![]() ![]() At the same time, the embrace of line-in finally means I can dust off my record player after so many years (and get it tuned because it's sounding a little rough) and play it through a modern speaker system this hasn't been possible in my house since retiring my A/V receiver and bookshelf speaker set a few years back. Of course, that means Sonos gets away with no longer including an Ethernet cable in the box, which it did on all previous models, so if you're one of those rare remaining wire-everything stalwarts, know that you're paying $40 extra for the privilege. The Era 300 also benefits from Sonos's recent embrace of quality-of-life improvements there's a dedicated Bluetooth pairing button on the back along with a USB-C port that doubles as a line-in or Ethernet port with the optional adapters ($19 and $39 respectively). Sonos sought to make volume controls more tactile in the Era series with a capacitive concave slider, a far better replacement for the twitchy buttons on previous models like the Sonos Five and One. While it lacks the refined confidence of the Sonos Five or the dense uniformity of the Era 100, I enjoy looking at the Era 300 in the brief moments I have to interact with it, which is rare. ![]() I've read a few other reviewers decrying the Era 300's cinched hourglass shape, necessary to keep the speaker's profile relatively thin while cramming inside four tweets and two woofers, but I'm not one of them.
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