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BRAND NEW IN BOX BLUESOUND PULSE 300.
STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC
WAS REMOVED FROM BOX JUST TO TAKE PHOTOS
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Device Type: Portable Network Player
Input: Ethernet, Wi-Fi, USB Type A (for USB storage), Toslink, Bluetooth (with optional dongle)
Dimensions: 10.5" x 7.5" x 7.75"
Weight: 13.5 lbs
Availability: Online and through Authorized Dealers
Retail Price: $699.00
A Portable Network Player
Networked music on the go? From room to room and deck to driveway? The Bluesound Pulse is a portable player albeit one that is not battery powered that lets you connect to your network attached storage and the Internet for streaming either via Ethernet or Wi-Fi and play back up to 24/192 files. Throw in Bluetooth connectivity through an optional dongle and you have the world of music coming and going through one device.
The Pulse incorporates an 80W (total power) bi-amplified Direct-Digital Amplifier as found in NADs Masters Series products, a 35-bit/844kHz DAC, 2x 2.75" full range drivers, and 1x 5.75" long throw woofer designed by PSB for a claimed frequency response of 45Hz - 20kHz. Like the other Bluesound products, the Pulse supports MP3, AAC, WMA, OGG, WMA-L, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, and AIFF file formats as well as gapless playback. You use the Bluesound app for iOS or Android devices to control playback and there are also rudimentary controls on the units top including Next and Back which relate to the current playlist in the app, as well as up/down volume controls. Available streaming services (depending on where you live) include Deezer, JUKE, Qobuz, Rdio, Slacker, TuneIn, and WiMP.
The Pulse carries on the basic design elements of the other Bluesound devices, coming in your choice of high gloss white or black each embellished with brushed steel accents. Theres a recess up top that doubles as a handy handle making the Pulse easy to take on the go although keep in mind it needs to be plugged in for power. Id suggest checking out my other Bluesound reviews including the Vault (see review), Powernode/Duo (see review), and Node (see review) to get a full picture of what the different Bluesound devices have to offer.
Id also recommend reading those reviews to get a fuller picture of the Bluesound app which Ill touch on briefly here. When using multiple Bluesound devices, the app easily lets you Group them so they play the same music or you can operate them independently. I used the Pulse and Node together so you can see that they each show up in the app in the screenshot above. You can view your music collection by Album, Artist, Song, and New (as in newly added) as well as search which begins to return results as you type. Playback is based on Playlists which you can create on the fly or save. You can also add an album or track to a playlist by simply tapping on it and you can reorder the current playlist, edit selections, or play the entire thing in Shuffle mode.
Since I had the Node already set up and my NAS-based music library loaded into the Bluesound app, all I needed to do to get the Pulse working was plug it in and connect it to my Wi-Fi network. I figured Wi-Fi was the way to go with the Pulse but you can also connect via Ethernet as well as feed it files through its USB input (FAT 32 formatted). Using my iPad, I browsed to Wi-Fi in the Settings menu and selected the Pulse. I then opened the Bluesound app, selected the Pulse, Configure Player > Configure Wi-Fi and all I had to do was enter my Wi-Fi password. Once you hit Enter, youll see the speaker icon on the Pulses top which has been lit up green begin to blink. Once it connects to your network it turns blue and youre ready to roll.
Pulse Pounding
I have limited experience with portable players. We have an old iHome device, dont blame me, that sounds about as good as the speaker in my iPhone underwater only louder, and Ive had the Logitech UE Smart Radio (see review) here for review which sounded pleasant if small, and Ive heard a number of players including the B&W A7, Pioneer A3, and even a Jambox or two at friends homes. While the B&W and Pioneer seemed to hint at better sound, to say that Ive been non-plussed is putting it mildly. Although the Jambox, price considered, was not offensive.
So you could also say that my expectations for the Bluesound Pulse were not very high which is always a good thing in hi-fi as well as in many of lifes endeavors. The first thing I played through the Pulse was the gorgeous sounding 24/88.2 A Calm in the Fire of Dances from Deep Rumba (available from HDtracks) and the opening number "Cubana"s solo sax had me sit up and pay attention. And this was well off axis. The sound coming from the little Pulse sounded very much like a saxophone, a tenor saxophone, and not like a kazoo! I continued on with the entirety of A Calm in the Fire of Dances and remained impressed with the Pulses ability to deliver a goodly amount of its delightful sounds and voices.
Bass response, which Bluesound claims extends down to 45Hz, surpasses many of the desktop speakers Ive had here for review. So you get some decent thump from the Pulse along with a fair amount of acoustic bass color and texture. I would not describe the Pulses bass as boomy but it is on the fatter side. Of course what the Pulse does not do is the kind of stereo separation you get from separate speakers so I get to skip talking about the "soundstage" which is a welcome reprieve (although you can set up two Pulses in left/right configuration). I imagine the Pulse living in places like kitchens, studies, workshops, decks, and yes even in driveways when washing your car, as opposed to being set up in a listening room environment where stereo sound is nice to have in all of its spacial effects glory.
I played high resolution files up to 24/192 without a hitch as long I was in healthy range of my Wi-Fi network which meant approximately 25 feet from the router more or less. Your mileage will most certainly vary. I also streamed Internet radio using TuneIn and with the optional dongle streamed some songs from my iPhone via Bluetooth. I find Bluetooth to be a very useful feature in a device like the Pulse since I can easily see it being used in party scenarios where other people may want to play their music too. A few simple taps on their smartphone and theyre streaming through your Pulse in no time. Nice.
