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Bluesound Pulse 2i Wireless Multi-Room Smart Speaker with Bluetooth - Black - Compatible with Alexa and Siri

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  • Blue sound's flagship all-in-one multi-room speaker
  • Top-performing drivers deliver a powerful listening experience greater than other all-in-one speakers
  • Blue sound's innovative direct digital amp technology ensures flawless music playback without any distortion
  • Leading-class dual band Wi-Fi ensures zero dropouts or delays
  • Stream directly from Apple devices with Airplay or ask Siri to play songs & playlists from Apple Music
  • Stream to multiple blue sound players throughout the entire home
  • Works with Alexa and Siri and lets you control and play music hands-free with voice command

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Bluesound is an alliance of audiophiles dedicated to delivering on the promise of wireless, digitally perfect high-fidelity audio. As designers and engineers who have spent our lives in the music industry, we are not satisfied with anything less than perfection. As the ultimate choice in hi-res multi-room streaming players, Bluesound lets you listen to your favourite tracks in every room of your home, all in outstanding musical detail.

PULSE 2i

Premium Wireless Multi-Room Music Streaming Speaker

The most complete high-fidelity streaming speaker available, the PULSE 2i fills large spaces with rich, clear audio. When it comes to your music, don’t settle for anything less than high-fidelity.

  • Bluesound’s flagship all-in-one, multi-room speaker
  • Top-performing drivers deliver a powerful listening experience greater than other all-in-one speakers
  • Bluesound’s innovative DirectDigital amp technology ensures flawless music playback without any distortion
  • Leading-class dual band Wi-Fi ensures zero dropouts or delays
  • Control how and where you listen to your music with the intuitive BluOS Controller app
  • Group with other multiple Bluesound players and stream music throughout the entire home
  • Connect the PULSE 2i to your Amazon Echo with the skill in the Alexa app and use Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant to control Players around the home.
  • Stream music and podcasts from your Apple devices with AirPlay 2
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The One And Only All-in-one

The PULSE 2i is the most powerful speaker in the Pulse family. Featuring redesigned driver and amp technologies that more than double the output in the bass frequencies, the PULSE 2i also has the most sophisticated DSP engine available that extends its true stereo soundfield far beyond the limits of other speakers. Hear every rich detail of your favorite tracks like never before.

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Quick Setup For All-day Listening

Right out of the box the PULSE 2i uses your home wireless network and sets up quickly. Simply open the BluOS Controller app on your mobile device and follow the short setup instructions. While inside the app users can choose their listening preferences, program presets for their favorite radio stations, music streaming services and playlists, and even set alarms. Once the PULSE 2i is online connectivity stays rock-solid thanks to a new dual band Wi-Fi engine.

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No matter where you place it, the PULSE 2i will deliver clear distortion-free sound to anywhere in the home. Featuring best-in-class dual band Wi-Fi allows the PULSE 2i to give a stunning performance free from skips or delays. The PULSE 2i also has native support for Bluetooth aptX™ HD giving it the ability to transmit studio-quality music to Bluetooth headphones and speakers.

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Size Compact Mid-size Full-size Ultra-wide
Speaker Drivers 1 x Bass Drivers, 1 x High-performance Tweeter 2 x Bass Drivers, 2 x High-performance Tweeters 2 x Bass Drivers, 2 x High-performance Tweeters 2 x Bass Drivers, 2 x High-performance Tweeters, 2 x Mid-range Drivers, 2 x Passive Radiators
Connectivity Dual-band WiFi, aptX Bluetooth Dual-band WiFi, aptX HD Bluetooth Dual-band WiFi, aptX HD Bluetooth Gigabit Ethernet, aptX HD Bluetooth, HDMI
Control App for phone, tablet and desktop, IR remote, touch panel controls, and many smart home control systems App for phone, tablet and desktop, IR remote, touch panel controls, and many smart home control systems App for phone, tablet and desktop, IR remote, touch panel controls, and many smart home control systems App for phone, tablet and desktop, IR remote, touch panel controls, and many smart home control systems
Sampling Rate / Bit Depth 32 - 192 kHz / 16 - 24 bits 32 - 192 kHz / 16 - 24 bits 32 - 192 kHz / 16 - 24 bits 32 - 192 kHz / 16 - 24 bits

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    Customers find the speakers easy to use and with a good soundstage. They can fill the house with music, making them suitable for bedroom sound systems. However, opinions vary on the overall quality.

