Has anyone heard an eta for LS50 roon readiness?
A couple weeks ago it was within a few weeks but we also know there is some bug they are working on.
I hope that this bug is resolvable. Having Kef demo Roon at CEDIA is a big difference from letting the update out into the wild. Iâm just hoping that bug isnât too difficult to resolve (eg. too many uncontrolled use cases whereby it can occur).
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I asked Roon on twitter if they could give me an indication of a time frame on the readiness of the LS50 wireless speakers. I got the responseâŚ
âstill working out one last kink âŚâ
Hereâs hoping they get that sorted quickly. I have faith. And am looking forward to it. My dislike of the KEF app grows every day.
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This is probably a very redundant comment but I am very eagerly expecting this update.
I got my LS50W about two months ago and they are just amazing but biggest flaw is inability to use them with roon without purchasing other devices. I am very much on the fence about sotm-200 wondering if it would be better than just roon only with this update streaming.
The direct from Roon to Kef wonât be full RAAT streaming or do multi-room which may be a reason for some to use something else.
It will also be interesting to A/B sound quality using different devices.
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Hi all, I got a pair of LS50W yesterday and used Audirvana plus to play the music via DLNA, but I accidentally pushed the volume to maximum in a few seconds so Iâm very worry now, did it damage the LS50W?
only time and listening will tell.
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Doubtful you damaged it.
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so Iâm very worry now, did it damage the LS50W?
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It is unlikely as the DSP and amps are engineered specifically to prevent overloading the drivers. What you experienced was a few seconds of very loud music which can be very unsettling. Now if you had been using an external amp with an ordinary pair of LS50s and did the same thing then the uncertainty increases considerably⌠but thatâs not the case so youâve nothing to worry about.
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As a dev myself, hearing it explained to me it does sound like one of those âghost in the machineâ type issues, one that is difficult to find even a proximate cause let alone an isolated root cause. As it hasnât been resolved yet my fear is the issue is in the LS50 firmware and Roonâs implementation is exacerbating it, so they may be cooking up a workaround.
It hasnât been that long since DarKo announced it and Roon confirmed.
I doubt that KEF would release a product that can be destroyed by dialing up the volume. This is very different from supplying a lot of power to a passive speaker. There is no power going into the LS50Ws. You just told the LS50Ws to play as loud as possible within their capabilities. It is nice to hear that they play louder than you would ever want them to play.
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Itâs been 5 weeks which is a bit longer than the ânext few weeksâ mentioned. I personally canât recall working on a bug that long, generally speaking when you spend more than a week even on a very complex system you typically have exhausted potential culprits and start to take a look at workarounds.
That said, it may have already been addressed but other things were added for the next release that still need to be wrapped up, or maybe other issues with the implementation surfaced and/or ways to make it more efficient were discovered.
I looked, itâs been about a month so longer than I remembered.
You arenât the only developer here by the way and I think itâs early to assume they ran into a showstopper issue.
They literally are working to fix a showstopper issue. The nature of which was described to me at CEDIA and I believe hinted at by Roon earlier in this thread. It was feature complete when it was shown there.
I mean one that would prevent this from happening at all. I expect they will work through it.
Right, I wasnât saying they wouldnât. Just my concern is that they couldnât determine the source of the issue and are investigating workarounds which can really push things out.
New firmware (and iOS app) is out - spotify connect! According to the release notes this is for both, Microsoft Windows and OSX but the Mac link isnât active (yet?).
MCU v2.3.0
⢠Add support to swap between Left and Right speakers
Wi-Fi v1.1.4
⢠Add âSpotify Connectâ support (compatibility varies by country)
DSP v0.54
⢠No update