I just want to mention that I also have the ifi volume problem. It started as a nuisance and I could fix it by moving the volume up and down. Up until a few months ago it took a few minutes to find a good calibration and I would just change the volume through the OS. I didnt have to change anything until it lost power. This was fine until this week when the speakers all of a sudden seemingly go into standby mode without me telling them to. In addition, messing with the volume control became a more challenging game, taking 10 to 30 minutes.
I finally got sick of it and ripped open the dock. I couldnt find anything that needed to be resoldered or any loose connections but apparently the motion of taking apart fixed something as I am now once again able to control the volume, at least up until half volume where I lose one speaker or the other.
I kinda want to get rid of my IFI now though and get something thats not discontinued and has shitty support. Cant really sell it easily now either, as who would want to buy the speakers with defective volume control.