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    14 customers mention "Sound quality"10 positive4 negative

    Customers appreciate the speakers' sound quality. They find the soundstage impressive, with a loud and clear audio that can fill the house with music. The digital to analog conversion produces crystal-clear sound that sounds bigger than it is. The Pulse 2i is suitable for bedroom use and can fill the house with well-mixed music. It achieves high volumes without distortion, providing deep bass and a pure midrange.

    "...this - it is reliable (I've owned it for over 6 months) and has a nice soundstage that makes it sound a good bit bigger than it is...." Read more

    "...Listening to some well mixed music can sound like there's another speaker in the room (full stereo), using the 'wide' feature...." Read more

    "...The soundstage is very impressive, but after listening for more than a few songs, I couldn't shake that "something's not quite right" feeling...." Read more

    "This Bluetooth speaker is great. Amazing sound, achieves high volumes without distortion. Deep base yet midrange is pure...." Read more

    3 customers mention "Ease of use"3 positive0 negative

    Customers find the speakers easy to use. They say the phone app controls it and setup is trivial.

    "...I have not tried bluetooth. The app is easy to use to control it - the buttons on the top less so." Read more

    "...Setup is trivial, although firmware update took some time Paired with a Li-ion AC power block it would make a good portable for camping, etc." Read more

    "...This is clearly much more advanced and super easy to use. The phone app controls it. You can change the sound anyway you like!!" Read more

    3 customers mention "Quality"2 positive1 negative

    Customers have mixed opinions about the speakers' quality. Some find them reliable with a good Wi-Fi connection, while others are dissatisfied with the devices' quality, software, and support.

    "I like this - it is reliable (I've owned it for over 6 months) and has a nice soundstage that makes it sound a good bit bigger than it is...." Read more

    "...I am extremely dissapointed in the quality of the devices given my setup has cost around 3.5k, and bluesound does not seem to care to do much about..." Read more

    "This is a well-made, well-designed wireless speaker, and for under $400, it could be recommended. But, at $800 misses the mark. What's the mark?..." Read more

