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New 2016 firmware means this is an all new Aether Cone
Compatible with Bluetooth, Airplay, Allcast & Spotify Connect
Incredible looks & stunning build quality
Truly fantastic sound quality!
The Aether Cone is a high end WiFi and Bluetooth speaker system which lets you play music from smartphones, tablets, laptops and more using Bluetooth and WiFi airplay. You can use all your favourite streaming services like Spotify, Deezer and Apple Music or just the music stored on your device. It's also Spotify Connect compatible - so even if you need to take a call or go out of WiFi range, your music will keep playing thanks to the speakers' direct connection to Spotify! With its rechargeable battery you can take it anywhere as well - room to room or out and about with you.
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FROM £300 TO £50...HOW?
When the Cone was originally released a few years ago it retailed for £300. Aether made a deal with streaming service RDIO for exclusivity on the device, promising features like voice command and intelligent playlists. Unfortunately, in November 2015, RDIO streaming service shut down. Due to the deal with RDIO, Aether was also forced to close, but not before giving the Cone a final update, changing its functionality and exclusive RDIO playback to work as a Bluetooth and WiFi Airplay speaker and enabling Spotify Connect. We have bought all remaining stock of the Cone and slashed the price from £300 to just £50, meaning you literally will not be able to find a speaker of this quality or sound for anything near this price.
The Cone isn't just good looking; it also offers fantastic sound quality. It delivers impressively rich, detailed audio through a 3 Inch woofer and 20-watt amplifier.
aether battery
The Cone is completely wireless and features a built-in battery that offers up to 8 hours of continuous playtime, so you can take it with you wherever you go, in or outside of your home.
aether bluetooth
As you may expect, Cone also supports AirPlay and Bluetooth connectivity, so you can stream music wireless from your smartphone devices even when WI-Fi isn't available.
PREMIUM DESIGN
It's easy to compare the Cone to brands like Sonos and Bose with its clean, modern design. It's also easy to compare the sound quality to top brands as well, because whilst the Cone may be a fraction of the price it really holds its own in terms of sound quality vs models that literally cost 5 times as much. Crafted using the highest quality materials, the unique shape offers an eye catching twist on form and function that's beautiful even when switched off.
The Cone keeps it simple; featuring only 4 buttons that let you control your music; a simple front ring, central touch pad and volume buttons that let you take control of your music with just a tap or a turn.
Set up and connecting is a breeze too, in our tests we were able to connect over Bluetooth and be playing our tunes in less than 30 seconds, no waiting around or spending hours trying to get it working, but that's what you'd expect from a £300 speaker, isn't it? The difference is, you're only paying £50!
aether skipaether volume
aether play
VOLUME: The two metal buttons on the top control the volume.
PLAY/PAUSE: The central touch pad controls your music, tap once to pause and again to resume play.
CHANGE TRACK: To skip to a song, simply turn the dial a notch until you feel it fall into place with a soft yet satisfying magnetic snap.
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Features:
Get the Sonos experience at a fraction of the price
UK Exclusive - Our very best deal this YEAR
New 2016 firmware means this is an all new Aether Cone
Compatible with Bluetooth, Airplay, Allcast & Spotify Connect
Incredible looks & stunning build quality
Truly fantastic sound quality!
Up to 8 hours battery life
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Beat you all. I bought three. Why, I don't know. Were they a bargain, think so. Do I need them, obviously not- that's not the point. Got the £20 voucher off their which promotion
All comments (186)
M0nk3h
21 Mar 161#1
Tempted but what's the quality like? Never heard of the brand before. Not to say I'm knocking it though.
steve123uk
21 Mar 16#2
Some good reviews. Amazon.com have this for around £200
abdi12346
21 Mar 16#3
Its currently sitting in my basket whilst i search for a cooker hood, i checked yourtube for reviews seems to be pretty good
Try Azatom if you are not sure. For £118 from Amazon you get an amazing speaker that can do Airplay, Bluetooth and Aux input. I loved mine so much I bought a second. Also comes with a remote which can be used to control track selection on your phone (and presumably tablet)
abdi12346 to backtothecaves
21 Mar 16#7
I shall take a look, Ta.
clashpie
21 Mar 161#8
Sound quality seems to be either 'good or 'ok' by most reviewers, but this is at the full retail price....for £50 smackers it sounds a whole lot better to me!
Looks a quality product by all accounts.
caverncity
21 Mar 16#9
looks like the app has been pulled too. that had basic functions like EQ and WiFi. also as this has been updated, Once updated, voice commands, song recommendation and other functionality will no longer work. I wonder how it connects to Spotify then.
caverncity
21 Mar 16#10
one YouTube review said sound muffled and not that good but at £300. hmm might stick with my B&W but tempted
corby1983
21 Mar 161#11
I've ordered it - worth a go for £50.
djdope to corby1983
21 Mar 161#12
Really? Looks good but lack of support puts me off.
corby1983
21 Mar 161#13
if it has connection via Bluetooth why would you be concerned? I'm going to be using it for playing Spotify from my iPad or my phone - I can't envisage any issues (could just be me though).
georgieboy123
21 Mar 166#14
I like it but I can't keep spending
dragonrockster
21 Mar 16#15
Have 2 of these, for £50 they are still a great buy, they work fine as a bluetooth speaker, they look cool, but none of the learning / voice command features work anymore. I paid a lot more than what they are selling for now.
Derlish to dragonrockster
21 Mar 16#16
what is the sound quality like? The few reviews I've seen said it was nothing special?
k_d
21 Mar 16#17
voted hot, just don't know if I can justify yet another speaker!
k_d to k_d
21 Mar 161#18
uff bought! cheers
Derlish
21 Mar 16#19
Damn you! Bought one to.
georgieboy123
21 Mar 165#20
Beat you all. I bought three. Why, I don't know. Were they a bargain, think so. Do I need them, obviously not- that's not the point. Got the £20 voucher off their which promotion
essexgangsta
21 Mar 16#21
must resist, got the jbl flip, tons of play 1's around the house, love the look of this. think i need a speaker for the bathroom
adrianjowitt
21 Mar 16#22
I don't need one but tempted coz of the price lol
Mark300ZX
21 Mar 16#23
could this act as part of a wireless surround sound system?
jonmbarlow
21 Mar 161#24
trust me this won't be a Sonos experience
georgieboy123 to jonmbarlow
21 Mar 16#28
Worth £45 each do you think though? That must be about a third the price of a sonos?
koalauk
21 Mar 16#25
If I didn't have Flip 2 I may have !
abdi12346
21 Mar 16#26
I have ordered, hopefully not beter than my Anker Speaker.
koalauk
21 Mar 16#27
Dont forget you ll need Spotify Premium to use this as a spotify device !
