Has anyone else wished the official Bose app had a Master Fader?

My name is Demir Chakirov. I'm a solo musician and software developer from Sweden.

After dreaming about it for years, I finally bought a Bose L1 Pro16. The sound is amazing, the portability is fantastic... but there was one thing I immediately missed - a Master Fader.

Yes, I could solve that by bringing my digital mixer to every gig, but that completely defeats one of the biggest advantages of the L1 Pro—keeping the setup simple and portable.

I searched everywhere for a solution, but couldn't find one. So I built one myself.

L1 Pro Master Fader is a small Android app that doesn't replace the official Bose app. It simply adds the controls I wanted on stage:

• Individual Channel Volume
• A true Master Fader that keeps your mix intact
• Individual Mute
• Master Mute

Nothing more. Nothing less.

I've already used it myself during several live gigs, and it has worked flawlessly every time. Now I'm getting it ready for Google Play.

I'm looking for 12 Android users with an L1 Pro 8, 16 or 32 who would like to test it for about two weeks and give me honest feedback. All beta testers will receive the full version and all future updates for free.

iPhone users: don't worry! An iOS version is already in development and working, but Android comes first because that's what I use myself.

If you'd like to help, just send me a private message and I'll contact you.

Thanks!

Anyone have trouble getting the $50 rebate that Bose has had going on for a long time? Bought the quiet comfort earbuds and waited a month for it to come and then it ends up being $25 with no way to contact the rebate company.

I personally hate creaking parts on headphones. Often it's the hinges. I use zip ties myself to give the hinges less room to move and thus reduce creaking. Not the prettiest solution, but it works. Does anyone have any alternative tips?

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Just a quick PSA: put the Bose app in a Private Space on Android. The biggest issue with Bose products is that their software is trash and constantly interferes with the BT stack and just gums up everything. It abuses the BLE permissions to stay running even if you force stop it and disable background, but if you put it in a private space, Android force-stops it when you lock the space. You don't need the app to listen to audio at all, but you do need it to change settings, etc. Private Space is a pretty good compromise.

At this point, I really don't understand why they just don't have Fable rewrite the thing; there's no question it'd be 1000x better than whatever outsourced dev shop they're using, but I figured I share a pretty passable workaround for fellow Android users.

I had a pair of these back in the day maybe 2010 or so I don’t remember exactly but I remember being blown away by the soundstage and volume these things could put out for their size.

I don’t know what happened to my original pair but I have had a ton of speakers since then but nothing to my ear that compares especially for the size to the companion 20s, this is obviously subjective and my opinion.

Fast forward to last week and I was thinking it might just be nostalgia and maybe I’m remembering with rose tinted glasses but I decided to check eBay and to my surprise a seller had a pair brand new in the box. I pulled the trigger 😅

Received them today and again to my surprise they were brand new but not only that they sound even better than I remember. I can’t believe Bose doesn’t have these in production still!?

Bose, please bring back the companion 20s!

Sincerely
A Bose fan.

Today, my headphones started to act wacky.They turned on and off by their self 🙃 so I went on the internet and asked why this was happening , and they said it must be a firmware glitch and I needed to hold down the power button at the same time. Plug it in in for the light to blink twice. Once the light blinked unplug it and that's when the problem started. Now, it doesn't even turn on at all. I plug it into charge it. The charging light doesn't even show up. Please help me.