    Multi-Room capable with Stunning, Powerful & Well-Balanced sound in a clean & elegant enclosure.
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    Multi-Room capable with Stunning, Powerful & Well-Balanced sound in a clean & elegant enclosure.
    This is a review of Bluesound Pulse 2i Wireless Multi-Room Smart Speaker with Bluetooth - Black - Works with Alexa and SiriIt took only about 1 minute to set this speaker up to my WiFi network using the Bluesound app and about another minute to conclude that this is one of the finest sounding WiFi/Bluetooth speakers I have heard to date. I am no stranger to Bluetooth speakers and have reviewed dozens of them over the years. Compared to a Bose SoundLink, Sonos One or Sonos Beam, this beats them all in sound quality, ease of setup and aesthetic beauty.I can't stop listening to this speaker. What a fantastic speaker. I've collected a few tracks that you can listen to to test and or compare speakers. This eclectic list puts any speaker through a pretty tough test. When you actually A-B test speakers using this music you will immediately begin to be able to separate the great sounding speakers from the not so great. Many lesser speakers will not even begin to reproduce the low frequencies and harmonics that are in the music. All these tracks are available on Spotify. In no particular order... - "Circles", KDrew - "Wandering", Yosi Horikawa - "New Rules", Dua Lipa - "We Don't Care", Habib Koité, Eric Bibb - "808 Slate", Extrawelt - "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo", Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - "Bright Lights Bigger City", CeeLo Green - "Fat Cry", Yello - "Kiss In Blue", Yello - "Rock It", Sub Focus - "Revolution", TrinixYou can connect to this speaker using WiFi, a wired Ethernet connection from your Router or via Bluetooth and it supports aptX. On the back panel, you also find the option to connect a USB mass storage device to the USB-C input. There is also an optical-in and an analog-in using a 3.5mm audio cable (not provided). You'll also find a 3.5mm Headphone Jack on the back panel. and a Service port not for end-user use. The Pulse 2i supports Alexa (via an Amazon Echo device) for some limited functionality as well as AirPlay from your Apple devices which is awesome.A large number of music formats are supported including MP3, AAC (M4A, MP4), WMA, OGG, FLAC, ALAC (M4A), WMA-L, MQA, WAV and AIFF (AIF, AIFC).The size is reasonable given the amount of sound this speaker is capable of producing. The speaker has 4 drivers, 2 x 5.25” (133mm) Woofers and 2 x 1” (25mm) Tweeters all located on the front of the speaker. There are no passive bass radiators nor is there any need for them. This speaker develops well-structured bass without boominess, It is solid and the kind of bass you can feel, not just hear. Yet the overall sound is very well balanced and the app gives you options to sculpt the sound in many ways. You can adjust bass and treble. You can choose how "wide" the stereo sound imaging is. There is a toggle to turn "deep bass" on or off. If you wish to change the output to left, right or even mono from the default stereo mode, you can do so within the app. There is a volume limit setting as well as replay-gain, lip-sync delay and enhanced dialog adjustment if you connect this to an HDTV.The top panel is touch sensitive and contains five touch-points. The multi-function Play/Pause button, +,- (Volume), Previous/Next Track buttons. I'm not the biggest fan of touch panels. You never really know if you're pressing hard enough, too hard or in the exact right place. I ike tactile feedback and there is no tactile feedback on this touchpanel.There are three listening modes which sculpt the sound to give more satisfying sound under different scenarios: TV, Music, Movie. An "Enhanced Dialog" setting can be invoked and adjusted to low or high. There is even a "Late Night" mode that when enabled invokes Dynamic Range Compression. This will decrease the volume of explosions and increase dialog volumes when viewing movies.Many radio and music services are supported both free and paid.Radio services ( most require an account and may have premium options available): - CALM Radio (Free, premium options available) - iHeartRadio (Free with an account) - Radio Paradise (Free) - Slacker Radio (Free with an account, premium options available) - TuneIn (Free)Music Services - Amazon Music (Amazon Prime account required, limited to some regions) - Bugs (Requires Premium Account, limited to South Korea) - Deezer HiFi (Premium+ account needed for full-song playback) - JUKE (Requires JUKE account with subscription) - KK Box (Free with an account, premium options available) - Murfie (Cloud-based storage - Prices vary on content) - Napster (Requires Napster Premier account) - Qobuz (Requires Qobuz Premium account) - Spotify (Requires a Spotify Premium account) - Tidal (Requires Tidal Premium Account) - WiMP (Requires WiMP Premium account)Here is what is included with the speaker: - 2-AC power cords (Europe & North America) - Toslink Optical to 3.5mm Mini Adaptor - Ethernet Cable - Quick Setup GuideOne of my few gripes is that Alexa integration requires the use of an Amazon Echo device. Alexa cannot be accessed directly through the Pulse 2i. I'm also disappointed how slow music indexing was from my Network connected USB hard drive via my Netgear R7800 router. But once the indexing is complete, I think it is a much better implementation of showing the music library than what the Sonos app shows.In summary, this is not an inexpensive speaker but it is one of the finest sounding WiFi/Bluetooth speakers I've heard. It is multi-room capable and is very robust in its inputs and way of connecting to the speaker. I consider it an aesthetically beautiful speaker. Above all, the sound. The sound. Oh, the sound... fantastic. If you really want to hear music well, use the best possible music source... FLAC or whatever. But 128kbps mp3's is not going to give you the experience this speaker is capable of.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2023
      I like this - it is reliable (I've owned it for over 6 months) and has a nice soundstage that makes it sound a good bit bigger than it is. I use it at low volume exclusively and do not need more than mono - However, it definitely does not sound like a point source (and this is adjustable). Overall, very high quality with a reliable wi-fi connection to my home network. I have not tried bluetooth.
      The app is easy to use to control it - the buttons on the top less so.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2023
      I read a professional review that doubted there was any value in the built in Roon compatibility. That compatibility was one of the reasons I picked the Pulse 2i over it's competition. I also have a Tidal subscription and appreciate it's built in MQA decoding. Listening to some well mixed music can sound like there's another speaker in the room (full stereo), using the 'wide' feature. I have several mid-Fi audio components, and I find the audio quality of the Pulse 2i completely adequate for my bedroom sound system. I recommend this Smart Speaker if it fits your integration needs.