Confiteor
21 Mar 16#29
I'm in. Lots of positive reviews of this speaker's build and sound quality. Weakest part seemed to be the Rdio integration -- but Spotify Connect better for me anyway.
abdi12346
21 Mar 162#30
Just checked, In stock! :man:
Spud211
21 Mar 162#31
Good deal thanks for posting :smiley:. Initially shows as out of stock when you click the hukd link, but let's you order if you browse to it.
Those like me who struggle to justify it, we are getting close to BBQ season (hey it's dry and over 15 degrees outside) and this will be great for BBQs thanks to the portability. Beats any other Bluetooth speaker at this sort of price point from what I can tell!
Cheers OP :smiley:
losdamianos
21 Mar 161#32
oos
abdi12346 to losdamianos
21 Mar 16#33
in stock
disgraceUK
21 Mar 161#34
Been looking at Bluetooth speakers tonight, took a gamble on this (Thanks B)
abdi12346
21 Mar 16#35
Product is available still, click on the coulor option it will refresh just an error on website. :stuck_out_tongue:
pon
21 Mar 161#36
thanks OP.. ordered
kand449170
21 Mar 16#37
select the colour, not oos
abdi12346
21 Mar 16#38
abdi12346
21 Mar 16#39
qopqop
21 Mar 16#40
So tempting... but this product is rubbish...
abdi12346 to qopqop
21 Mar 16#43
Why sir have you used this before? as i have ordered need to know so i can cancel.
Rob222
21 Mar 16#41
Did anyone get an email confirmation? Order 30 mins ago no confirmation or anything showing in my appliances direct account
Watch some HONEST reviews on youtube etc.. They are all basicly saying this product is rubbish. Some saying this product is awesome, those are payed.
It is just a failed start-up product and now they want to get rid of the stock somehow. The price of 400$ in the US was just a joke. For 50P its worth a try but im not so much an experimental guy.
If you buy it for the style its fine but dont expect much of the sound quality.
packingtape
21 Mar 16#46
hot
koalauk
22 Mar 16#47
what a loads of bollard. There are 75million reasons they shut down this company. Ask Pandora, they ll tell you why!! This is a pretty decent device
demansquith
22 Mar 16#48
I have ordered a white one.....i am like a moth to the light....fingers crossed it lives up to the hype....thanks op
TheShadowWalker
22 Mar 16#49
Hmm... I've bought the Anker premium speaker deal already. Decisions...
ck12111
22 Mar 16#50
Is this better than the Anker speaker deal that was posted recently?
Solly92
22 Mar 16#51
Because 50 quid for a mono bluetooth speaker is a lot.
Derlish
22 Mar 16#52
What good is a stereo speaker if the two channels are not further apart than your ears?
trebor127
22 Mar 16#53
Hmm, it is now £59 when I add to the basket....
mrhavana
22 Mar 16#54
Seems they have noticed the interest from hduk and increased the price to £59.98
Could the OP adjust the price in the title accordingly please?
trebor127 to mrhavana
22 Mar 16#55
The description and advert still shows £49 though.
mrhavana
22 Mar 16#56
Indeed, in their haste they just went for the "let's slap a tenner on it quickly" option.
koalauk
22 Mar 16#57
Super cold now, greedy MOFO companies
martyj999
22 Mar 16#58
Was going to order 200 of them, but after the extra tenner they can stuff their cones right up their Aether! Disgusting.
grayslick
22 Mar 16#59
All of the reviews I have read are comparing this device to other $300-400 devices and it fails to deliver the same level of sound quality according to the reviewers but most of the criticism is aimed at the frustrating voice recognition and thinking aspects.
I've got several sub £50 bluetooth speakers so will be interesting to see how it stacks up against those for sound quality and usability
trebor127
22 Mar 16#60
Phoned them up and they are still £50..the website is incorrect.
thisusernamealreadyexists
22 Mar 161#61
ordered 3, ill see how well they work after the update as airplay speakers
Pasanda
22 Mar 16#62
Using terms like the "Sonos experience" is a classic marketing tactic.
1. You buy it thinking you'll get an audio experience on par with Sonos equipment.
2. You receive the item and realise is it well below the Sonos audio experience.
3. You challenge the manufacturer, who states that the 'Sonos experience' they were referring to was 'wifi audio'. They never mentioned 'quality of audio'.
It's a classic "punter fills in the blanks with what they want to hear" approach.
I'm not saying this isn't any good. I'm just alerting you to having unrealistic expectations, based on the marketing blurb.Caveat Emptor.
AddictWeb
22 Mar 16#63
Will these support multi-zone and synced play like Sonos?
avalon50
22 Mar 16#64
Is this speaker wireless wireless or bluetooth wireless. I see that it is also says Airplay when bluetooth not available, and does that mean only Apple airplay.
GPDawes
22 Mar 16#65
is it Mono?
Spud211 to GPDawes
22 Mar 161#72
Yes, it's a single speaker so definitely mono. Mine has been shipped today and expecting it tomorrow - will post back with some feedback on the quality. I'm expecting it to sound like a £100 Bluetooth speaker tbh, and not much more. that's all I am after for this price, tho :smiley:
DavieDeal
22 Mar 16#66
Was gonna get this at £50 not now they've put it up
gremlin
22 Mar 16#67
just on chat - apparently even though the blurb said they had bought all the stock previously they have run out and have bought more stock and it was more expensive
corby1983
22 Mar 16#68
Just had my Delivery Date Notification and have been given an Estimated Delivery Date of 15/04 - bit of a joke that really!
gremlin
22 Mar 161#69
I can't justify buying now the price has gone up 20% in a day - it seems to me they've realised they are getting lots of orders and have put the price up to cash in. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised....
abdi12346
22 Mar 161#70
Greedy Bas**** Company put the price up just to take the **** everyone who has ordered get a refund.
abdi12346
22 Mar 161#71
Send your speakers back see how they like it. Greedy cows bumping up the price just because this community was interested. #boycott
thesmith7777777
22 Mar 16#73
can these still be used as multi room connect more than 1 to play the same music ?
