KEF Stream 4+
GP Acoustics International Limited
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Play music content up to 192kHz/24bit resolution over Wi-Fi to your LS50 Wireless and LSX
This app allows you to play music content up to 192kHz/24bit resolution over Wi-Fi to your LS50 Wireless and LSX. Together with the KEF Control app, you can have full control over your speaker system.
Key features:
• Stream music from your local Library, Media Servers, TIDAL, and Spotify Connect.
• Create and save custom playlists
Note: to play Apple Music purchased from iTunes store (this excludes Apple Music Streaming Service) and your own music collection imported to your iTunes Library, you must first download it offline to your device before you can stream it to the LS50 Wireless.
If you experience any issues with the app, please use the Send Feedback option in Settings > About with a short description of the issue you are encountering.
What’s New
Version 1.7.31
- Various improvements, bug and crash fixes
Ratings and Reviews
Don’t trust an old school British Hi-Fi Company...
With your streaming app that is. The LS50 speakers are great, yet are handicapped by an app that is as unusable as it is unstable. Think multiple restarts of the app and speakers due to connectivity drops despite that my Google Wifi point is less than a foot away from the master speaker. The app has not been updated in almost a year, despite the 1.8 star rating here, proof that KEF either doesn’t care or has given up. I don’t which is worse, honestly. On top of all this, the Tidal integration is a minimalist horrid interpretation of the original version. Likely selling these speakers and moving to a Sonos.
Works okay with iTunes
First the dumb: you must find and turn off speakers from Control app. Then go back to Steaming app, which will find your iTunes library, and then you can stream over WiFi (once your speakers are setup on your network, which isn’t difficult.)
Now the okay: Latest app ver. will let you adjust volume in app using side buttons on iPhone (so you don’t have to switch back to control app), however when you are not in app, volume up/down don’t work. You can create playlist in the app, and it will also populate playlists from your iTunes library. You don’t have to use tidal to steam if your iTunes library is good enough.
Finally the good: speakers are outstanding, with good looks, soundstage, base response, and crisp detail at high volume, even over WiFi.
KEF apps are taking hard knocks (maybe deservedly do). I am posting a review for iPhone/iTunes users to allow that app experience with KEF is okay. Speakers are worth the minor annoyances of WiFi streaming.
You can always connect your laptop or iPad to USB port. The included KEF remote will allow play, advance, back, and volume control.
KEF are you going to do anything?
I am in the same camp as most here. Love the speakers, the software is outrageously bad. Even worse is KEF’s complete lack of interest in their product and customer satisfaction.
At AXPONA (before KEF had their temper tantrum) people were lined up outside the door for these with credit cards ready. Your just going to ignore these people?!
KEF are you going to do anything to make your product useable? This thing is awful!
App Privacy
The developer, GP Acoustics International Limited, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- User Content
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- GP Acoustics (HK) Ltd
- Size
- 36.3 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2018 GP Acoustics International Limited
- Price
- Free