      Shipping box is useful if you want to take it with you on a trip
      Setup is trivial, although firmware update took some time
      Paired with a Li-ion AC power block it would make a good portable for camping, etc.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2023
      This is a well-made, well-designed wireless speaker, and for under $400, it could be recommended. But, at $800 misses the mark. What's the mark? Sound quality. There's a distracting digital quality to things when the volume is turned up. Everything sounds a bit harsh, lacking timbre, realism and smoothness. The soundstage is very impressive, but after listening for more than a few songs, I couldn't shake that "something's not quite right" feeling. Yes, the speaker was well burned in, and I have more than 40 years of audiophile experience, so I know what's what, and what a speaker is worth. Dig a bit deeper in your pocket and get the Bowers & Wilkins Foundation Wedge or the Naim Nu-so. They're also overpriced, but much more satisfying.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2024
      This Bluetooth speaker is great. Amazing sound, achieves high volumes without distortion. Deep base yet midrange is pure. would recommend for a small to medium room or for outside use.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2023
      I purchased a soundbar and sub about two years ago. This simple setup seemed to work great so I decided to expand to a multi room setup and add surround sound speakers.

      Huge mistake.

      Since purchase and setup I have been plagued with a ton of issues that all trace back to a serious lack of thought on the software and networking side. Now for reference Im a network engineer turned cybersec architect with 13 years experience. I've been around a lot of software and networking stuff, and the choices made by bluesound are beyond pitiful.

      Let's start with the basics, network connection. These are wireless speakers whose main pitch is to allow multi room setup. Bluesound clearly cheaper out on whatever chips they use, because the speakers routinely see a signal strength about 10 dBm below what every other device/diagnostic tool does. This leads to incredibly degraded sound quality on speakers that are barely fifteen feet of unobstructed Line of Sight from the wireless access point. Additionally there has apparently been a bug in how they group speakers for Dolby surround with theater mode. I've had no eta on fixing it or any details, and no contacts from any senior support people despite promises they would.

      Onto the app.

      Some appalling design choices here. So the speakers will cast a non internet connected Hotspot for initial wireless network config. That makes sense, you connect to the devices Hotspot and then put in wifi info so it can join the network. One problem here, the app is designed so the speakers FIRST try to find an update and get stuck in that loop BEFORE YOU CAN CONNECT IT TO YOUR NETWORK AND THE INTERNET! This essentially forces you to have to login to the config page of the speaker to configure network settings as the app has no way to cancel the update search. Additionally common sense requests from the community, like being able to add speakers to multiple groups for on the fly sound assignment (basic feature for these types of devices) has been "on there to do list" for about 2-3 years from what I can tell from the forum posts. Dozens/hundreds of requests, no real movement or change from bluesound.

      As for support...

      Nice enough, but it seems like it's one person or two, and they essentially just read off a basic network troubleshooting guide with heavy implication you've set things up wrong. Now given my background I was able to counter this and prove my network was not at issue, unfortunately since this seems to be all they can address that left me dead in the water with my issues around quality, network connectivity, the surround sound bug, app issues, and other random big and little annoyances.

      I am heavily regretting ordering the additional speakers for my setup, and even more so on investing in this ecosystem in the first place. I am extremely dissapointed in the quality of the devices given my setup has cost around 3.5k, and bluesound does not seem to care to do much about it beyond imply I must have done SOMETHING wrong with my network config (again they can't say what because each specific they've had me check has come back fine/clean/configured properly of course) or say they're "looking into it". I would look at Sonos or Bose if I had to do this again.