Wirral_guy
22 Mar 162#74
Cold purely because they've jacked the price up because of the interest from here. Sorry OP, great find but that's just not on.
abdi12346 to Wirral_guy
22 Mar 161#76
I agree with yourself, pure scroungers.
Derlish
22 Mar 161#75
I think a lot of online retailers do same thing. Especially big names like Amazon etc. You would to if it was your business. You could expire old deal and see how it fairs as a separate deal at a higher price.
mxer450
22 Mar 161#77
Lol, greed is all I can say? Was £49 which is about all it's worth tbh it's a failed product..
How about passing the savings on to the customer? They obviously have purchased a job lot cheap and were making money at £50 each, now because of a little spike in purchases (hukd) there cashing in..
I like the comment above, cancel all orders. :smile:
disgraceUK
22 Mar 16#78
Pretty sure a business is mainly in business for a profit, you don't like the price? Don't buy :man:
Cancelled my order, would only use the BT side of it and there are plenty for half this price with amazing reviews on Amazon #twentyfivepoundssaved
alwaysager
22 Mar 16#79
Cancelled my order due to "my bank blocking the payment".... after it was debited and now asking for the higher price.
First and last time ordering with these guys!
Derlish to alwaysager
23 Mar 16#80
They have asked you for more money after you've already paid? That's odd. They did no such thing to me.
vishaljh
23 Mar 16#81
Showing awaiting stock. I ordered when it was 49.99.
Derlish
23 Mar 16#82
Mine is out for delivery today.
jltk87
23 Mar 16#83
Tempted but at £65 with postage not sure about it. The TaoTronics 20w speaker which is £45 on Amazon looks tempting to me, obviously doesn't look as nice though!
grayslick
23 Mar 16#84
I order one and it was showing as "Out of Stock", I messaged them earlier asking to cancel my order as I needed it as a gift (true!) and I've just got a despatch mail........................coincidence?
Acezwild
23 Mar 16#85
Was about to order until I seen the only delivery options for Northern Ireland were £20 3 day delivery or £15 7 day delivery! I feel like for £80 there's better speakers out there. Not voting either way though.
Acezwild
23 Mar 161#86
Strange how appliances direct, laptops direct and TVs direct all have different delivery charges. £20 3 day delivery charge on appliances direct or £4.94 next day delivery on laptops direct??
jltk87
23 Mar 16#87
Acezwild, your right. delivery on laptops direct for me is £2.95 instead of £4.95.
jltk87
23 Mar 16#88
£9.95 from direct tv's :smiley: so best shipping option is to order from laptops direct.
Derlish
23 Mar 16#89
I just got mine and I can confirm that the sound quality is excellent and well worth the money. Volume is high enough to fill a large room without distortion. The best speaker I have I could compare it to is Bayan soundbook go and despite being at a similar price point (£59) it doesn't even come close to the Cone.
abdi12346 to Derlish
23 Mar 16#98
Waiting for mine, hopefully tomorrow.:innocent:
georgieboy123
23 Mar 16#90
My three have arrived today but I'm still at work so no chance of playing with them till later. Good to hear the sound quality may be good
jltk87
23 Mar 16#91
I would be interested to see how 2 or 3 would sound paired together compared to one.
thisusernamealreadyexists
23 Mar 16#92
black is out of stock. if you order the white it will be dispatched almost immediately. If you order a black then earliest delivery is mid april. I opted to split my order so just called and the pair of white will be delivered on friday.
georgieboy123
23 Mar 16#93
Not sure how to connect to more than one at a time. Just set one up with AirPlay and am impressed. Lovely styling, quality is fine. Easy enough to to set up too although the instructions are slightly wrong. You need 192.168.226.1 to connect to it initially (it states 193.xxxxx
jotoid to georgieboy123
23 Mar 16#95
You can't do multiroom with the firmware update.
Derlish
23 Mar 16#94
Can be traded in at Cex for £42 cash or £60 voucher
georgieboy123
23 Mar 16#96
Yeah, thought that might be the case. It's ok though, I will name them by room and AirPlay to each as I need to
abdi12346 to georgieboy123
23 Mar 16#97
How would you rate this device out of 10?
Jezhope to georgieboy123
24 Mar 16#108
Georgieboy123
How you doing?
I've never used Airplay before, but it sounds like you have. Would I be right in saying that if I had two of these and a Mac, I could play music from them simultaneously using Airplay's multi-speaker set up?
Received mine this morning. Love it.
georgieboy123
23 Mar 16#99
It replaces a big black AirPlay speaker in the lounge so styling is worth it alone. It feels premium in quality and set up was easy. I've only played YouTube music through it so far so hard to comment on sound quality. Maybe 9/10 so far for design/quality and 7/10 for sound quality but I've only had 15 mins with it (pub night
abdi12346
23 Mar 16#100
Thank you.
Confiteor
23 Mar 161#101
Got mine. VERY pleased with sound quality. Reviews are clearly written with $300 price tag in mind. For about £50 this absolutely wipes the floor with any other wireless speaker I've used. Ordered both colours to decide which I liked the most. Black/copper not here yet but pretty sure I'll now keep both.
vishaljh
23 Mar 16#102
I have the tracking number but tracking not working on dx secure site. Anyone had luck tracking?
Derlish
23 Mar 16#103
It worked for me next morning after posting.
vishaljh
23 Mar 16#104
Thanks. Will try tomorrow
trebor127
24 Mar 16#105
Received mine yesterday. Pretty pleased with the sound quality especially considering it only cost £50. I would've been dissapointed at £300 but for this price you can't really go wrong. Air play and bluetooth work well.
