Review on B&O PLAY A1 Portable Bluetooth Speaker: Superior Sound Quality in Sleek Black Design - One Size Fits All by Firman Harrington

First to the speakers. I ordered two and was able to connect them together in stereo. The connection was never stable, the sound on the slave speaker would turn on and off. I'm sending one back. Sounds good in mono too, at least it's better than not having a speaker connected all the time. Many people return speakers for two reasons: First, they cannot remotely turn on the speaker after it goes to sleep (speaker not working). Falling asleep even with the power plugged in is very annoying). Another reason was that control was difficult to achieve, and that's true. My solutions to these problems are below. There is a way to wake up the speaker(s) remotely. The design of the speaker is such that the speaker will turn on every time you plug the charging cable into the USB port. To wake the speaker up remotely, all you have to do is permanently attach the charging cable to the speaker, plug the other end into a USB charger, and then into a smart plug before plugging it into an outlet. Once the speaker has gone to sleep, all you have to do is turn it off and on again via the smart home app on your phone/tablet (by voice with Alexa, Google or Siri). When the speaker senses power, it turns on. It really works, I used TP Link Smart Socket and Kasa App. I also use Alexa. To fix hard to reach buttons you can attach a small rubber foot to the button, I used one for power and bluetooth which are the two buttons I used the most. These tips will help many of you keep your momentum going. I'll post some photos when I get a chance. I would like to give it 4 stars due to the stereo connection issue, but many people only read 1 or 5 star reviews. I gave it an undeserved 5 stars.