      One final point, I've been able to get my system barely working (frequently need to reboot or reset/resync devices) mainly due to my Profesional background, it's absurd that these devices are so poorly made with regards to the network/wireless component that it essentially requires a background in network engineering to get about 70% of the functionality you're hoping for.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2023
      The speaker advertises as voice control but that is NOT exactly true. You have to talk to your cellular to make it work. The Speaker does NOT have a microphone so you can NOT talk directly to the speaker. I spent 4 hours on their web site and then finally talked to Chris, the BlueSound technician, technical specialist and he confirmed this point to me on the phone. Do NOT buy this if you want to talk directly to the speaker.
    • Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2023
      100% Satisfied with this portable stereo. The sound can be earth shaking LOUD, its crystal clear with the digital to analog sound processor, and creates such beautiful sound. I am going to order another one, so that way I can have them sound like a theatre and a big sound stage. There are no portable speakers like this. Truly better than Bose and anything on the market like Sonos. This is clearly much more advanced and super easy to use. The phone app controls it. You can change the sound anyway you like!!
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    • Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2019
      I felt the sound was much better on the SONOS play 3 and play 5. To be perfectly honest this speaker never drops songs the way the sonos does. The sound is good but not on the level of SONOS. However if you can't listen to the song what does the sound quality matter right? I am pleased by the speaker but just not impressed by it. Also when you turn up the volume as loud as it can go. It's not loud at all. **UPDATE** I think the new software that can be easily downloaded hits all the problems I had with the volume and sound. I updated this to 5 stars.
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      Reviewed in Germany on June 11, 2020
      Es ist so traurig, dass wir verlernt haben uns einen richtigen Klang zu gönnen! Musik aus Smartphones ist unser Alltag geworden. Wir merkten aber, dass wir von den Tönen sehr schnell gereizt wurden. Nun steht bei uns Bluesound Pulse 2i und verzaubert uns mit dem klaren Klang und jedem einzelnen Detail in dem Musikstück, was gerade abgespielt wird. Ich frage mich nur, ob die Box wirklich was besonderes wäre, oder die einfach die Musik wiedergibt wie sie klingen soll! Wir hörten die Musik den ganzen Abend und wollten nicht ins Bett, so verzaubert waren wir von dem Klang und allen Nuancen der Lieder, die wir eigentlich schon immer gehört haben.
      Kurz zu App: die Installation ist wirklich pain in the A..! Wifi wurde nach dem 3. Versuch gefunden. Die Box leuchtete Blau, was bedeutet, dass sie im Netz war, aber weder IPhone, noch Samsung Geräte konnten die Box in der App sehen. Danke, dass hier jemand meinte, dass man die App löschen muss und dann wieder installieren. Genau das hat uns geholfen.
      Amazon Musik funktioniert super. Spotify geht nur mit Premium Mitgliedschaft, was sehr enttäuschend ist. Allerdings kann man über Bluetooth die Musik zur Box leiten. Das klingt gut. Wenn man aber das gleiche Lied von Amazon direkt über die Box spielt, dann fällt man vom Stuhl, was für Klangunterschiede es gibt.
      Musik aus dem IPhone kann man direkt über AirPlay hören. Man aktiviert das Symbol direkt beim Lied in ITunes.
      Die Verbindung wurde komischerweise ab und zu getrennt. Kann allerdings an meinem alten IPhone liegen.
