Sonos Era 300

The best smart speaker you can buy for immersive audio, and well worth the premium price

SCORE PRICE £314 (£377 inc VAT) from johnlewis.com The Sonos Era 300 is the premium model in the brand’s Era range, priced at a whopping £449 inc VAT if you buy direct from Sonos, although we found it for far less at John Lewis. There’s no mistaking that this is a serious piece of audio kit. Measuring 260 x 160 x 185mm, it’s the second largest speaker in this Labs, and at 4.5kg it’s not much lighter than the mighty JBL Authentics 300, which has its own battery on board. There’s something slightly odd about its shape, which has clearly been designed around the sound rather than the visual style. As a result, its looks are more divisive than the Apple HomePod or the Sonos Era 100. The physical controls are capacitive and minimal,…

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