It just feels silly, also not to be able to use and “join” sources from the Theatre anywhere else so how can you make much out of its inbuilt internet radio or if you connect sources via its USB-C connector…

Don’t get me wrong it is a great product with great sound capability but seems a shame to abandon the historic B&O link function.

@Millemissen

Am I correct in thinking that a Beosound Core is an ASE product? (what does the acronym ASE stand for anyway?)

You can find a list of the ASE in this explanation of new and old way to use ‘Join’ here:

Thank you much appreciated @Millemissen.

What have they done?! With the new update, I have to crank the volume up over 75 to be able to hear any dialogue. Also, the Theatre now randomly power cycles at least once an hour. Sometimes even more frequently!

Yikes - re having to crank up the volume, my understanding with the new 3.4 SW was that it should have improved this issue, not made it worse.

With 3.4, under Source Startup behaviour, you can now set a volume gain (or loss I guess!) as a default for each source. Not sure if you have tried this added feature yet, and whether it helps.  Also be useful to know what signal inputs (2.0, 5.1 etc etc) produce this v low volume issue?

According to one of the B&O guys posts a few months back (on Discord), this volume adjustment was being added to deal with the "excessively quiet" volume that some users were reporting, especially for DD 5.1 signals.

I've updated my bedroom standalone BST to 3.4, and have not had quiet volume issues as yet.   Not updated by larger living room BST setup as yet.

As someone with 2 BSTs, my feeling is that any signal processing issues are much more noticeable on larger setups as opposed to standalone ones.

This new sw version which is topic of discussion is it a beta or official release (I’m not at home so can’t check my Theatre).

Beta.

So far the new firmware of 3.4.1 has been great for me. TV shows and music both sound fuller with more bass. No issues.