I'd compare it similar sound quality to a sonos play 1 without the functionality.
jltk87
24 Mar 16#106
[/quote]You can't do multiroom with the firmware update.[/quote]
That is disappointing, Got one on order anyway!
mxer450
24 Mar 16#107
So basically a Bluetooth speaker with airplay. Where's the "Sono's Experience" come from then?..Muppets.
georgieboy123
24 Mar 16#109
Hi, I don't have a mac to try but I think if streaming from ipad/iphone you can only stream to one at once.
Jezhope
24 Mar 16#110
Cheers.
Just done some reading up and it appears that a Mac will let you play on more than one. It also seems there's an app that'll enable you do this this from an iphone/ipad - Whaale.
joelyp2
24 Mar 16#111
Can you connect more than one unit to the same smart phone?
jltk87
24 Mar 16#112
Mine arrived today, Selected standard delivery but still arrived next day. For the price the sound is good, good enough that I purchased two more for "future" use! Hopefully I can pair them up if not its not too much of a problem.
georgieboy123
24 Mar 16#113
I can't get to look at Whaale from work (site is blocked), will check it out later, thanks
Derlish
24 Mar 16#114
My cone has given up the ghost, sort of. Wifi works and airplay connects but Bluetooth doesn't work at all. I can see the Cone but none of my other devices can connect to it. it's in a pairing mode and It just doesn't connect. The airplay brakes up too much to be an alternative. I've also tried a factory reset and re installed the latest firmware but it made no difference.
carltonbp to Derlish
24 Mar 16#115
I had problems getting it to play airplay through my laptop, it worked connected to my tablet which is being used as a hotspot for my data at the moment as I've just moved. Rebooting laptop fixed it.
Tomato810
24 Mar 16#116
I am just thinking- when the internal battery stops charging you will not be able to change it as the company is bust. Any thoughts?
mxer450 to Tomato810
24 Mar 16#118
Replace with quality 18650 cells and it's like new again, if we can get into it, but I'd wait 2/3 years before worrying about that :wink:
vishaljh
24 Mar 16#117
Received today. Looks great. However cannot get it to play anything via Bluetooth from android phone. Works great with wife's iPhone 6 via Bluetooth and airplay. Sound quality great but slightly lower than play 1.
Any thoughts on getting this to work via Bluetooth on Android. Done the usual reset etc
Spud211 to vishaljh
24 Mar 16#120
Which phone and OS is it? Marshmallow has a tonne of Bluetooth problems at the moment so if you are on that version that may well be the issue. I had the same problem and had to downgrade to lollipop to get it working. Now it's flawless :smiley:
Tomato810
24 Mar 16#119
Thanks for that advice!
Derlish
24 Mar 16#121
maybe it's the same sort of problems I'm having. I can connect via Bluetooth with my android tablet on lollipop but not to my s6 on marshmallow. When I have succeeded a couple of times the connection would break after a couple of minutes. I use a Bluetooth headphones with my s6 every day with no problem. I've got a couple of other Bluetooth speakers, again, no problem connecting with them. Even the tablet that it sort of works with, it stops working intermittently. When connecting via Bluetooth with an iPad I had various degree of success. Sometimes it works fine, sometimes it won't connect, sometimes iPad won't even see it when the Cone is in the pairing mode. Since there will be no new firmware it won't get any better with time. It's a shame because when it works it sounds lovely.
Derlish
24 Mar 16#122
maybe it's the same sort of problems I'm having. I can connect via Bluetooth with my android tablet on lollipop but not to my s6 on marshmallow. When I have succeeded a couple of times the connection would break after a couple of minutes. I use a Bluetooth headphones with my s6 every day with no problem. I've got a couple of other Bluetooth speakers, again, no problem connecting with them. Even the tablet that it sort of works with, it stops working intermittently. When connecting via Bluetooth with an iPad I had various degree of success. Sometimes it works fine, sometimes it won't connect, sometimes iPad won't even see it when the Cone is in the pairing mode. Since there will be no new firmware it won't get any better with time. It's a shame because when it works it sounds lovely.
fuller880
25 Mar 16#123
i recieved mine today. they dropped it over my 6 foot gate in the rain .....lovely thing to come home to. ..anyway i spent about 2 hours trying to get it set up on my galaxy note 3 with the wifi songs with no luck. Amy help would be appreciated here. but i get it to work on Bluetooth and it is a lovely bit of kit for the price. sound isn't as good as my old jbl radial but that's hard to match for the price. i would recommend to buy but do gar just a Bluetooth speaker for me
fuller880
25 Mar 161#124
sorry should have checked my spelling before posting :confused:
vishaljh
25 Mar 161#125
Thanks for all the Input chaps. Glad to hear it's not just me. It's extremely strange as I can connect to various other bluetooth things but can't connect to the speaker. My lollipop tablet connects fine to the speaker. As suggested this could be a marshmallow issue. Anyways wasted a lot of time trying to fix connection issue. Looks like it's going back.
vishaljh
25 Mar 161#126
Also there does not seem to be any indication of battery charging or when fully charged. Is that correct?
Derlish
25 Mar 16#127
Correct
carltonbp
25 Mar 16#128
I set it up yesterday so today is first day without all the shenanigans
1. Airplay, PC windows 7 using Airfoil. Today it recognised it straight away and clicked on something in media monkey and it's happily playing. However the turning of the dial to change tracks doesn't work nor the pause. Worth pointing out I already had airplay set up on my PC as I have an airplay box connected to my sony speaker dock and if you use airfoil you need to reboot after setting up I think this was the case with my neet box too but I forgot so I couldn't figure out why it wasn't connecting and was fiddling with my firewall and home network settings for ages.
2. Bluetooth connected via marshmallow on an LG G4 using allconnect app. Absolutely fine. Dial sort of works, I tried it on two apps, poweramp and the one that came with the phone. Both work going back a track by turning anti, clockwise, both pause. However both react differently to going forward, poweamp just pauses, stock app goes forward but also pauses.
