KEF Connect

I just bought the KEF LSX II LT from Costco for $500 and had no idea how to connect them to my Mac mini. Once I found out there’s this KEF Connect app I went to the App Store to download it - it said for iPad, not Mac. After downloading it to my Mac mini I couldn’t get the speakers to connect, so I downloaded the app on my iPhone too. It took a while, but the speakers finally connected to the iPhone, which then led to the Mac mini being able to use them. It took some patience and the use of AI to help troubleshoot. In the app there’s a normal and expert mode settings, and I recommend going through both to see what’s best for your setup - my factory setup was terrible, making me feel like I wasted $500 for what was supposed to be great speakers for their class. After a little fine tuning with the help of AI, they sound much better. Unless you’re an audio tech person, you’ll probably want some AI help in figuring out what the sounds settings are for and how they impact the result, as the app doesn’t give that sort of help. Good luck, and be patient for it to all come together!

This is the only audio app that I use that does NOT show the player on the Lock Screen, so one canNOT learn the song title, one canNOT learn the who the artist is… If one wants to know that info: a) unlock device, b) find KEF connect app, and c) tap it and view. Also, in mid-March 2024, I reported, within the app, sudden constant loss of WiFi with all the detailed troubleshooting steps I performed over several days. A rep responded with some questions that I answered. Then the rep instructed me to do all that I had already done (original report). All had been fine for over a year, before the mid-2024 problems…As other users report, the problem is KEF auto-updates firmware INSTEAD of allowing the user/owner to choose when to implement firmware updating. The speakers are great, but the app and KEF ought to be better.

Biggest bug it I can not update the firmware on the speakers. It just gets stuck in update mode for hours. A regular hdmi port instead of eARC would have been great. Earc is a nightmare because of hdcp. I can get sound through about a second and then the hdmi light starts to flash. Tried to connect CD player over hdmi and couldn’t get it to work even when outputting in 2Ch pcm. EArc is only for useful for people that use their smart tv app to watch tv and not many people that buy these speakers watch tv like this.