Features
Bluesound Wireless High-Resolution Audio Eco-System: The
Pulse 2 wireless speaker is part of
Bluesound's wireless high-resolution audio eco-system. The Bluesound
wireless high-resolution audio eco-system consists of music players, amplifiers,
hard-drives, and wireless speakers to playback your high-res and low-res music
files, along with your favorite online music services throughout your home using
your home's WiFi network. With an advanced WiFi antenna design and blazing ARM
Cortex9 Processors, Bluesound ensures a solid connection in every corner of your
home. Play your music in perfect sync or play different music simultaneously to
any Bluesound device in any room.
Note: Up to 16 Bluesound devices can be connected in a
strictly wireless environment. If you want to connect more than 16 Bluesound
devices, you will need to connect the Bluesound devices to your network
using a wired connection. Bluesound can then control up to 64 devices in a
strictly wired environment.
Direct Digital Technology: Bluesound's 32-bit architecture
combined with 8x oversampling, paired with their own innovative Direct Digital
Amp and DAC platforms, ensures that your lossless high-res music playback is
flawless, with precision, power and clarity - at any volume level. The Direct
Digital amplifier is rated at 80-watts total power with 0.005% THD. Direct
Digital amplifier technology provides rich, clear, and distortion free sound.
Wired or Wireless Network Connection: The Bluesound Pulse 2 can be connected to your home network and Internet provider via a hardwired
Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) jack connector or wireless WiFi (802.11 b/g/n)
connection. Either network/internet connection allows you to stream music from
your Windows or Mac computer and NAS drive (such as the Bluesound Vault, sold
separately); as well as stream select online music services.
Note: Bluesound operates only on 2.4GHz WiFi (not 5GHz).
Bluesound Controller App: The
free
Bluesound Controller App turns your Apple iOS (7.0+) iPod/iPhone/iPad,
Android (OS 4.0+) smartphone/tablet, Windows (Vista or higher) PC or Mac (OS X
10.7+)
computer into a full-featured remote control for the Bluesound wireless music
system. The Bluesound Controller App on your compatible device uses your home's
WiFi network to connect with Bluesound devices, so you can play all the music
you love anywhere in your home for a wireless multiroom music experience. Get
on-demand access to your music libraries on your home network, stream live
Internet radio from almost any place in the world, or listen to one of the many
music services available on Bluesound, all from the palm of your hand with the
easy-to-use Bluesound Controller App.
Supported Music Formats: The Bluesound wireless audio system supports both low-res and high-res audio
files; including MP3, AAC, WMA, OGG, FLAC, ALAC, WMA Lossless, MQA, WAV, and
AIFF. Bluesound has been designed to work with today's larger music collections,
and has indexed libraries up to 100,000 songs in demonstrated practice (this
will depend on the music's metadata & artwork). Bluesound also offers gapless
playback by default for all supported file music types.
Compression | File Type | Sampling Frequency | Bit Rate or Bit Depth |
Compressed | Lossy | MP3 | 16-48kHz | 192-320
kbps |
WMA |
AAC |
OGG |
Lossless | WMA-Lossless | up to 96 kHz | up to 24-bit |
FLAC | 192 kHz | up to
24-bit |
ALAC |
MQA |
Uncompressed | AIFF | up 192 kHz | up to
24-bit |
WAV |
Notes: Bluesound cannot index or play AAC files with the
extension ".m4p". These files were purchased in iTunes prior to 2009 and are
subject to copy protection. Apple Consumers with an iTunes Match
subscription can delete and re-download these files free of charge from
their iTunes Cloud
MQA (Master Quality Authenticated): Bluesound is the first
wireless multiroom audio system to support MQA (Master Quality Authenticated).
MQA is a revolutionary end-to-end technology that captures and delivers master
quality audio in a file that's small enough to stream or download. Bluesound
worked closely with MQA to implement technology inside each Bluesound component
to ensure the listener will hear MQA encoded music and streams exactly like the
source and the way the artist intended you to hear it when it was approved in
the studio.
Note: MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) support will
require a firmware update.
Online Music Services: With a network and internet
connection, the Pulse 2 lets you access select online music services &
internet radio. The Bluesound Controller app on your Apple iOS or Android device
will serve as the controller for these apps and provide song/artist information
with Album Art.
-
Amazon Prime: With a Prime Music subscription, you can access
over 2 million songs ad-free and on-demand, as well as curated playlists and
personalized stations. Upgrade to an
Amazon Music Unlimited subscription to access tens of millions of songs.
- Spotify Connect:
If you subscribe to
Spotify Premium and have the Spotify App on your
Apple iOS or
Android smartphone, you can stream Spotify to the Bluesound system.
Spotify is a digital music service that gives you on-demand access to one of
the largest music libraries in the world (over 15 million tracks and
counting). Spotify makes it easier than ever to discover, manage, and share
music with your friends. You can browse music by artist, album, track, or
most popular; and create your own music library with customized playlists.
