you'll hear a low-end that, while impactful and unwavering, never bloats or muddies other musical passages such as accordions, drum riffs, angered vocals and keys. Sonos' goal with the Era 100 was to deliver stereo sound from a single unit while eliminating the idea of there being a 'sweet spot' to listen to it from, and to add more bass – the last of these is something I've always bemoaned as missing from the Sonos One. Even in acoustic music, you're not getting the full effect without rich bass.

I think the point to consider is that the Arc is going to provide a better, fuller, more surround like experience by itself that a Beam/Playbar/Playbase does by itself. Whether the Arc alone sounds better than those other options with rear sounds...don’t know. So while we were able to experience excellent height and left/right soundscape movement, we definitely didn’t get the same surround sound experience as a multi-speaker array. Apps . Your app (e.g. Netflix, Disney+) needs to be capable of playing Atmos content via your particular TV. It has the crucial feature of being able to use Alexa to control Spotify, and it even supports AirPlay 2 and Siri, with Google Assistant support offering an alternative means for voice control. The One is easily one of the most well-specified and versatile smart speakers around, and a great way for existing Sonos users to affordably expand their multi-room set-up around the house. A device (such as your TV or a streaming box like the Apple TV) may support Atmos, but not for all apps running on it.

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The result is a soundbar that can handle Dolby Atmos more capably than many more expensive soundbars with actual upward-firing drivers. It creates a more spacious soundscape, with an impressive sense of height. While most rivals may not have been able to topple the multi-room giant, newcomers such as Audio Pro have shown it is possible to deliver great-value sound.