Harmann Kardon Onyx Studio 5 Speaker issue

I used one from Logitech with permanent power supply. At least, this one is reliable ;).

Also did not found out the logic, when the HK speaker disconnect, sometimes very wired.

For me, searching songs on YouTube is a permanent activity. So one switch off criteria is the time between two songs,

if they are not played immediately after each other with an interruption of maybe one minute, bluetooth connection brake..

Hey everyone. Just wanted to let you know that I sold my Onyx 5 and bought a Onyx 4 that work A LOT better, at least with my Macbook. Not sure what the difference is in bluetooth but I'm not experiencing the problems with my Onyx 5.

If you don't mind reset HK speaker every time you want to connect it to Macbook, actually there is a work around to control the speaker volume by re-routing the signal. You need to install the latest version of Soundflower, then choose the input of soundflower (2ch) as HK speaker while the output of your macbook is soundflower (2ch). Then you will be able to control the volume.

Only when nothing plays about 10 sec connection drops, its awful. Both companies are great, but that little trouble....

I think we should redact some bluetooth plist files, but i have no idea what exactly to redact 😀

Hopefully we will see an FW update from them soon to fix this issue. Great speaker anyway!

Wow, this is terrible. Awesome speaker, but no resolution? Works on every single device I own EXCEPT Mac. That is why I preach PC and Android.

Having the same issue, waiting for Apple to resolve.

Having the same problem. It's so frustrating.

I have similar issues! The volume changes from the Mac is not relayed to my Onyx Studio 5! So frustating

Just a quick update... I restarted the speaker and the master volume control from MBP 2018 has now started to control the volume on the speaker ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

+1

Works with iPhone, does not work with MBP 2017 15" on Mojave despite being able to connect via BT.

Another Update...

I ended up returning the speaker as I had bigger issues than just the volume controls. It just wouldn't maintain a bluetooth connection to my macbook pro!