Sonos Era 100 initial review: Move over Sonos One
If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? Wrong. It's a bold move to take a product that's loved by many and replace it with an entirely new one, but that's exactly what Sonos has done with the Era 100.
Launching alongside the Sonos Era 300, the smaller Era 100 is a direct replacement for the fantastic Sonos One. It bumps up the price, changes up the design and introduces some great new features, but it still has some big shoes to fill.
We've seen and heard the Sonos Era 100 and if you love the Sonos One, you're about to embark on a fabulous affair with it. Here are our first impressions.
The Sonos Era 100 is a new era — pun entirely intended — for Sonos speakers. It takes the company's excellent entry-level speaker and gives it a make-over, both internally and externally. We need to spend some more time with the Era 100, but from what we have seen and heard so far, there is so much to love about it that we can definitely forgive Sonos for replacing the excellent One.
The Sonos Era 100 doesn't look like the Sonos One. Sure, it's similar in size — around an inch taller if you're being pedantic — but it has been redesigned from the ground up and that's immediately clear.
Where the Sonos One is small and boxy, the Sonos Era 100 is cylindrical with minimal fuss. The colour-matched metal grille that surrounded the Sonos One has been replaced with an environmentally-friendly polycarbonate grille, matching the look the company delivered with the Sonos Roam.
Ports exist on the back of the Era 100, while the power port is underneath — the same as what was the case for the Sonos One. You'll find a USB-C line in port on the Era 100 though, like the larger Era 300. You'll also find a physical microphone switch, allowing you to turn
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