earlierquiltfull exposureThe new Sonos product of , has finally been officially confirmed today. Sonos Era 100, Era 300 wireless speakers support USB-C, Bluetooth connection, while expanding Android devices can also use Trueplay tuning, with the newly designed touch groove, marking the entry of Sonos products into a new era (Era).
Following Play:1, One, and today’s Sonos Era 100 (title picture), it can be said to be the third generation of their iconic products, maintaining the same small columnar design, but because the internal configuration is doubled, it is also slightly smaller. widened a bit. As a speaker, Era 100 contains a set of obliquely placed tweeters on the left and right, and a mid-bass unit with a larger area than the previous generation, which improves the volume and three-dimensionality of the sound output. As mentioned at the beginning, the touch-sensitive playback control area on the sky surface (pictured below) is now presented as a groove, allowing users to operate accurately even in the dark, and also makes the gesture of sliding to adjust the volume more reasonable.
Sonos Era 300 is a multi-directional speaker that supports Dolby Atmos. There are six units in a single unit. With the hourglass design of the fuselage, each unit can emit sound from a certain angle, providing spatial sound effects from left, right, front, and above.In conjunction with other products of the same door, including Sonos Beam (2nd Gen)and Arc for the soundbar, the new Sub / Sub Mini When used as a subwoofer, the Era 300 can be used as a rear unit to form up to 7.2.4 multi-channel home video. According to a Sonos representative, in addition to the current Amazon Music, Apple Music’s Dolby Atmos sound effects are also expected to be included in the compatible list within this year.
Both new wireless speakers support Wi-Fi 6 connections, which can allow routers to manage bandwidth better with other smart home products. The connection port of the fuselage is changed to USB-C. In addition to being more convenient to directly connect to mobile phones and computers, various adapters can also be used to connect to Internet cables and audio cables. In order to cope with the increasing attention to personal privacy today, Sonos even added a physical button in addition to the touch-sensitive microphone off, so that the microphone can be completely powered off when necessary, which is more at ease. Finally, the Trueplay self-tuning function, which was originally exclusive to iOS devices, has come to the new Era 300 and Era 100, and there is also a lightweight version that can be selected by Android devices, allowing the speaker itself to quickly adapt to the environment and change the sound output.
The two new Sonos speakers can be pre-ordered through the Hong Kong official website and designated retailers from now on, and will be officially released on March 28. The prices are HK$2,499 for Era 100 and HK$4,499 for Era 300.