It doesn't have a jack port which is a shame but as I said airplay today was just turn the thing on, open airfoil which then opened media monkey for me and chose my track to play. Very easy. And a battery indicator would help. It had battery life straight out of the box so I think it might be a lithium in there, should be at original price. Will have to read the Amazon description.
On the sales page for this if you scroll down you'll find instructions in PDF form. I'd grab this as I imagine once sold out it won't be available, it's not the standard instructions it's the one for the new software created by appliance direct group. As mentioned it also has a type which most will spot, address is 192.168... not 193.168...
fuller880
25 Mar 16#129
not sure if I've messed up mine for airplay. i was having problems so i read that you can manually update the firmware so i did with the firmware file FRM000104.03.01.0013.morse .since nothing is detecting it on the wifi.does anyone know if it's the newest firmware or not. our did i install a older firmware
vishaljh
25 Mar 16#130
Mine is going back. If I can't get it to work on my android, it's no use.
bilfer
25 Mar 161#131
Please could anyone comfirm whether these can be linked for simultaneous play?
Thanks
Derlish
26 Mar 161#132
No, they can't.
HOT HOT HOT
26 Mar 161#133
I got mine today. It's a classy looking well built speaker.
So far I've only used Bluetooth. Very easy to setup. All works well on my Samsung S4 (Android 5.0.1). Sounds is good for £52.was worth having a punt at.
IMHO If you just want a cool looking portable speaker its money well spent.
Blasting out tunes in kitchen while preparing dinner...happy days!! :sunglasses:
Thanks OP :wink:
abdi12346
27 Mar 16#134
Your most welcome
fuller880
27 Mar 16#135
yes many thanks to abdi 12346 for the post. :wink:
corby1983
29 Mar 16#136
Got mine linked up to my spotify account on the iPad and running brilliantly. I had no set up issues - followed the instructions and it's working brilliantly.
fuller880
29 Mar 16#137
corby 1983 could you tell me what firmware its running on the cone?
fungus
29 Mar 16#138
Bluetooth and airplay (airaudio) both working from my android phone running 5.1.1
Bluetooth took a while for the aether to appear, rebooted the phone a few times then it appeared and paired and works fine now.
Sounds OK, bit snap crackle and pop at not all that loud a volume, so bit disappointed there.
Also, seals were broken on box, is this to do with the updating of the firmware?
Jezhope
31 Mar 16#139
Received my second one yesterday and now have them both set up to play my iTunes on my mac simultaneously. I also tried the free test version of WHAALE on my phone and that worked well with Airplay. Not a bad little wireless set up for the price.
PM_at_BUYITDIRECT
31 Mar 16#140
Hi, I am the Product Manager at Buy It Direct, responsible for bringing the Aether cone to the UK market. I would like to offer feedback to some of the comments posted on this forum.. A few have asked about the seals being broken - this is indeed because we updated the firmware. For details of the firmware used, please visit aether.com. Some have raised concern about support now that Aether have gone bust - we of course warranty the product for 1 year but also we have contacted the original manufacturer and are looking to import some spare batteries and adaptors so we will be able to continue supporting the product beyond the first year. The instruction manual is also our own and yes, we made a typo with the IP address - it should be 192.xxx and not 193.xxx. Any other questions, please ask.
abdi12346
31 Mar 161#141
Hi, I am the OP, why did they suddenly increase the price? we was buying at £49.99 within hours you changed price to £59.99 when it was advertised you bought the entire lot from Aether.com, we would love some clarification on this please.
djdope
1 Apr 16#142
I agree the cheeky increase from 50 to 60 put my off buying one
PM_at_BUYITDIRECT
1 Apr 16#143
We operate a partly-automated dynamic pricing model, based on stock levels and demand. Pricing the cone to start with was difficult. As they had retailed previously at over £200, it was hard to work out a value now that the functionality had changed. I thought they should have been priced at closer to £99 than £49 - they are a high spec speaker and would cost more than £49 to manufacture. So given the large quantity I bought, we decided to start off at the low end and gauge market reaction. Within days of going live, sales went ballistic, with only a small percentage coming from this forum. We couldn't keep up with demand as we were processing the firmware updates ourselves and we were also about to run out of stock too quickly so the system recommended the price to be £59 which I approved. For some reason, run rate on the copper/black one continued and the white one slowed. Consequently the white one has dropped back to £49.
I hope you understand - I work in a very fast moving trading environment - we don't operate like a normal retailer where prices remain fixed forever until an artificial "Sale". In many cases our prices move even quicker than the Cone has moved - some products I manage have daily price changes.
fuller880
1 Apr 16#144
i can get to the set up page on my browser i select my home wifi network type in the wifi password then a green box appears saying something like it's changed over (i can't remember the exact words)but the cone just ends up timing out them saying couldn't connect to the network. that's why i can't grey the Wi-Fi part working. is getting connected and knowing is connected to the network im having the problems with. any help appreciated all .
djdope
1 Apr 16#145
Thanks, I didn't realise the white one had dropped back to £50, I have now ordered one.
abdi12346
1 Apr 16#146
Thanks for the reply. It was a poor move even then, all you had to do is delay despatch for product either way your company was in profit each unit purchased by you was bought well lower than the £49.99 even then i am happy with my purchase no faults yet.
martyj999
1 Apr 16#147
Just ordered the white one, mainly because delivery to NI on this was a reasonable £2.95, the black is still too expensive at £59.95 + £14.95 delivery!!
essexgangsta
1 Apr 161#148
I did the same, purely because the price went I up I held off, and I was buying one each for my three daughters for there rooms as I already have one and paid a lot more for it 8 months back. I do the same with amazon as soon as they get the clicks the price goes up. I understand why companies do it, but don't like seeing it especially so quickly aswell.
essexgangsta
1 Apr 16#149
I would say the Black and Copper is the more popular choice hence why the price is sill GBP59. And What colours did my daughters want? Black and Copper. Perhaps i'll buy when the buying frenzy stops the system drops the price.
RayUno
3 Apr 16#150
Does the voice features work???
fuller880
3 Apr 161#151
no they don't anymore.