      Die Box spielt also bei uns von morgens bis abends und wir genießen die Musik endlich wieder in vollen Zügen. Bluesound hat uns ein Stück von Lebensqualität wieder zurück gegeben. Eine absolute Kaufempfehlung!
    • Steve
      5.0 out of 5 stars Quality Sound
      Reviewed in Canada on January 4, 2023
      Speaker arrived faster than expected. Packaging of the product was exceptional. Great sound from this speaker. I have since ordered the sound bar and sub for one room and going to get the new powernode and the flex speakers for another room…pleased customer 👌
    • Konstantinos Vrettos
      5.0 out of 5 stars MUst have
      Reviewed in Germany on July 10, 2022
      Integrated well with bluesound product. Good addition to the overall system. Providing the extra benefit of mobility
    • MASC
      3.0 out of 5 stars Definitiv nicht Klassenbester - Bluesound Pulse 2i vs. Denon Home 350
      Reviewed in Germany on November 15, 2021
      Ich habe lange meinen Vifa Stockholm 2.0 als Wlan Lautsprecher im Wohnzimmer benutzt. Da wir bald umziehen und mir der Vifa zu groß (lang) für das neue Zimmer ist, muss nun etwas neues her. Geld sollte nicht die Rolle spielen, bis 1000 Euro wäre i.O. Nach sehr langer Recherche und Probehören kam der Bluesound und der Denon Home 350 in die enge Wahl. Lautsprecher von B&W oder auch die KEF LSX sind schon in der Vorrunde rausgeflogen. Immer wieder bemerke ich, dass viel Werbung immer dort gemacht wird, wo der Klang von allein nicht aussreicht!!! Aufgrund der vielen positiven Bewertungen im Internet kommt man um den Pulse 2i nicht herum. Die Erwartungen sind dadurch sehr hoch. Ich beziehe mich nur auf den Klang, die Einrichtung ist heut zu Tage mit allen Lautsprechern ein Kinderspiel, hier hatte ich bei keiner Firma Probleme.
      Die ersten Klänge des Bluesound waren erschreckend. Mein Sonos Roam hätte diesen an die Wand gespielt. Nach intensivem Ausprobieren in den Einstellungen hatte ich den (mich mich) optimalsten Ton der App eingestellt. Jede weitere Veränderung des EQ hätte den Klang verschlechtert. Hört man nun eine Weile nur den Bluesound könnte man wirklich überzeugt sein. Besonders ist v.a die Wiedergabe der Details. Der Lautsprecher ist ab Werk wirklich sehr Hell, fast Spitz abgemischt. Jedes Hintergrundinstrument wird dadurch um so besser und klarer herausgearbeitet. Der Bass ist absolut ausreichend aber eher neutral als fett. Schaltet man nun aber mal zum Denon 350 oder dem Vifa rüber, dann kommt der Schock. Selbst meine Frau und auch ein Freund haben im Blindtest meine Meinung bestätigt. Die Stimmen klingen schrecklich! Etwas zu viel Hall und obwohl der Hochton etwas spitz ist, kommen stimmen eher dumpf. Insgesamt wirkt der Ton eher blechern und fast wie eine Live-Aufnahme. Mein alter Bose soundtouch 20 klang im direkten Vergleich für alle 3 Personen besser. Der Sieger aller Lautsprecher war aber ganz klar der Denon. Der Bass ist ein Wucht!, nicht nur aufgebläht sondern gut differenziert und trocken. Ich habe dennoch den Bass in den Minusbereich stellen müssen, da es sonst zu viel des Guten wäre. Die Instrumente kommen sehr klar und fein rüber, wenn auch nicht ganz so präsent wie beim Bluesound. Hier war es mir aber definitiv zu spitz und aufdringlich bei manchen Liedern. Die Stimmen jedoch, sind um Welten besser als beim Pulse 2i. Man bedenke auch den Preisunterschied von 250 Euro, sowie die Schnellwahltasten direkt am Gerät bei Denon. Der Pulse ist für mich keine Kaufoption, jedoch sind Geschmäcker bekanntlich verschieden- Selbst ausprobieren, aber bitte VERGLEICHEN! Nur den Bluesound allein hören, macht keinen Sinn. Ich hoffe mein Tipp hilft dem einen oder anderen, den Denon sollte sich jeder mal anhören.
    • Roger Vandermeys
      5.0 out of 5 stars Bluesound Pulse 2i
      Reviewed in Canada on April 12, 2021
      This unit sounds great! A little overpriced, but not unacceptably much.
      I recommend it this product!