Bluesound
https://www.bluesound.com
Phone - (703) 989-3680
Twitter - @bluesoundhifi
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Bluesound Gen 2
Category
Audio > Multiroom Audio Systems
Description
Bluesound Gen2 by Bluesound
MSRP - $299-1299
Shipped Date - 3/15/2016
Bluesound is a smart music system of audiophile-grade wireless speakers and digital players that allow you to stream your entire music collection, or from many online streaming services, to every room in your home with the intuitive control of a full-featured smartphone, tablet and desktop app. No matter where music is streamed from - a computer, a Vault, a NAS drive, a USB drive, via Bluetooth or straight from the cloud (or all of the above) - Bluesound places the utmost importance on music integrity and has spared no expense in the development of custom hardware and software to ensure that the digital signal remains true to the artist's original recording. Combining leading digital audio technologies and striking design with radical new thinking, Bluesound products have created an exciting audio revolution.
Describe product's design and/or technical innovation - Bluesound is the first wireless, digital multi-room music system to fully support high-resolution audio. Its new Gen 2 platform represents a reinvention of virtually every aspect of the product’s design and performance. The new line-up of multi-room wireless, streaming digital music players, along with two entirely new models, features a fresh, compact industrial design, enhanced features and reengineered performance across the board.
Bluesound features BluOS, a proprietary purpose-built operating system that connects, organizes, and controls all the ways to enjoy music whether it is streamed from the cloud, stored on a smart device or computer, or stored on CDs. Bluesound integrates all these sources into a single music stream, and delivers studio-quality music to every room in the home. From night table to lounge to dedicated listening room Bluesound has a Player to fit every situation.
The models that make up the Bluesound ecosystem are:
NODE 2 Wireless Streaming Music Player (MSRP US$499)
POWERNODE 2 Amplified Wireless Streaming Music Player (MSRP US$799) VAULT 2 Streaming Music Player, 2TB Storage and CD Ripper (MSRP US$1199) PULSE 2 Full Size All-In-One Wireless Streaming Music Player (MSRP US$699) PULSE MINI All-In-One Wireless Streaming Music Player (MSRP US$499)
PULSE FLEX All-In-One Wireless Portable Streaming Music Player (MSRP US$299)
PULSE Soundbar high performance that can serve as core of a streaming multi-room system (MSRP US $999)
PULSE Sub Wireless sub with flexible mounting options (MSRP US $599)
What sets your product apart from others? - Bluesound’s sole mission is to create innovative wireless digital audio products and technologies that allow for the most true-to-life music experience possible. It is the first wireless digital multi-room system to fully support High Resolution Audio with an extraordinary audiophile-grade feature-set that all music lovers will appreciate.
Bluesound was also the first technology partner with MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) to offer studio quality sound exactly as the artist intended. 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 every Bluesound Player to ensure the listener will hear MQA encoded music and streams exactly like the source.
Using pioneering scientific research into how people hear, MQA technology captures the full magic of the original studio performance. MQA is a revolutionary end-to-end technology that delivers master quality audio in a file that’s small enough to stream or download and because it’s fully authenticated, listeners can be sure they are hearing exactly what the artist recorded and approved in the studio. MQA is the first technology to capture this crucial timing information – to transport the listener to the original performance.
Bristling with new features and technology that are all aimed at an enhanced user experience, Gen 2 resets the performance bar in this category. The TV Connect feature endows most models with the ability to connect to your TV and integrate its IR control functions for a seamless integration of TV sound. The ability to stream music and sound directly from your handheld smart device either via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi is another great new enhancement to the Bluesound experience. Faster processing and network connections improve responsiveness and ease of operation with the Bluesound Controller App.
What benefits does your product provide? - Bluesound features BluOS™, a proprietary music specific Operating System that Connects, Organizes, and Controls all Music whether it is streamed from the cloud, stored on your phone or computer, or stored on CDs. Bluesound integrates all these sources and sends the music to every room in the home. Featuring a family of dedicated multi-room wireless streaming digital music players, Bluesound delivers a compelling high-resolution wireless digital music system with an audiophile-grade feature set.
Every room has a different acoustic requirement and Bluesound has a player to fit every situation, from night table alarm to party room disco. Of the latest models, four connect with any new or existing audio system and three are complete plug-and-play music systems.
Bluesound’s sole mission is to create innovative wireless digital audio products and technologies that allow for the most true-to-life music experience possible. It is the first wireless digital multi-room system to fully support High Resolution Audio with an extraordinary audiophile-grade feature-set that all music lovers will appreciate.
The sleek and stylish industrial design for Bluesound was created by renowned designer David Farrage of DF-ID. All models are available in choice of black or white finishes.
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