I have this exact same problem. It's really disappointing because they're basically advertised as computer speakers but this delay makes it so annoying.

cds wrote:

The BeoPlay S3 differs slightly from the other B&O PLAY products as this is a licensed product created for a different distributor.

Svenni wrote:

I have this exact same problem. It's really disappointing because they're basically advertised as computer speakers but this delay makes it so annoying.

Yes, I seem to remember the same behaviour when connected via USB. How this behaviour slipped passed testing, I don't know.

OlivierC wrote:

Hello,

 

 

I have an S3 but my user case is different as I am using it as a BT speaker only, therefore I am not experiencing the same issue.

You've given me an idea. If Bluetooth mode doesn't exhibit the same behaviour (perhaps the sleep timer is 15 mins as suggested by B&O Support?), then I wonder about getting a couple of Bluetooth transmitters - one for each speaker - and feeding them with left and right audio channels from the TV. The simplest way I can think of would be using the headphone socket on the TV with a 3.5mm jack to stereo RCA, then feeding each to its own Bluetooth transmitter. The output chain doesn't quite sit well with me because I'd be using the TV's DAC (I doubt it's the best) to convert from digital to analogue, then each Bluetooth transmitter's ADC to convert back to compressed digital, and finally, each speaker's Bluetooth receiver & DAC to reproduce the audio. An alternate route could perhaps be some sort of SPDIF left/right splitter to feed the Bluetooth transmitters with digital left and right channels. Maybe there's even a Bluetooth transmitter out there that could handle both channels and feed each speaker independently... Something to research I think.

OlivierC wrote:

Hello,

However the B&O Customer Care answer is not completely clear to me, especially in the following part.

 

 

cds wrote:

 

The BeoPlay S3 differs slightly from the other B&O PLAY products as this is a licensed product created for a different distributor.

 

 

 

Created for a different distributor?

 

What does it mean?

 

 

Thanks.

 

 

Olivier

Yeah, this confused me a little too. I know that Beoplay stuff is the budget brand that tends to get manufactured in China, but I don't understand the distributor licence. Anyway, software issues aside, the speakers themselves are really quite amazing for the size.

cds wrote:

Anyway, software issues aside, the speakers themselves are really quite amazing for the size.

cds wrote:

You've given me an idea. If Bluetooth mode doesn't exhibit the same behaviour (perhaps the sleep timer is 15 mins as suggested by B&O Support?), then I wonder about getting a couple of Bluetooth transmitters - one for each speaker - and feeding them with left and right audio channels from the TV.

cds wrote:

Anyway, software issues aside, the speakers themselves are really quite amazing for the size.

BeoFrederic wrote:

cds wrote:

 

You've given me an idea. If Bluetooth mode doesn't exhibit the same behaviour (perhaps the sleep timer is 15 mins as suggested by B&O Support?), then I wonder about getting a couple of Bluetooth transmitters - one for each speaker - and feeding them with left and right audio channels from the TV.

 

I’d be careful here. In addition to researching the BT/sleep timer issue, also check BT latency. I suspect it will be a showstopper.

It's funny you should say that; shortly after I posted, the possibility that BT latency might not be a constant crossed my mind. I'll have to do some reading, but if it's something that's determined when the link is negotiated, based on something like signal quality for example, then that may throw the whole idea out of the window. In which case, some sort of BT device that's designed to set up generic pairs of speakers in stereo would be required (if such a thing exists). Unfortunately, the built-in True Wireless function of these speakers is not an option; I could deal with a few milliseconds of latency, but not the 250 milliseconds or so that True Wireless requires.

I have an update to this: I managed to get the left speaker to stay awake!

However, I don't know how I managed this, and the right speaker still takes a few seconds to wake.

This happened after I decided to reconfigure the way the speakers were wired up. Previously, I had the speakers paired in wired mode, with audio input on the left speaker, and the left speaker feeding the right speaker like this:

TV -> DAC & pre-amp > sub woofer -> Beoplay S3 (left) -> Beoplay S3 (right)

Now, I have each speaker fed directly from the audio source like this:

TV -> DAC & pre-amp > sub woofer -> Beoplay S3 (left) 

TV -> DAC & pre-amp > sub woofer -> Beoplay S3 (right)

It doesn't matter how many times I double-press the B&O button on the right speaker, I cannot seem to get it to stay awake. In fact, all double-pressing that button seems to do is either turn off the speaker or turn it back on.

I daren't touch the left speaker in case I break the spell and it switches back to power-saving mode!

Any clues?