I apologise, I’m not sure how I missed this. It seems some source devices don’t turn their optical signal off when put into standby, so the optical output is always transmitting something. Because of this, there would be no change to trigger LS50WII to come out of standby, hence why the unplugging/plugging back in triggers it - there is a change from no signal to signal.
I see that some of the Hifiberry digital products have coaxial digital output - if you happen to have a suitable cable, you could give that a try - if it doesn’t send out a constant ‘active’ signal, then wake-up should work fine. Plus you would be getting a 192/24 input this way, also.
Thanks for your suggestion. I didn’t know that COAX is better than optical, anyway I have ordered a cable but I still have the same effect. the speaker does not turn on when I play music, but source is set to COAX. Any other suggestions?
Then that would suggest that the coax of the Hifiberry sends out some sort of signal constantly as well. If that’s the case, then there’s not really much I can suggest, I’m afraid.
Thanks @Ben_Hagens for the suggestions, you are right, the speaker does even not go to standby when using coax. in Optical it goes to standby what from my point of view is that the speaker recognises that the signal is different or no signal, but the logic to turn it on seems different. anyway I will try to research if there is something to configure on the hifiberry.
@Ben_Hagens I could solve the issue by configuring the -c option the pCP player that controls the hifiberry and switches of the source when nothing is played, so now it works as expected. Thanks again for the support. I really hope one day KEF will add the option to use the speaker without account like the LSX
Was this power off issue resolved for you after recent firmware updates? For me this issue still exists on firmware 2.0 with eARC connection to a Samsung TV. The speakers do turn on and off, but after turning-off they turn back on within a minute, even though the TV stays off.
I returned the LS50-2’s about 6 months ago after waiting about 5 months for the “Coming Soon” Roon Ready to happen. I got lucky with being able to return them. I bailed because of the Roon issue, not the eARC issue. Hopefully someone else will chime in.
I have a question concerning the LS50 wireless and can’t find an answer anywhere.
The sound quality using a CD transport with digital RCA connector is so much better than streaming from Qobuz. Streaming sounds thin, no body and less spacious. It is a big difference and makes listening to streaming unpleasant. I have not experienced such a difference with my main system. Any thoughts about it?
Interesting topic. I’m planning to connect my MiniDSP SHD to the LS50W2. Reading the comments I understand that the LS50W2 probably won’t go to sleep / wake-up if connected via Coax or Optical since the MiniDSP is always outputting some sort of signal when on?
@Ben_Hagens What if I connect via Aux? Can I assume the KEFs will go in standby when nothing is played on the MiniDSP? Or will the issue be the same as when using the digital inputs? (i.e. via Aux the speakers will sense some sort of signal as well)
If the MiniDSP continuously sends out a signal via AUX, I can see there being a chance that it won’t play ball with the wake-up/standby function. I just don’t have a MiniDSP unit to try that with, unfortunately. I’d have to double check exactly how the wake-up is triggered via aux. I imagine it’s a threshold system that would compensate for self noise on the input, which would be a pretty low threshold. If the MiniDSP outputs higher than that, theft’s probably a no.
Late reply but thanks @Ben_Hagens. I bought a Marantz Cinema 50 AVR and am running the KEF’s as front speakers via the pre-out (connected via Aux) and the wake-up function works. Planning to install Dirac on this device and sell my MiniDSP.
Hi has anyone figured out how to add stations and podcasts to the KEF Connect App? Currently I have none listed. Seems strange they would have this option but not have any stations at all.