I have had these speakers for 18 months. When they work they work fine. But honestly.. what a nightmare to own! I cannot go one week without having to reboot them. Everything fails constantly. I just want my previous life back!
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Beolab 50 are a nightmare.
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So after a reboot I just counted 11 times I had to hit the Beolab 50 icon on the app before it recognised them! That is usual.
Just curious, my friend, have you ensured you’re running the latest firmware on both the parent and child speaker?
I’ve had mine for a few weeks now, my friends have had them for years. I haven’t had any issues except for the app not responding two times but the speakers have been working well. I enjoy them a lot. Maybe yours are faulty? Or your connections are not correct perhaps?
They are hard wired to a Beosystem. But I regularly use them through BV11 wireless. But then everytime I power them back again a few days later,,, nothing. No config makes any difference. The only solution is to unplug, wait, and start again. That is so impressive, not!
Hi Beophile
my first pair was a nightmaire. But I had them three month and after that I got a replacement. After that they work fine also with the new sw 3.1. BO have had trouble with some abL 50 and they know it very well! So try to change the speakers for new ones. I think that is the only solution.
Best regards
Martin
Sweden
It’s a bit sad seeing headlines like nightmare because it will then become the google headline and I don’t want that for B&O... I NEVER use wisa wireless because it’s simply really bad. It’s not designed for everyday home usage and even airplay suffers in dence radio areas. Just stop using wireless now! I mean it. Underline it. Also, bl50 looses a lot of its competence in wireless mode as the speakers can not communicate then. So please. Stop using it.They are hard wired to a Beosystem. But I regularly use them through BV11 wireless. But then everytime I power them back again a few days later,,, nothing. No config makes any difference. The only solution is to unplug, wait, and start again. That is so impressive, not!
Just sell them. Someone will take the ***.😂
Also, bl50 looses a lot of its competence in wireless mode as the speakers can not communicate then. So please. Stop using it.
That applies to most speakers, but perplexes me anyone would spend £20K+ on a speaker and then attempt to use a wireless connection to stream high quality audio from their TV to the speakers. The logistics and bandwidth required for this to work flawlessly is almost incomprehensible. I'd never connect a soundbar wirelessly to a TV, for example.
As a comparison, you can blind-stream radio or Spotify wireless to, say, an Edge or BeoSystem 2, and this generally does work flawlessly as it buffers the audio and you don't need to worry about sync. I've lost my internet connection a few times, yet the audio will carry on streaming for another 30 seconds as it was buffered.
When you connect your TV wireless speakers, you need perfectly streamed non-buffered flaw-free audio. And if you play an uncompressed Blu-ray audio feed, wirelessly, you're simply asking for issues.
I wonder if people really understand the technical barriers required to wirelessly stream audio?
I also recommend using cables rather than WISA. I cabled my BL18s and 19 about six months ago and haven’t looked back since. Purchased the cables from Steve naturally.
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