Fiendmish
3 Apr 161#152
Got mine yesterday really pleased with it. I bought it to replace a Sonos play 1. Sound wise it's not quite up there with the Sonos but is not far off. Bass is a little lacking in places but overall the sound is impressive enough for the price that I've already ordered a second.
Cheers OP
smokenlazer
4 Apr 161#153
get the white and silver for 49.98
Confiteor
5 Apr 161#154
My other half today described this as my best HUKD purchase. And there have been PLENTY of those over the last few years.
Already bought one in each colour. Trying to fight temptation to buy another white.
If you use Spotify Connect, this speaker is a dream.
martyj999
6 Apr 16#155
Very impressed with mine, arrived today, wasn't expecting so much power. Does anyone know if you get two of them can you stream to both simultaneously?
fuller880
6 Apr 16#156
unfortunately my galaxy note 3 will no longer connect to it by bluetooth so I have to send it back ...bit gutted as it's so good for the price :disappointed:
AH85
6 Apr 16#157
They look fab, really stylish and a great price. I have ordered one, at £64 (inc postage) its a good deal, I will update once I have received! I hope there are no problems!
djdope
6 Apr 16#158
Am I the only one that thinks the speaker is okay for £50, I would have been gutted of I paid £300 pounds for it. Connectivity is great and it looks great but sounds okay.
fungus
6 Apr 16#159
Sounds like I'm listening to the radio in a 15 year old transit van. OK, nothing more.
podface1
8 Apr 16#160
Sound is ok... nothing amazing but it's good for the size of the speaker... delivery was amazingly fast though
podface1
8 Apr 16#161
Also how do u know if it's finished charging?
carltonbp
10 Apr 16#162
On airplay do the volume, centre and dial buttons work for you? They sort of on Bluetooth but not airplay for me.
djdope
12 Apr 161#163
Volume works on airplay for me
AH85
12 Apr 16#164
So, I bought the Aether Cone based on the write up and design of the Cone.
Delivery was exceptional, pretty much next day even though I didn't pay the extra!
Now the Cone, the design is great, it looks stylish, its now too big or too small, I love it HOWEVER the sound, the sound is an issue.
We have found that in a small room, not on its loudest option its great, but if you turn the volume up a lot there is a crackling sound or a white noise sound in the background. It also appear to make internal noises because its resting on a flat surface. Not ideal.
Buy this if you want to use it as a speaker for a small room for background music etc but don't buy it if you think you can fill a room with amazing sound for a gathering as you will only be disappointed.
We contemplated sending it back, but decided it'll be useful for the kitchen.
markyp7e
14 Apr 16#165
if i bought two of these could i connect to both of them at the same time to play the same song?
djdope
16 Apr 161#166
Dial buttons work as well via airplay
SimmoSoft
16 Apr 16#167
Yes through iTunes
fuller880
18 Apr 16#168
had my refund today .although lost £16.95 for recorded delivery. speaker would have been good for the price if it worked as should. I've now got a harman kardon onyx studio 2 in white and although it's nearly 4 times the price. ..wow the sound is a different league to this. I'm so happy I had to send mine back
essexgangsta
19 Apr 16#169
my JBL flip has a better sound than the cone. not overly impressed for the money tbh. it look nice but I think that's all it has going for it. My daughter has it now but i'll get the JBL for similar money for the other two daughters.
crispoj
22 Apr 16#170
Hi All
I have the same issue as the above - has anyone resolved this? Bluetooth works fine, and overall happy enough with product particularly for the price.
BlakeW
22 Apr 16#171
Hi all ,
What media player are you using to try and get it work? The cone is setup to use AirPlay. If you are using Windows Media you will get problems. However through ITunes / AirPlay mine works perfect.
crispoj
22 Apr 16#172
Afternoon Blake
I am trying to set up the cone with my home wifi. Am doing this as per instructions by connecting iphone to cone wifi, tapping in (corrected) ip address which brings up the aether cone config page - fill these in including selecting my home wifi from the drop down list and placing password for this. Press submit, and as fuller880 experienced, get a green window open up stating that 'device code may have changed' with no options given to select, followed very quickly by cone wifi turning off!
Any advise gratefully received - no number to contact laptops/appliances etc direct although have mailed them and awaiting reply
Eddiegr
30 Apr 16#173
Bought one and set it up. Worked great for internet.radio. Next day not working, cone is not visible on wifi. Also cannot get thru to the configuration page(no response??)
Any ideas??
SimmoSoft
30 Apr 16#174
Silly question, but is it plugged into the mains or fully charged? had the same issue / plugged it in and was all ok. If not, have you tried editting the connection settings (details in the instructions)
Eddiegr
30 Apr 16#175
Yes, plugged in and charged. Press and hold vol - and tap 3 times, on iPad it sees the cone so connect to it ok. Go to radio app but won't play thru cone, only on iPad?? Setup process works fine but message says your device may have been updated or may be on a new network or IP address??
SimmoSoft
30 Apr 16#176
My understanding is that once it has been set up, it will then drop the wifi hotspot and be on you home wifi.have you tried connecting bluetooth or airplay to it ???
djdope
30 Apr 16#177
Yep that's right
carltonbp
4 May 16#178
Hopefully some of you are still reading this.
Speaker controls on the actual speaker, the dial, volume and centre button do not work in airplay.
Bluetooth controls don't work properly. For example turning the dial forward moves the track forward but also causes it to pause.
So it was returned and I got this response:
Please accept this as confirmation that the speaker returned has now been tested and our technicians have advised that no fault has been found.
The Controls from the speaker are not designed to work on wireless, they only function when using the speaker as blue tooth.
I've had 2 people confirm their controls work on airplay, would someone please double check for me what controls ON the actual speaker (not PC or mobile controls) work in airplay and bluetooth. Thanks in advance.
