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Bluesound Pulse 2 Wireless Multi-Room Smart Speaker with Bluetooth - White

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White
Brand Bluesound
Speaker Type Woofer
Connectivity Technology Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Special Feature Hi Res Audio
Recommended Uses For Product Music

About this item

  • Smart music streamer and hi-fi quality powered speakers all in one beautifully designed player, for award-winning, audiophile-certified sound
  • Simple setup; control music sources and playback from your iOS or Android smartphone or tablet, using the BluOS Controller
  • Easily access and connect to internet radio stations, cloud music services, or your own music library
  • Wi-Fi or Bluetooth - stream from your favorite music services such as Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, Microsoft groove, and many more
  • Easily expandable; stream to other Bluesound players and bring the hi-fi experience to other parts of your home.Native Sampling Rates:32 - 192 kHz

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    The PULSE 2 is a hi-res streaming player complete with built-in speakers, in a beautifully minimalist design. Engineered by one of the pre-eminent speaker designers in the high-fidelity audio space, the PULSE 2 plays full range of frequencies that come through richly and clearly. Two mid-to-high range drivers and a woofer result in lush, exhilarating sound that will elevate your listening experience to new heights. Stream from your choice of music services, either through one of Bluesound's natively integrated music services or via a Bluetooth connection to your smart device. Instantly, millions of music tracks are yours to discover. As part of the Bluesound family, the PULSE 2 can easily connect to other Bluesound products on your home network to create a multi-room system that can be controlled with the BluOS Controller, a free app for your iOS or Android smartphones and tablets. Certified as a High-Res Audio (HRA) player by Japan Audio Society, the PULSE 2 is the ultimate all-in-one player for a true whole-home hi-fi experience. As an HRA player, the PULSE 2 supports FLAC, ALAC, and MQA, as well as other conventional audio file formats.

    Customer reviews

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    Top reviews from the United States

    Ian
    1.0 out of 5 stars My advice, just stick with Sonos
    Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2019
    Color: BlackVerified Purchase
    My advice, just stick with Sonos or Bose solutions.
    Bluesound feels like advanced audio hardware that doesn't meet a single user expectation I have.

    Lol, in order to play my Plex music, I have to open 3 apps: Google Chromecast, Plex, and BlueOS. (Same with Google Music).

    People talk about the audio superiority compared to Sonos, but I just don't hear it. Honestly, the Play:5 sounds better to me than the Pulse 2.

    Reasons to avoid Bluesound products:
    • No auto line-in playback detection.
    • No auto Bluetooth playback detection.
    • Bluetooth does not auto-reconnect to nearby devices.
    • Only the first user to start playback can control the queue. Everyone else who uses the app is only allowed to control volume and skip tracks...
    • If you start a line-in source, it's impossible to then switch to a Bluetooth, or other source control.
    • Multi-room audio has terrible connectivity.
    • Constant stuttering and crackling with a paired Flex mini (Amplifi hd mesh network).
    • No Plex service.
    • No Pandora service.
    • No Google Play Music service.
    • Controller app is not intuitive.
    • No smart radio mode for local library (i.e. auto-playlist).
    • No artist/album metadata lookup service (hope you tagged all your music properly or else you can enjoy an ocean of blank album covers and unknown artists).
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    TD
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great sound
    Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2018
    Color: BlackVerified Purchase
    Bought this to listen to music in (a fairly large) kitchen, especially classical music. Compared (at home) to Bose SoundTouch 30, which was a huge disappointment because of a "muddy" bass. Also compared (at home) to a Sonos 5, which has nearly but not quite as crisp and clear of a sound as the Pulse 2. The Sonos 5 also does not have Bluetooth, whereas the Pulse does. The major issue with this player is that the accompanying software is anything but friendly. However, I'm willing to deal with it because the sound is so good.
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    James Sullivan
    1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Buy! You will be disappointed...
    Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2022
    Color: Black
    Hello Friends,

    I purchased two Bluesound Pulse 2 speakers. They sound great when I get them to work, they both will disconnect at any moment when either one or both are working. The cost is too high priced for a product that is so unreliable. The app is cumbersome and their customer service is even worst.

    They never answer the phone, and when you leave a message it takes several days to get a return call. More importantly I actually paid to have techs to come in and get them working (another $200.00) and they were unable to get them working so they called the Bluesound dealer line... guest what no answer!

