strange, did you contact B&O directly for that issue?

Hi Dave and all Beoplay S3 owners,

Have you tried connecting an S3 via Bluetooth and then linking an S3 via its Line-out to another powered/active secondary non-S3 speaker's Line-in (Aux) via cable. 

Wanted to know if you can hard wire other powered speakers or add a subwoofer to an S3 for more powerful sound.

This is what I got from B&O....

Hello Dave, thank you for a detailed description. I have 2 S3 , could you please let me know if we can connect a sub into stereo

Thanks

This might (?) be possible, if the used sub is connected to your source and has an output for 'satelite speakers'. From there you could (?) go to the first and then to the second S3.

But how well that would work in reality, is hard to say - a sub is not a sub, is not a sub.

Maybe if you really need more, than the two S3's can bring, you should start looking for e.g. a S8 set!?

That is something that works out of the box.

MM

Hello MM, thanks for a quick reply. I am not  technically educated in this world, so please bare with me on the subsequent question. Would it be possible to connect computer(source of my music's) to S3 master via usb and then audio Jack from master to Subwoofer

You can connect several S3's in a row - see the User Guide.

When you speak of a 'S3 master', I assume that you want to use more than one S3?

Do you want to go from the second one to the sub?

Theoretically you might use the sub as an additional/hardwired speaker, but I am not sure how well that will work - and according to the Guide you would not get stereo, but 3 times 'mono'.

Using a minijack splitter (one into two = for the second S3 and the sub) after the first S3 might be a possibility?

But - as I wrote above - there are different subs and the sub must fit with the other speaker/s.

Only advice I can give you, is to try it out with your available gea.....to see how it works.

MM

Dave Farr wrote:

I just received this from the tech developer at B&O

 

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Dave.

For all the people wo find this on the internet. It is outdated. The newest firmware for the Beoplay S3 is 9.3.6. In this firmware the wired Stereo setup is with normal daisy chain selection instead of the de dubble master setup. However it seems that you need to be fast enough otherwise you have 2 mono speakers. You get then one orange led and one white led during setup. After the setup the both leds are white.

I tried to connect the S3 to my tv.

I found the delay before the speaker senses the incoming signal as too long (others may not) - the picture was on before the sound began.

For use with an AudioMaster/AudioSystem (Essence or alike) this probably would be ok.

It is a good option for a small inexpensive audio setup.

If I did not already have speakers connected to my stationary MacMini, I would not hesitate to pick two of these for that.

MM

I picked up a pair of these a couple of weeks ago ($121 each on Amazon, gotta love it). Connecting one was a piece of cake, and the sound, as described many times, was rather amazing from such a small speaker. My dad actually used to work in a B&O store many decades ago so I am very familiar with the brand and am glad to finally start my own collection :)

Setting up the second speaker and connecting them through True Wireless was also a snap, the instructions are really quite clear so no issues there at all. The way these two speakers fill my room(s) is quite astounding, whether it's rock or new age or classical, amazing B&O sound. 2 things have happened since then.

1. Software update. During the upgrade of the master speaker (the video that is part of the software installation process is extremely helpful), I received an error, and the indicator light on the speaker just went dark. No matter what combinations of keys I pressed, unplugging the speaker from the power, etc. No change, so I was freaking out a little bit. However, I just acted as if the lights were on, did the sequence of updating the software, and the upgrade succeeded just fine, and the light came back on as soon as the new software was installed.

2. I'm not sure if this is related to the speakers or my phone, I usually stream via Bluetooth from an Android phone using Google Music/Play. The slave speaker cuts out on a regular basis, for a second or so, sometimes less than a second, sometimes 2 seconds, and then starts playing again. I haven't experienced the 15 minute standby issue yet, but the stereo experience is less than ideal with one speaker cutting in and out. Now, I am fairly certain this is related to my phone, and I will have to test it with another bluetooth device to be sure, since I've also experienced music stuttering, and then playing very fast for a few seconds while it 'catches up', so maybe some kind of buffering issue.

However, if anyone else has been experiencing this kind of behavior and has some other ideas, please let me know. The speakers are about 3.5 meters apart, the phone is less than 5m away from the master speaker, most of the time less than 3.

Hello Dave....I have a pair of s3 speakers...I had updated the firmware and using with new beoplay mobile App. Everything was perfect. Recently I updated the firmware though there are no new updates. After this, my speakers max volume is reduced drastically..any idea about this pleasr