Reviews for Libratone Live Speaker with AirPlay Technology

I'm the kind of person that almost always feels a bit of buyer's remorse. However, I don't feel any with this speaker. It's small form factor takes up very little space next to the TV. We find it's cloth exterior is pleasantly non techy, which makes it's wireless features that much more surprising. AirPlay set up was very simple. The sound quality is great to my ear; which is something we've struggled with in this large, high ceilinged, and brick walled room. We've had totally stable playback with no dropped signal. It's breathed new life into our old music collection. Thanks apple for AirPlay and thanks Libratone for giving it life. What an amazing world we live in!

Sound is perfect, clear, good bass and etc. Very portable and so easy to use. One of the best of high end airplay speakers out there.

Purchased the Libratone in Dec 2011. Have had connectivity issues from day one with Apple's Airport Extreme 2nd and 5th Generation routers. I contacted Libratone and their Customer Service was quick to respond that there were known issues and that a firmware update was coming in Jan. It is now mid-February and there is still no update.

The workaround offered was to connect the unit with a minijack cable. I tried this today figuring that why not use it on my flatscreen TV (older Panasonic Viera Plasma). Unfortunately the Panasonic does not control the output level passing through the analog out and the Libratone has no volume controls on the unit. Net result a very loud volume output. According to the Libratone FAQ, the unit volume should be controllable from their iPhone app but that did not work from my iPhone4S. The app indicates that the speaker is not playing any sound.

I truly hope they can fix their problems but for now, it is not working as advertised. For me at least...

I would be very keen to learn what network configuration the other positive reviews had.

If by the end of the month, they have not resolved the problem, I will have to take Libratone up on their offer to refund the purchase of the product as I have now had a neat looking paper weight sitting in my dining room for almost 2 months.

Great idea but unfortunately not properly executed.

I was really excited to receive this speaker, and it seemed like a really sleek solution to AirPlay audio. The speaker itself is beautiful. The sound quality leaves nothing to be desired. However, I had a very hard time actually getting it to work properly. First off, I use my iPhone 4S constantly, and while yes, it was an overlook on my part, I was dismayed to learn after many failures that it just wasn't going to work with my iPhone 4S for now. I decided to move on to my iPad 2. This went far more smoothly, however, I had to set up the speaker again, and again. The AirPlay network simply keeps disappearing. After updating the firmware for my router and trying everything else in the troubleshooting and that I know to do, I will be returning this speaker. For the amount of money it costs, I feel that it should work flawlessly, and it seems that many people have been able to get it to do so. However, for some reason, for me, it simply is never going to work. I am very disappointed.

Easy set up- as promised. Really good sound IMHO. I consider myself an audiophile; but I think that the future lies in wifi-enabled *active* speakers (wiki this to see why).

Just give us access to the rest of the cashmere color range :)

After days of research in looking for the best airplay speaker setup for a small room, I found these units. This is the best rated speakers I could find with great sound quality and design (they look amazing). However, the support structure at Libratone is horrendous. On their website they do not provide a phone number to contact support. They also don't provide detailed specs of their products. When I received my units (I bought 5), I found the packaging and instructions easy to follow. However, once I attempted to connect to my wireless network, the speaker showed and error. I tried three times and finally gave up and emailed support. It took them a week to respond to my initial email. The verdict.....
"The use of special characters such as #, &, %, or any national characters in your SPEAKER NAME, WIRELESS NETWORK NAME or WIRELESS NETWORK PASSWORD is not supported. If you use these characters please replace them with alphanumeric characters only." Libratone Support.
As an IT professional, I can tell you, special characters in a password line is a requirement. To find a device that does not support that is unacceptable. To have to wait an entire week to hear back from the support department at a company is unacceptable. While waiting for the reply I did get a chance to setup an un-secured wireless network and test this device. I will say, these speakers sound amazing. The amount of customization to the sound with the iOS app is amazing as well. All in all, these speakers are nice, but with poor support and faulty wireless coding.

Total disappointment as it’s not ready for Airplay from an iPod touch or iPhone 4S; Sporadic connection and rather disappointing performance, to say the least. Once Apple gets a handle on their new AirPlay technology this is the speaker to buy in its class.

This speaker produces great sound. It was easy to set up and works great across all my devices(iPhone, ipad, macbook, iMac). It also works great when friends are over and want to show you some new music they have on their phone, just select the speaker and they can play from their phone. Very clean sound, I found using the voicing optimization app actually makes a big difference depending on the speaker placement. Overall I'm very happy with this speaker, there have been about 4 times (over a year period) where I've had to reset it to make the connection work. I would give it 5 stars if this hadn't happened. To be fair though, it could have been a network problem and not the speakers fault.
Great speaker that has worked flawlessly 98.876404% of the time

Having a couple Airport Express units for connecting powered speakers I kept looking toward a neater solution in a small package and this Libratone got my attention. I absolutely dislike extra cords running between things, especially external power supplies lying about the floor. This unit has the simple power cord and nothing more. Adding to the simplicity is one multifunction logo-button on front and a recessed power switch on back.

Since I use a long password containing special characters for my Airport wireless I had to temporarily simplify it for the initial connection. One other speed bump is having to discover the MAC Address of the unit as it's not provided in labels nor in the internal setup page. That's due to my using Airport's managed access and I did not want to disable it even for a few minutes. I hope they add that to their setup.

After connecting, I immediately checked for the firmware update with the iPhone app which installed quickly and that allowed me to continue using the special characters for the wireless network. Connections from my iMac, Macbook Air, iPhones and iPads have been working fine, no disconnects.

I was surprised at the sound from this compact unit, better depth and definition than the separate power speakers I have, and stronger, healthier bass which is much less muddy. Very nice indeed.

Liking the overall esthetics (both design and technical) I intend on getting a couple more for the house, nothing else out there quite like it. Pricey - maybe, but when I forked out a small fortune for my first computer many decades ago a friend pointed out I had the best reason in the world to buy it: "It's because I wanted it." Haven't had buyers remorse then or now!