Earfun Uboom L Firmware Update 5.0 sucks

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Good Morning Sir. 

Can you email me the firmware version 0.4.6 please. 

Email: software_reviews@outlook.com

Only problem with Oluv's tuning is it's far too bright on-axis (by design to sound better off-axis, apparently).

So now we have a tuning that is shrill when the speaker is pointed towards yourself (0.4x), and a tuning that sounds like farts (0.5x)

I know you guys got feedback about lacking bass, but maybe if you corrected the treble response many of those complaints would go away. Boosted highs absolutely contribute to making the lows sound anemic.

The first priority should always be on-axis listening. People generally point speakers towards themselves when listening. For off-axis, perhaps you can overload the outdoor button to allow for more modes, or just keep outdoor the way it is currently, but the default tuning should always be optimized for indoor and on-axis.

I recently compared the Oluv-tuned  0.48 to the non-Oluv-tuned 0.50 on my Uboom L.

The former definitely sounds better to my ears but both  versions still exhibit the annoying crackling sound in video mode (and video is what I bought the speaker for in the first place). It seems to me, that 0.50 suffers from this a bit less than 0.48 so I am sticking with that but overall it's less than optimal (particularly, since none of my other BT speakers seem to have this problem and it only occurs in low-latency, ie. video mode).

I don't care if 0.5.0 is louder or bassier. I compared  both new firmwares on reasonably good headphones, and i wouldn't even consider staying on 0.5.0. In my opinion EarFun went far enough with Oluv's tuning.  The speaker was  good enough with 0.4.3 . Earfun did the extra mile with providing new firmware updates, though there is no official information about what the updates bring/fix.  I guess the crackles in video mode (in my case they are not always present) could be impossible to fix via firmware, so they advise not to use video mode combined with outdoor mode. It's a 60$ speaker, and we shouldn't be complaining if the speaker doesn't have "the perfect sound".  People will always have different preferences when it comes to sound.

Unfortunately, I still get the crackles  (occasionally, not always) in video mode with outdoor mode switched off. I don't believe 0.43 had this issue.

And, yes, you're right - it is a $60 speaker but  I also have speakers from  competitors which are similarly priced or maybe a bit more expensive (JBL, Soundcore) and they do not have this issue.  I am not complaining, just saying. It's a competitive market segment and my hope is that the feedback helps and Earfun will keep improving their exisiting products or at least fix the issues. Competition is good as it results in progress.

I just compared 4.5 vs 5.0 firmware and I have to say that 5.0 is really horrible. Sound is muddy and boomy and very very unpleasant. Completely unusable. 

4.5 version is fine. At medium/low levels sounds full but detailed, not overly boomy.

I hope that downgrade to 4.5 or 4.8 is possible.