- TIDAL:
TIDAL is a global streaming service that offers over 30 million songs in
high-fidelity CD sound quality. TIDAL has two pricing tiers; either $9.99 or
$19.99 a month. Both pricing levels allow you to access TIDAL's entire music
library. The $19.99 tier has the added benefit of high-fidelity sound at
CD-level quality
- TuneIn:
The Bluesound system includes access to more than 70,000 free internet radio
streams from all corners of the globe via the TuneIn radio service. Just
select the TuneIn logo from the main Music menu and browse among the 70,000
stations neatly organized into popular categories and select a station that
appeals to your mood.
- iHeart Radio:
iHeartRadio is a free, all-in-one digital radio and music streaming
service that lets you listen to thousands of live stations from across the
country and allows you to create personalized custom stations featuring
songs from the artist you select and similar music.
- Napster:
Napster is a streaming music subscription service (starting a $10
per month) that allows you to play the full-length songs you choose on
demand from a collection of over 10 million songs, without ads and without
having to purchase or download the music.
- Slacker:
Get the sound quality that you deserve with the new Slacker Radio® music
library available in high-quality AAC audio on Bluesound. Listen to music
streams at a bitrate of 320kbps and enjoy all your favorite Slacker stations
in pristine MP3-quality.
Note: Availability of online music services may vary by
region. Not all services may be available at time of purchase. Some services
may be added or discontinued from time to time based on decisions of the
music service providers or others.
Music Library From Your Mobile Device: From the Bluesound
Controller App, you can stream music directly over WiFi from your Apple iOS or
Android device to the Bluesound Pulse 2 and the rest of your Bluesound
components around your home. The app gives you complete control of your
compatible mobile device's music library with song/artist information and album
art.
Computer Audio: The Bluesound wireless music system will
pull music from an existing digital music library across the network on your
Windows PC or Mac computer using Windows or SMB File Sharing (SAMBA) and the
Bluesound Controller App for Windows & Mac.
- Windows: Music files stored on a Windows desktop or
laptop can be accessed by Bluesound using Windows File Sharing. You will
need to download the Bluesound Share Utility for Windows -
Bluesound Share Utility Windows v1.6.zip. This utility will work on
Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 10.
- Mac: Music files stored on an Apple iMac or MacBook can
be accessed by Bluesound using SMB File Sharing. You will need to download
the Bluesound Share Utility for OS X -
Bluesound Share Utility OSX v1.2.zip.This utility will work on any
version of Apple OS X 10.8.x and higher.
Bluetooth w/ aptX: The Bluesound Pulse 2 features
built-in Bluetooth 4.0 with support for wireless music streaming from your
Bluetooth-enabled Apple iPod/iPhone/iPad, Android smartphone/tablet, Windows
PC/Phone, Mac computer/laptop, and more. You'll be able to stream stored music
and music apps on your Bluetooth-enabled device to the Pulse 2. In addition,
the Pulse 2 offers aptX for CD-quality sound from Android (OS 4.0+) devices.
You can even distribute Bluetooth audio to the rest of your Bluesound wireless
audio system throughout your home or office over WiFi.
USB Port: The Bluesound Pulse 2 features a USB (type-A)
port to directly connect your USB mass storage class (MSC) device; such as a
thumbdrive or external hard-drive. The unit's USB port supports music playback
from these compatible USB devices formatted in FAT 32 or NTFS. Not only can USB audio be played back on the Pulse 2, but can also
be wirelessly distributed to the rest of your Bluesound components throughout
your home for multiroom playback.
Notes: - USB mass storage devices that require more than 0.5A of power will
require a separate power supply.
- The USB port is not compatible with the direct connection of an
Apple iPod/iPhone/iPad or Android devices.
Optical/Analog Input: The Pulse 2 is fitted with a 3.5mm
Aux input which can be used as an analog or digital connection. As an analog
input, simply connect a stereo minijack audio cable from your analog source to
the Pulse 2's Aux input. As a digital input, use the included
3.5mm-to-Optical adapter along with an optical digital cable (sold separately)
to connect your digital source to the Pulse 2's Aux input. As an analog or
digital input, the unit's Aux input supports 2ch PCM audio (not Dolby Digital or
DTS). Audio from the Optical/Analog Aux input can be played back at the Pulse 2 speaker and wirelessly distributed to other Bluesound components in your
home for multiroom playback.
Headphone Output: A 3.5mm headphone jack is located on the
front of the Pulse 2 for private listening with a set of headphones.
Soft-Touch Controls: The Pulse 2 offers soft-touch,
top-panel controls to operate basic playback functions like Volume Up/Down,
Play/Pause, and Previous/Next Track.
Integrated Handle: There is an integrated carry handle on top of the
Bluetooth speaker to help you move it from one room to another. It is not
battery powered and will require an AC outlet.
AC Power: The Bluesound Pulse 2 operates off of standard
household current using it's internal power supply and the supplied 6.5'
detachable AC power cord.