Firmware & app needs work – HK Connect Review

Do I have the latest firmware? I wouldn’t know as the app doesn’t indicate if you do or not. HomeKit integration ought to be possible now that Apple have lifted the requirement for embedded chips. This speaker got major latency. Don’t buy it if you’re looking for a BT speaker to use with any mobile music making apps. The sounds the speaker makes to when turning it on/off and whatnot, NEEDS to be set to a default lower volume, user definable preferably. I used the aux in, and had to max out the onboard volume/amp as the device I had connected didn’t have enough juice to get any normal volume. When you max out the volume on this speaker it will blow your ears of with a LOUD sound letting you know that you’ve maxed out the volume. This is dangerous, it’s loud enough to permanently damage a persons hearing. You need to lock that issue down ASAP. It is a major issue when using the aux-in with a weak sound source. I would be dead by now if my mixer and DAW behaved like this. Sleep/standby after x amount of time with no sound regardless of power source. Have the speaker wake up when it receives a connection via Bluetooth (regardless if connected to a power outlet or not). My €90 BT soundbar does this, so ought to be possible on a €400 premium BT speaker. Finer volume increase from iOS devices if possible, it gets loud even at the lower 3-4 notches in iOS. Perhaps a bit of control over the bass/treble, adjustable via the app -> onboard speaker storage/setting, if possible. This would be handy for nighttime listening etc. This would be a bonus, not crucial in anyway. This speaker is €400+ (euro). That’s a, high, premium price point. It doesn’t matter how good/bad the actual speaker is when it’s riddled with issues like the internal blings and blongs sounds, no way to wake it up via Bluetooth, and so on.
Review by ChrisE1G on HK Connect.