The new Sonos Era 100: like a Sonos One, but with bass
Sonos Era 100 review: FeaturesCan add 3.5mm line-in and Ethernet using adapter
Bluetooth audio is here, which is a new inclusion that the Sonos One lacks. It's Bluetooth 5.0 , and you can just pair it with anything – no special Sonos sauce. A button on the back triggers pairing mode, and you're away. The sound quality of the Era 100 is impressive, partly because it's immediately very expressive. Sonos tends to go hard on detail, and that's no different here – it can pick out small parts of the mix and give them the precision they need to feel textured, and it can step up dynamically when needed for really sharp and clear sounds.
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.
And while we're comparing to the HomePod 2 – because, as I mentioned before, they're so close in price, size and general goal now – I'll mention that the other thing you get from the HomePod is a more natural soundstage. The Sonos comes across as more hard-working and artificial of the two – the HomePod feels more like its frolicking outdoors.
On top is a set of touch controls – skip forward and back, play/pause, and volume controls in a concave lozenge that makes them easy to find – plus a hole for the mic. On the rear is a switch to disable the microphone totally, plus the button for Bluetooth pairing, and the USB-C port.
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