Welcoming the month of March 2023 is the release of the all-new Sonos Era 300 and Sonos Era 100 in Malaysia, set to be industry leaders of the next generation of smart speakers ushering in a whole new chapter in sound and design innovation.
The Sonos Era 300 is a bold, revolutionary new speaker built to deliver the best experience for out loud spatial audio with Dolby Atmos, while the Era 100 is a remastering of the best-selling Sonos One.
Tuned by award-winning artists and engineers, the Era family powers new levels of immersive listening with expanded connectivity and Trueplay™ technology. In fact, the Era 300 and Era 100 are also the first speakers built to Sonos’ new responsible design standards, which span long-term serviceability, energy-efficient technologies and the use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials.
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Sonos Era 300 - Perfect For Spatial Audio, Great For Everything Else
Unprecedented for a single compact speaker, the Era 300 boasts six powerful drivers that direct sound in any direction, delivering an audio performance featuring Dolby Atmos that places listeners at the very heart of their films and music.
- Designed for spatial: Era 300 wraps its beautifully complex acoustic architecture in an elegantly cinched hourglass design, with every angle, proportion and perforation enhancing the direction and dispersion of sound to surround you truly.
- Surreal surround sound: Era 300 is the brand’s first speaker that delivers multi-channel surround sound when used as home cinema rears. Movie fans can pair two speakers with Arc or Beam (Gen 2) to create a supercharged Dolby Atmos experience that draws them deeper into the action.
- Deep music industry collaboration: Sonos worked closely with its community of leading artists and creators—including Sonos Soundboard members — to meticulously fine-tune Era 300 so listeners can enjoy sounds straight from the studio that are true to the artist’s intent.
Sono Era 100 - Upgrading a Leading Icon
Only slightly larger than its predecessor Sonos One, the new Era 100 features all-new hardware and software, with next-gen acoustics and design that deliver detailed stereo sound and deep bass.
- Now in stereo: Features two angled tweeters that send crisp high frequencies left and right for a rich stereo experience, while its larger mid-woofer creates stunning bass that’s unexpected from a single compact speaker.
- Small but mighty: Packed full of audio and tech enhancements, the Era 100’s slim, modern design makes it a chic accent piece for any bookshelf, kitchen counter, desk or nightstand.
- Customise your system: Level up your movie nights by combining two Era 100 speakers as rears with your soundbar to create a surround sound system, or simply pair two together for room-filling stereo sound.
Designed As Environmental-Friendly
Building on Sonos’s timeless acoustic-driven design aesthetic, the Era 100 and Era 300 are responsive to the challenges facing our environment.
With that, everyone who interacts with the Sonos designs will be greeted with a bold new UI and innovations that will help them last longer, use less energy and make use of recycled materials in each product.
- More sustainable sound: Era 100 and Era 300 are made with post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic and packaged in 100% sustainably sourced paper while also engineered to reduce power consumption with under two watts idle power consumption and a new advanced sleep function.
- Built to last: Designed to live in your home for years, both speakers are built for serviceability by reducing the use of adhesives and transitioning to screws for easy disassembly and repair.
- Bold, new UI: Era 100 and Era 300 feature an intuitive new user interface, including a new capacitive volume slider for a simple control that complements quick and private control of your music with Sonos Voice Control, the Sonos app, Apple AirPlay 2 and Bluetooth®.
- Upgraded connectivity: Stream all the audio you care about using WiFi or Bluetooth and directly connect other audio devices, such as a turntable using an auxiliary cable and the Sonos Line-In Adapter.
- Expanding Trueplay to more listeners: Using the microphone array in Era 100 and Era 300, Trueplay optimises the sound for the unique acoustics of your space with just a tap in the Sonos app. Available to both Android and iOS users.
“In an age of constant background noise, quality listening matters more than ever. Our vision is to make listening to an experience that is charged with feelings, helping our customers feel joy and vitality through their favourite music and audio content”
- Patrick Spence, CEO of Sonos.
“We bring the same forward-thinking mindset to responsible design as we do to creating powerful new listening experiences,”
- Kitty Suidman, Design Director, Product Sustainability.
Buy: Sonos Era 300 and Era 100 in Malaysia
Both Era 300 (RM2,799) and Era 100 (RM1,599) will be available globally on 28 March 2023. Pre-orders are available at tcacoustic.asia on 7 March, 10.00pm and at the Sonos Concept Store at The Starhill from 8 March 2023 onwards.
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