Eddiegr2
19 May 16#179
I am trying to use the cone as speaker for internet radio. It worked initially once or twice but not at all now. Ihave done hard reset, factory reset, config process many times but unsuccessful. Now I cant get bluetooth connection. Is it faulty?? Any advice would be appreciated
Derlish
19 May 16#180
I have the same problem with my galaxy s6. it connects fine to everything else.
reerahrudip
6 Jun 16#181
Speaker was great for 4 days, then Bluetooth stopped working. It had previously worked with my laptop on Media player and Ipod touch. Tried all the resets, both devices say connected, but no sound coming from the speaker. I'm waiting for the seller to call me back with technical support. Has anyone had issues with returns? As I suspect that will be all available to me. (Have not used Wi-Fi) Thanks
rob@bpool
14 Sep 16#182
I got one of these on this offer but now have to say I have just chucked it in the bin. Having not used it for a while I dug it out to use in the garden today & the battery is dead. Won't charge with supplied mains adapter, managed to switch it on briefly but it then went off & seems to be dead. Complete rubbish is my description of this speaker so if any other company offers this at a cheap rate at any time - look the other way.
youngstud
29 Nov 16#183
Hi ,how did you get connected to the Spotify as I'm a premium member too but it seems that I can't get connected it to my WiFi for some reason also when I try that 192.... number in order to register the speaker it says access denied so I can't load the page .
I can connect via Bluetooth with no issues but want use it on WiFi for my Spotify.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
youngstud
29 Nov 16#184
Hi ,how did you get connected to the Spotify as I'm a premium member too but it seems that I can't get connected it to my WiFi for some reason also when I try that 192.... number in order to register the speaker it says access denied so I can't load the page .
I can connect via Bluetooth with no issues but want use it on WiFi for my Spotify.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks .
youngstud
29 Nov 16#185
Hi ,how did you get connected to the Spotify as I'm a premium member too but it seems that I can't get connected it to my WiFi for some reason also when I try that 192.... number in order to register the speaker it says access denied so I can't load the page .
I can connect via Bluetooth with no issues but want use it on WiFi for my Spotify.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks .
AH85
10 Jul 17#186
we have had this speaker while now - we often have issues connecting, it can be a bit of a faff. We dont even bother trying to use a different device in case it messes up! Looks great though and sound is ok for general use but dont expect much if you want it really loud.
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Get the Sonos experience at a fraction of the price
UK Exclusive - Our very best deal this YEAR
New 2016 firmware means this is an all new Aether Cone
Compatible with Bluetooth, Airplay, Allcast & Spotify Connect
Incredible looks & stunning build quality
Truly fantastic sound quality!
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The Aether Cone is a high end WiFi and Bluetooth speaker system which lets you play music from smartphones, tablets, laptops and more using Bluetooth and WiFi airplay. You can use all your favourite streaming services like Spotify, Deezer and Apple Music or just the music stored on your device. It's also Spotify Connect compatible - so even if you need to take a call or go out of WiFi range, your music will keep playing thanks to the speakers' direct connection to Spotify! With its rechargeable battery you can take it anywhere as well - room to room or out and about with you.
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FROM £300 TO £50...HOW?
When the Cone was originally released a few years ago it retailed for £300. Aether made a deal with streaming service RDIO for exclusivity on the device, promising features like voice command and intelligent playlists. Unfortunately, in November 2015, RDIO streaming service shut down. Due to the deal with RDIO, Aether was also forced to close, but not before giving the Cone a final update, changing its functionality and exclusive RDIO playback to work as a Bluetooth and WiFi Airplay speaker and enabling Spotify Connect. We have bought all remaining stock of the Cone and slashed the price from £300 to just £50, meaning you literally will not be able to find a speaker of this quality or sound for anything near this price.
The Cone isn't just good looking; it also offers fantastic sound quality. It delivers impressively rich, detailed audio through a 3 Inch woofer and 20-watt amplifier.
aether battery
The Cone is completely wireless and features a built-in battery that offers up to 8 hours of continuous playtime, so you can take it with you wherever you go, in or outside of your home.
aether bluetooth
As you may expect, Cone also supports AirPlay and Bluetooth connectivity, so you can stream music wireless from your smartphone devices even when WI-Fi isn't available.
PREMIUM DESIGN
It's easy to compare the Cone to brands like Sonos and Bose with its clean, modern design. It's also easy to compare the sound quality to top brands as well, because whilst the Cone may be a fraction of the price it really holds its own in terms of sound quality vs models that literally cost 5 times as much. Crafted using the highest quality materials, the unique shape offers an eye catching twist on form and function that's beautiful even when switched off.
The Cone keeps it simple; featuring only 4 buttons that let you control your music; a simple front ring, central touch pad and volume buttons that let you take control of your music with just a tap or a turn.
Set up and connecting is a breeze too, in our tests we were able to connect over Bluetooth and be playing our tunes in less than 30 seconds, no waiting around or spending hours trying to get it working, but that's what you'd expect from a £300 speaker, isn't it? The difference is, you're only paying £50!
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aether play
VOLUME: The two metal buttons on the top control the volume.
PLAY/PAUSE: The central touch pad controls your music, tap once to pause and again to resume play.
CHANGE TRACK: To skip to a song, simply turn the dial a notch until you feel it fall into place with a soft yet satisfying magnetic snap.
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Features:
Get the Sonos experience at a fraction of the price
UK Exclusive - Our very best deal this YEAR
New 2016 firmware means this is an all new Aether Cone
Compatible with Bluetooth, Airplay, Allcast & Spotify Connect
Incredible looks & stunning build quality
Truly fantastic sound quality!
Up to 8 hours battery life
instruction manual
Download Instruction Manual
More Stock http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/aether-cone-wireless-speaker-white-and-silver-thecone-ws/version.asp
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http://www.amazon.com/Aether-Cone-Thinking-Music-Player/dp/B00MCVPIJI
Looks a quality product by all accounts.
Those like me who struggle to justify it, we are getting close to BBQ season (hey it's dry and over 15 degrees outside) and this will be great for BBQs thanks to the portability. Beats any other Bluetooth speaker at this sort of price point from what I can tell!
Cheers OP :smiley:
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/aether-cone-wireless-speaker-white-and-silver-thecone-ws/version.asp
It is just a failed start-up product and now they want to get rid of the stock somehow. The price of 400$ in the US was just a joke. For 50P its worth a try but im not so much an experimental guy.
