Amazon Echo Studio (2019) vs Sonos Era 300

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Echo Studio (2019) compared with Era 300

	AmazonEcho Studio (2019)	SonosEra 300
Overview
Released
Released	November 2019	March 2023
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	Yes	Yes
Drivers
Drivers	Three 2″ (51 mm) midrange speakers, one 20 mm tweeter (1-inch in the launch press release) and one 5.25″ (133 mm) woofer with a downward bass port	Four tweeters (a forward-firing mid tweeter, two side-firing mid tweeters and an upward-firing tweeter in a horn) and two woofers angled left and right
Amplifiers
Amplifiers	24-bit DAC; power amplifier with 100 kHz bandwidth; 330 W peak power	Six class-D digital amplifiers
Audio formats
Audio formats	Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Sony 360 Reality Audio (MPEG-H); FLAC, MP3, AAC, Opus, Vorbis; CD quality (16-bit) and hi-res (up to 24-bit); spatial audio processing	Dolby Atmos Music
Room tuning
Room tuning	Automatic room adaptation (continuously adjusts during playback)	Trueplay (iOS and Android); bass, treble and loudness adjustable in the Sonos app
Connections
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	Yes	Yes
AirPlay
AirPlay	No	Yes
Voice assistants
Voice assistants	Alexa	Alexa and Sonos Voice Control
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 and 5 GHz); Zigbee and Matter hub; Amazon Sidewalk	Wi-Fi 6 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax), 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP	Bluetooth 5.3
Ports
Ports	Power; combined 3.5 mm analogue and mini-TOSLINK optical line in	USB-C for line-in (with the Sonos Line-In Adapter) or Ethernet (with the Sonos Combo Adapter); adapters sold separately
Streaming
Streaming	Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, Pandora, SiriusXM, iHeartRadio, TuneIn; Bluetooth	Apple AirPlay 2; direct control from apps such as Spotify and TIDAL; Sonos Radio
Multi-room
Multi-room	Multi-room music with compatible Echo devices; one or two Echo Studio speakers as the audio output for compatible Fire TV devices (Dolby Atmos, Dolby Audio 5.1 and stereo)	Groups with other Sonos products over Wi-Fi; two make a stereo pair or Dolby Atmos rear surrounds for a Sonos soundbar
App
App	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android and iOS)	Sonos app (iOS and Android)
Design
Weight
Weight	3.5 kg (better)	4.47 kg
Controls
Controls	Buttons on top, including microphone off	Capacitive touch controls (play, pause, skip, replay, volume, voice mute, grouping); Bluetooth button; microphone switch
Microphones
Microphones	Button disconnects the microphones	Far-field microphone array with beamforming and multichannel echo cancellation; switch cuts power to the microphones
Mounting
Mounting	–	Wall mount and stand sold separately
Size
Size	206 mm tall, 175 mm diameter	185 × 260 × 160 mm (H × W × D)
Colours
Colours	Charcoal; Glacier White (added in 2022)	Black, White
In the box
In the box	Echo Studio, power cable, quick start guide	Era 300, power cable (2 m), documentation