    I have literally spent more hours trying to get them to work than I have spent listening to music. Please heed my advice on this one, bad product and the company seems to be uninterested in standing behind their product which is supposed to be their flag ship product. Going to go out and buy Sonos tomorrow.
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    William W. Litsch
    2.0 out of 5 stars A Total Nightmare and Waste of Time.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2018
    Color: Black
    I bought these speakers perhaps six months ago. Since then owning this speaker has been like a constant arm wrestling match. A total nightmare. It continuously turns off, and it isn't broken, it is made to do this. The designers were followers of the no useful buttons fad, a producer attempt to herd consumers into using your phone and wifi connected apps to manipulate the device. The problem is that the device constantly disonnects itself from the WIFI if it isn't in constant use, which means that you must sometimes go through a minute long process to turn the damn thing back on. Sometimes dozens, DOZENS, of times a day. I got the device because it was an all-in-one device that took up little space and sounds relatively good for its size. It accomplishes that, not wonderfully, but sufficiently. Yet I hate it. I hate it because it is not in the slightest bit convenient. it is a waste of my time.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal Sound - Yet I ended up choosing HEOS platform.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2018
    Color: Black
    I owned SONOS Playbar, but after 4 months of use, I ended up selling as I could not commit to the platform. Then, the top contender were Bluesound and HEOS. In the end, I ended up choosing HEOS, but there are a lot to like about Bluesound.

    Sound Quality

    Phenomenal. Among the devices I owned/tested, I felt Bluesound was the best. Direct comparison is HEOS 7 HS, which I ended up choosing and currently own, I felt Bluesound Pulse 2 wins. SONOS Play 5 was something I only heard at store but after online review, it is almost across the board, Bluesound wins in sound quality by most reviews.

    Furthermore, Bluesound supports high resolution so does HEOS, but SONOS does not.

    Winner - Bluesound

    Bluetooth - SONOS does not even support Bluetooth on any of their devices. HEOS HS2 series does. However, Bluesound has lossless version of bluetooth whereas HEOS HS2 is lossy version. Bluetooth support is convenient as we can play any stream service from computer, tablet or phones, but more importantly, it allows to sync with device like Echo Dot and convert these device to fully featured Alexa speaker.

    So clear winner here is Bluesound, but in my use case scenario Bluetooth AptX support has minimal/no impact. This is not because I don't use Bluetooth, it's because I'm using Apple ecosystem and no current iOS device support AptX even the latest iPhone X. I surmise before Apple comes up with Apt-X capable device, they will implement Airplay 2, and that is preferred connection over bluetooth anyways.

    Winner - Bluesound

    AUX input - In SONOS family, this is limited to SONOS Play 5, SONOS Connect and Connect AMP. In HEOS HS2 family, all devices have them. AUX input provides versatility to the system. For instance, one can connect Airport Express to make these Airplay compatible. One can connect goole Chromecast audio to expand list of supported streaming services.

    One of the main reason, I ended up giving up o SONOS system was related to AUX input. For my personal use, I needed low latency speaker, but SONOS has built in delay of 70ms even directly connecting to AUX line and WIFI sync to other speaker turned off (several official forum complaints about this). Bose has same issue. I had a hope with Bluesound, but it turned out Bluesound also had a delay, categorized as medium lag using Nintendo Switch Karaoke software. HEOS on the other hand was categorized as low latency and this difference is noticeable.

    Though I could not test, I read Bluesound AUX input is not independently sharable i.e. if speaker A has AUX in connected to a music source, I can listen to the output on speaker B as long as A and B are grouped. This means even if I want to just listen to speaker A's AUX input on speaker B, I must have also playing it on speaker A. In HEOS, this is not true. I can play speaker A's AUX input independently on speaker B and speaker A can play something else. This is convenient especially one tries to use device like Airport express (for Airplay support).

    Winner: HEOS

    Other devices in the family

    Multiroom wifi speaker system is a platform. If you are looking for just single speaker then I'm sure there are better option for cost performance. So I had to look at what other devices are available in each platform. Bluesound soundbar is 2 channel; whereas, SONOS Playbar and HEOSBar are 3 channels.

    Bluesound lowest end, PULSE FLEX costs $299 but does not seem to receive good review for its sound quality when compared to SONOS Play 1 or One. Similarly, PULSE Mini 2 looks like cost performance is not quite there.

