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Frank777
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2023-03-07, 21:57

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Originally Posted by Matsu View Post
To be fair, the Era 300 looks a little bulky for rear surround duty in a typical lifestyle system setup.
A few reviews I've seen have mentioned that the Era 300 looks bulkier in photos than in real life. So there's that.

Sonos has always been a favourite brand because they understood the need for privacy with their microphone-banishing SL lines.

Unlike Apple, which has apparently let the CCP influence their previous privacy-first focus in their products. (There are multiple mics in just about everything Apple ships nowadays, and AFAIK only the MacBooks have a hard switch to deactivate them when the shell is closed.)

So I was disappointed to learn that the Era line wouldn't have 'SL' versions. Hopefully, a teardown will confirm that the microphone switch on the Era is a hardware switch, does not allow the possibility of software switching on the mics remotely.
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