I also set up the Pulse in my main listening room which is 12 x 14 x 9 and it had no trouble filling this space with music. I was also surprised at how good the Pulse sounded off axis, even well off axis, making listening while moving around the room devoid of much sonic penalty. I would also classify the Pulses sound as falling on the darker and richer side, which is something Ive said about each of the Bluesound devices. This voicing strikes me as being listener friendly encouraging extended listening sessions.
An Impressive Pulse
If youre keeping a Bluesound scorecard, youll have noticed that theyre batting darn near 1000 when it comes to listening fun. I find the voicing of the Bluesound devices to be musically engaging and the Pulse is no exception. If youd like to add a network and Bluetooth-capable portable player to your home hi-fi arsenal, the Pulse delivers very capable sound along with a great app in a nice compact package.
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The Bluesound Pulse is an all in one wireless music system designed to play music not only from your tablet or phone, but also from one of the many other products in the Bluesound range.
These include the Node, the Powernode, and the Vault. It can play music stored on NAS drives or any computer on your network, and from several different online streaming services, such as Tunein radio, Last.fm, Rdio, Spotify and, most notably, Tidal, the CD-quality streaming service championed by Jay Zed.
The Pulse packs a high-end 35-bit/844kHz DAC to make the most of these high quality files. So, its got the necessary audiophile chops, but does it live up to the job and that hefty £600 price tag?
The unit itself is a large, heavy wedge of glossy white (or black) plastic with a small touch button control panel on the top and a metal grill covering the whole of the front.
A discrete B on the grill and the words Bluesound on the control panel are the only visible branding, and on the back is a socket for the power cord, an ethernet port, a digital optical input and a mini-USB socket.
Its fairly heavy, but the control panel doubles as a handle due to a recess underneath it which makes it easy to carry with one hand despite its weight.
It also comes with a massive white sack. I guess thats just to give it that premium unboxing feel, as it offers no protection whatsoever and if anything makes it harder to carry. But if you want to give one as a present, then it could form part of a convincing Father Christmas impression...
Simple setup. The Pulse is very easy to set up. You plug it in, it then creates a wireless network which you connect to from whatever device you are going to use to control it. Then it automatically opens up a web page which you use to connect the Pulse to your own home network.
Once this is done, the Pulse will always remember your network password even if you unplug it, so you can move it from room to room and it will be back up and running in seconds.
The Pulse is also designed to be left switched on all the time, and puts itself into a low power mode when not in use.
There are volume, next/previous track buttons and a multi-purpose middle button that mainly acts as a mute button on the control panel.
All other control of the unit is done from an app on either android or iOS, or from Windows and OSX applications.
Melting pot
The Bluesound app takes a little getting used to, as it takes a slightly different approach to other music apps.
Rather than clicking on a track to play it; clicking on a track in the Bluesound app adds it to a playlist from which you then chose what you want to play.
This seems really weird at first, but once you get used to the system it actually makes a lot of sense. The idea is that you build a playlist from all of the music you have available, be it from your music collection, or from one of the many streaming services. Once you have a few of your favourite albums from Spotify, Tidal, and your iTunes library all together in one place you find yourself listening to music in a different way.
Rather than listening to streamed music in isolation or playing music exclusively from your own collection, its all there mixed up together, and after while you stop paying attention to where the music is stored or streamed from and more attention to listening to it.
Although its great to have every track a bands ever written and links to all the bands their mates are in, it can be information overload - ever notice you dont listen to a whole track before your onto the next one, because it suddenly caught your eye from the also appears on list?
OK, so some of the best music out there youd never have found if it wasnt for being able to surf streaming sites in this way...
The Pulse also supports Spotify connect, so you can play music directly from the its app if you want to. Bluesound adds links to Tidal in your own music collection as well, so as long as they are on there you can check out what else your favourite artist has done in glorious high definition.
The Pulse sounds fantastic. A pair of 2.5-inch tweeters and a 5-inch woofer, powered by an 80W Class D direct digital amplifier, developed by the people behind NAD, easily fill the room with warm, solid bass, tight punchy midrange and crisp, clear treble.
It has depth and detail, particularly when listening to CDs ripped to FLAC and streamed from the Bluesound Vault or CD-quality audio from Tidal. Spotify, set at its highest quality, sounds great too. It does show up just how much lower bitrate files are indeed poorer quality - perhaps an issue if your entire collection is 128kbps MP3s.
You soon become fussy about quality once you can properly hear the difference. The Pulse is plenty loud enough, and has such a good balance between the frequencies I rarely found myself needing to tweak the equalizer. There is one, which is refreshingly old school in its bass +/- and treble +/- approach.
No deep/natural/rock/dance nonsense presets here .Another great feature is the ability to set maximum and minimum volume levels, giving greater sensitivity in the apps volume slider when listening at low volume.
The Pulse is quality hardware backed up by clever, constantly evolving software. In the weeks Ive been testing it there have been three firmware updates for the machine itself and numerous updates to the controller app.
I mainly used the app on my Android phone, and sometimes the iOS version on my iPad, and at first I noticed that the iOS version seemed slightly smoother, but that seems to no longer be the case since a recent update.
Being able to control playback from several different devices at once is really handy, and means if I roll in at all hours from the pub and put ridiculously loud music on my partner can simply use her phone to turn it down without even having to get out of bed and shout at me, and can even change the maximum level so I cant turn it back up again.
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