If you buy it for the style its fine but dont expect much of the sound quality.
Could the OP adjust the price in the title accordingly please?
I've got several sub £50 bluetooth speakers so will be interesting to see how it stacks up against those for sound quality and usability
1. You buy it thinking you'll get an audio experience on par with Sonos equipment.
2. You receive the item and realise is it well below the Sonos audio experience.
3. You challenge the manufacturer, who states that the 'Sonos experience' they were referring to was 'wifi audio'. They never mentioned 'quality of audio'.
It's a classic "punter fills in the blanks with what they want to hear" approach.
I'm not saying this isn't any good. I'm just alerting you to having unrealistic expectations, based on the marketing blurb.Caveat Emptor.
How about passing the savings on to the customer? They obviously have purchased a job lot cheap and were making money at £50 each, now because of a little spike in purchases (hukd) there cashing in..
I like the comment above, cancel all orders. :smile:
Cancelled my order, would only use the BT side of it and there are plenty for half this price with amazing reviews on Amazon #twentyfivepoundssaved
First and last time ordering with these guys!
How you doing?
I've never used Airplay before, but it sounds like you have. Would I be right in saying that if I had two of these and a Mac, I could play music from them simultaneously using Airplay's multi-speaker set up?
Received mine this morning. Love it.
I'd compare it similar sound quality to a sonos play 1 without the functionality.
That is disappointing, Got one on order anyway!
Just done some reading up and it appears that a Mac will let you play on more than one. It also seems there's an app that'll enable you do this this from an iphone/ipad - Whaale.
Any thoughts on getting this to work via Bluetooth on Android. Done the usual reset etc
1. Airplay, PC windows 7 using Airfoil. Today it recognised it straight away and clicked on something in media monkey and it's happily playing. However the turning of the dial to change tracks doesn't work nor the pause. Worth pointing out I already had airplay set up on my PC as I have an airplay box connected to my sony speaker dock and if you use airfoil you need to reboot after setting up I think this was the case with my neet box too but I forgot so I couldn't figure out why it wasn't connecting and was fiddling with my firewall and home network settings for ages.
2. Bluetooth connected via marshmallow on an LG G4 using allconnect app. Absolutely fine. Dial sort of works, I tried it on two apps, poweramp and the one that came with the phone. Both work going back a track by turning anti, clockwise, both pause. However both react differently to going forward, poweamp just pauses, stock app goes forward but also pauses.
It doesn't have a jack port which is a shame but as I said airplay today was just turn the thing on, open airfoil which then opened media monkey for me and chose my track to play. Very easy. And a battery indicator would help. It had battery life straight out of the box so I think it might be a lithium in there, should be at original price. Will have to read the Amazon description.
On the sales page for this if you scroll down you'll find instructions in PDF form. I'd grab this as I imagine once sold out it won't be available, it's not the standard instructions it's the one for the new software created by appliance direct group. As mentioned it also has a type which most will spot, address is 192.168... not 193.168...
Thanks
So far I've only used Bluetooth. Very easy to setup. All works well on my Samsung S4 (Android 5.0.1). Sounds is good for £52.was worth having a punt at.
IMHO If you just want a cool looking portable speaker its money well spent.
Blasting out tunes in kitchen while preparing dinner...happy days!! :sunglasses:
Thanks OP :wink:
Bluetooth took a while for the aether to appear, rebooted the phone a few times then it appeared and paired and works fine now.
Sounds OK, bit snap crackle and pop at not all that loud a volume, so bit disappointed there.
Also, seals were broken on box, is this to do with the updating of the firmware?
I hope you understand - I work in a very fast moving trading environment - we don't operate like a normal retailer where prices remain fixed forever until an artificial "Sale". In many cases our prices move even quicker than the Cone has moved - some products I manage have daily price changes.
Cheers OP
Already bought one in each colour. Trying to fight temptation to buy another white.
If you use Spotify Connect, this speaker is a dream.
Delivery was exceptional, pretty much next day even though I didn't pay the extra!
Now the Cone, the design is great, it looks stylish, its now too big or too small, I love it HOWEVER the sound, the sound is an issue.
We have found that in a small room, not on its loudest option its great, but if you turn the volume up a lot there is a crackling sound or a white noise sound in the background. It also appear to make internal noises because its resting on a flat surface. Not ideal.
Buy this if you want to use it as a speaker for a small room for background music etc but don't buy it if you think you can fill a room with amazing sound for a gathering as you will only be disappointed.
We contemplated sending it back, but decided it'll be useful for the kitchen.
I have the same issue as the above - has anyone resolved this? Bluetooth works fine, and overall happy enough with product particularly for the price.
What media player are you using to try and get it work? The cone is setup to use AirPlay. If you are using Windows Media you will get problems. However through ITunes / AirPlay mine works perfect.
I am trying to set up the cone with my home wifi. Am doing this as per instructions by connecting iphone to cone wifi, tapping in (corrected) ip address which brings up the aether cone config page - fill these in including selecting my home wifi from the drop down list and placing password for this. Press submit, and as fuller880 experienced, get a green window open up stating that 'device code may have changed' with no options given to select, followed very quickly by cone wifi turning off!
Any advise gratefully received - no number to contact laptops/appliances etc direct although have mailed them and awaiting reply
Any ideas??
Speaker controls on the actual speaker, the dial, volume and centre button do not work in airplay.
Bluetooth controls don't work properly. For example turning the dial forward moves the track forward but also causes it to pause.
So it was returned and I got this response:
Please accept this as confirmation that the speaker returned has now been tested and our technicians have advised that no fault has been found.
The Controls from the speaker are not designed to work on wireless, they only function when using the speaker as blue tooth.
I've had 2 people confirm their controls work on airplay, would someone please double check for me what controls ON the actual speaker (not PC or mobile controls) work in airplay and bluetooth. Thanks in advance.
I can connect via Bluetooth with no issues but want use it on WiFi for my Spotify.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
I can connect via Bluetooth with no issues but want use it on WiFi for my Spotify.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks .
I can connect via Bluetooth with no issues but want use it on WiFi for my Spotify.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks .