The Sonos Era 300 interested me as it was designed with spatial audio in mind. more expensive than a HomePod it doesn't have the limitations of them nor is it tied to a specific streaming service.
had a test run at Richer Sounds and really enjoyed the sound and was surprised at how good it was for a single speaker (it's for my office so not big enough to warrant 2 such speakers)
Overall very impressed with the sound from it and certainly makes listening to music while working much easier (no earbuds/headphones to worry about when transferring to calls, etc. - AirPods are really annoying for that)
does make me wonder what the surround setup with them as rear speakers would sound like (don't think I could persuade the other half on that)
currently use it with Plex (built into the controller app) so no additional server software required (there is some available but it kept crapping out with my library as it doesn't deal with large(ish) libraries.
Glad I picked one up