    HEOS is a platform and they have various AV beyond speakers, also even taking soundbars, they have 2 channel version and 3 channel version. With 2 channel (HomeCinema) getting upgrade with built in Airplay support. Furthermore, lowest end product HEOS 1 has optional battery pack to allow use as portable speaker if needed. Basically, it seems to provide most options.

    Winner: HEOS

    USB port
    This is a handy feature as I can connect music to the USB drive and use like dedicated music NAS. When I tested this feature with Bluesound, couple of drives that did not work with HEOS worked nicely on Bluesound. SONOS does not even have this feature.

    Winner: Bluesound

    App
    Overall, I prefer Bluesound app for its appearance and ease of navigation. HEOS is the lowest on the list. It has all functions and some part are nice once familiarized myself but still doesn't look as professional as other two. But this was not a deal breaker for me as they all worked.

    Winner: Bluesound

    Price
    I have already touched on this, but generally Bluesound are the most expensive option. Recently, Bluesound Pulsebar reduced its price to $799, and cheaper than HEOSBar but HEOSBar is 3 channel. So when one compares HEOS family 2 channel speaker (comes with subwoofer), HEOS HomeCinema, also retail $799 but sales $479, HEOS wins on price. Especially, HEOS tends to get good sales and with such prices, the cost performance becomes unbeatable. For instance, I purchased HEOS 5 + HEOS 7 at $699 i.e. same price as Bluesound Pulse 2 alone.

    Winner: HEOS

    Customer support

    Bluesound and SONOS have official forum where users can share/help each other with good moderator guiding to right thread if previously point was discussed. Considering smaller company, I think Bluesound is doing phenomenal job here. In fact, I got more quicker reply from official forum moderator on Bluesound than SONOS where often users try to help each other but SONOS rep does not answer that frequently.

    In contrast, HEOS does not have official forum. Their customer support is technically incompetent. After long awaited reply, they ask simple basic questions and wait another days, and eventually no help. This is major downside of HEOS, and this can easily be a dealbreaker for those who cannot trouble shoot on their own. I struggled and eventually figured out random disconnect of HEOS device (blame actually goes to Orbi network).

    Winner: Bluesound

    Stream options

    SONOS is unbeatable here, but in reality, it only matters if the service you want to use is covered or not. Neither Bluesound nor HEOS have Apple Music or Google Music. But in theory, this can be alleviated by use of Bluetooth play, or perhaps AUX input add on with Google Chromecast Audio or Airport Express with Airplay. With each having its own disadvantages. Bluetooth is not as flexible as WIFI connection. Googlecast and Airport Express will be additional money. Furthermore, in case of Bluesound, if Aux input is to independently sharable as stated above, this may create inconvenience. So here, I say SONOS on top, HEOS #2 and Bluesound at bottom.

    Winner: SONOS.

    Conclusion

    Bluesound has a phenomal sound quality and it is well known for it. I'd choose Bluesound over SONOS if money is not an issue. However, I ended up choosing HEOS over Bluesound and SONOS because low latency and independent share ability of AUX input, other devices in its family and cost performance.
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    GadgetNut
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hi-Res multi-room, streaming Heaven
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2016
    Color: BlackVerified Purchase
    I bought this to add to a small multiroom setup that included two Pulse Mini's. I was very impressed with the Pulse Mini's and the Pulse 2 does not disappoint either - Sound is fantastic - setup was quick and very easy. Multi-room is simple to setup and control.

    Music Sources tried -

    Spotify
    Quboz
    Synology NAS
    iPhone 6
    Android Phone
    Android Tablet
    Windows 7, 8.1 and 10

    Music Quality 320 kbps to Hi-Res 24 bit Music

    Controlled the music from the Bluesound App via iPhone, Android and Windows 10

    I found the whathifi review was spot on and I have not found anything to contradict that review

    Want something that sounds fantastic, that is easy to setup, can provide multi-room music and plays all of your music and streaming sources....Look no further.

    There is not much difference between the Pulse Mini and the Pulse 2, but it is there, more power (read room-filling) and, in my opinion, it is a wider soundstage, which is also a touch more detailed.

    This came direct from Seven Oaks and arrived two days after it was ordered.....not quite Amazon next day delivery, but still good compared to a lot of retailers. Free months Tidal was included from Seven Oaks.
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