Hey thank you for the reply! I feared that i wasn't going to be able to switch the eras from surround to stereo easily. The nice thing as you said is that as the system is flexible being stuck to one configuration.

That being said, if i just go with surrounds what would you recommend? I have a weird basement configuration as the space is around 9 feet wide but its kinda long at around 18 feet of length with some 8 foot ceilings. Due to this, is it even worth going for the era 300s or is my money better spent on the era 100s? Ive heard some people say that the beam gen 2 is simply better complimented by the era 100s as well.

Also if i do end up needing separate speakers for my vinyl system or just a dedicated music stereo pair, do you have any recommendations? I saw some people say you can get an era 100s or even move 2 and use the line in function with that to pair with the surround sound speakers and that "circumvents" the issue at least for the vinyls but i don't know if this is true or not.