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http://www.overclock.net/products/kanto-yu3-4-2-way-powered-bookshelf-speakers-with-aptx-bluetooth-4-0-gloss-black-yu3gb/reviews/7429
tl;dr Don't buy these. To many bugs and/or incomplete features.
1.) The volume threshold to keep the speakers on was lowered. That way you can have your audio source at a low volume without them going into standby. Currently you have to keep your source volume somewhat high to ensure the speakers do not go to sleep.
2.) The duration of detecting audio to take the speakers out of standby was shorter. That way when your computer plays a short/quick sound the speakers would resume. Currently the speakers need to "hear" a few seconds of audio to wake up.
3.) The time it takes to wake up was shorter. That way you wouldn't miss anything played from your speakers. Currently it takes a few seconds for the speakers to wake up.
When listening to music these shortcomings should not be an issue. Your concerns are valid for computer gaming though, most computer speakers are on all the time which means you never usually have to run into problems caused by a speaker that has sleep/wake functionality. I'm going to be passing this by our engineering team as we want our speakers to work well in all situations.
With that being said we do not advertise the automatic wake-up feature on our website or product listings as it's something that only the newest revision YU3's have. Maybe you assumed our speakers had this feature when in reality most of the YU3's on the market have to physically be woken up using the remote or knob on the front of the speaker. I have a feeling this would have frustrated you a lot more. Wish you were happier with the YU3's, as you mentioned they sound great but it looks like we have some work to do to make them more gaming friendly.
I will let you, and everyone else in the community, when Kanto fixes their issues. Like I said, they sound great but they are just broken feature wise. I am following Kanto very closely and want them to make a good product that I can use as a daily product. Here's to hoping they listen! Still awaiting on a response from KantoLiving. I have about 5 more questions before I decide on whether or not to buy the new ones.
" Thanks for reaching out to us. We have revised the sensitivity for the APU so there shouldn't be any source volume issues with the YU4. Let us know if you have any other questions. "
Its a shame I can't buy the YU3 since I probably won't be able to tell the difference between the two aside the $130 price difference since I never got nice speakers before. There also isn't any review of the YU4 either. Will wait to see if there is going to be any sales within the next two months. I doubt it will since the speaker was just released in Jan this year. Want some nicer speakers to go with a planned PC build next month or so.
I know that a big reason why you want to try our YU4's is that you'd like to write a review specifically for the community stating whether our new speakers are suited for gaming and if we've improved the functionality compared to the YU3. I understand that you don't feel like many of the reviews on the web are critical enough but insulting the partnerships we've established with our reviewers is the wrong way to go about helping your community. You may feel entitled to new speakers but it's something we cannot help you with. If you feel the need to discuss this any further you can hit me up on reddit or email our support team.