JBL PartyBox Club 120: Main Discussion
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I would really like to see your tests of use of the new Era 100 as a surround speakers when paired with Beam 2 as compared to use of One SLs. Will the richness of dialogue and immersiveness be noticeable between One SLs and Era 100’s ?
Our testers have started testing this product; is there anything specific you’re looking to see? Let us know in this thread.
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Is there any benefit between era 100 and the one (sl)? Is it worth the buy, if you are just looking for rich sound and don‘t bother about Bluetooth? How is the stereo setup with two 100s, while the era 100 is a stereo speaker at it‘s own with diagonal high frequencys? The sound might be less directed…
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Hello there! Sorry for the delay, we’ve just finished testing the Sonos Era 100 in our lab. While the full results will be available in the coming days, here are some of our main takeaways on the difference between this speaker and the 2nd Generation of the One SL. Notably, the Era 100 is a stereo speaker, while the One SL is not. As a result, you notice a wider, fuller sound from the Era. It’s also a bit cleaner in the bass and the vocals, whereas the One SL has a thicker sound due to some bass leaking into the mids. Whether it’s worth the buy is ultimately up to you and your preferences, but yes, the Era 100 does have the better sound performance overall.
The full review has been posted here. Let us know what you think!
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I would really love a section for the smart speaker reviews to include an assessment of their performance in stereo pairs. These would be helpful I think to orient consumers towards a stereo speaker set or soundbar first for whatever their needs may be. Ideally if this comparison could include products like the Klipsch Fives, that would be amazing. Great work as always but I’m dying to know how the Era 100s, 300s, new Homepods and other competitors fare for music-first listening
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I would really love a section for the smart speaker reviews to include an assessment of their performance in stereo pairs. These would be helpful I think to orient consumers towards a stereo speaker set or soundbar first for whatever their needs may be. Ideally if this comparison could include products like the Klipsch Fives, that would be amazing. Great work as always but I’m dying to know how the Era 100s, 300s, new Homepods and other competitors fare for music-first listening
Hi superturtle, while we do not have immediate plans to test stereo pairs of speakers, I definitely understand how having measurement for such configuration would be interesting. I’ve taken note of your suggestion, and while our current test methodology is not able to support such configuration fairly, we’ll keep it in mind for future improvements.
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Hi. In the review it says it can’t switch off the microphone, but it seems it has a physical switch in the back to completely turn it off.
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Hi. In the review it says it can’t switch off the microphone, but it seems it has a physical switch in the back to completely turn it off.
Hello RtingsUser6490665,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention! You are correct, the speaker does have a microphone mute button at the back. It is used primarily for when you don’t voice assistants to be listening to you. As a result, we will be updating our review to reflect this. The change will be up on the site shortly.
Update: Updated the Microphone On/Off result in the Controls box from ‘No’ to ‘Yes’.
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Hi rtings, did you turn the “loudness” feature on or off? I found it lifts bass and treble quite a bit, too much maybe.
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Hi rtings, did you turn the “loudness” feature on or off? I found it lifts bass and treble quite a bit, too much maybe.
Hi tentes,
The Loudness feature was left On for our sound testing of the Era 100 since the App sets Loudness to On by default. We’re going to perform a retest and take measurements with the mode On and Off to include in the review, so that the differences between modes can be visualized.
Thanks, Matt
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Hi tentes, The Loudness feature was left On for our sound testing of the Era 100 since the App sets Loudness to On by default. We’re going to perform a retest and take measurements with the mode On and Off to include in the review, so that the differences between modes can be visualized. Thanks, Matt
Thanks for your efforts! I compared the sound with it on and off, and finally chose “off” since it sounds more natural.
Update: Sonos recently updated their app to firmware 81.1-58210 and the speaker itself to firmware 15.2. As a result, this speaker’s Sound profile changed. The following test groups have been updated: Frequency Response Accuracy, Soundstage, Dynamics, and App. Text changes have also been made throughout the review, including the usages and product comparisons, to match these results.