- Bluesound launches the big pulse cinema dolby atmos soundbar
- And also the much more compact pulse cinema mini
- Pulse Cinema: $ 1,499 / £ 1,149 | Pulse Cinema Mini: $ 999 / £ 799
Bluesound has announced two serious sound beams in a choice of sizes. The flagship pulse cinema is a 47-inch wide model, making it suitable for 55-inch TVs and up, and Pulse Cinema Mini is a more compact 33 inch, so have to work for 40-inch TVs and up.
Both models are pretty powerful with Dolby Atmos Support, Hi-Res Audio and MQA Support and Bluesounds Bluos Multi-Room audio platform.
Bluos works with over 20 streaming services including Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify, Amazon Music, Pandora and Deezer, and it supports Hi-Res Audio up to 24-bit/192khz. And the speakers can collaborate with other bluesound speakers to create a larger, multi-channel surround system.
Both sound beams are compatible with home systems from Control4, Crestron, RTI and others.
Bluesound Pulse Cinema and Pulse Cinema Mini: Key Functions and Pricing
The pulse cinema is the star here, with 500 watts of power running 16 drivers including a mid -channel, double four inch woofers and dedicated fading speakers. Digital signal processing is built-in to adjust the sound depending on the location audio beam may be wall mounted as well as set on a device and there is a HDMI ear office, optical input, analog RCA input, Bluetooth in and out and AirPlay 2. There is also a subwoofer output.
This makes it an interesting expandable competitor to Sonos ARC Ultra-It adds more analog inputs, and subwoofer output means you can connect the kind of low-end driver you want, similar to Marshall Heston 120.
But it also costs more than Sonos Arc Ultra, so power will really have to get through in the real world.
Pulse Cinema Mini is smaller, but it still packs a stans: it has 280W power. There is no up-firing of atmos speakers here, but there are angled drivers and Atmo’s 2.1-channel virtualization. Again, there is a subwoofer, optical and RCA input, Bluetooth and AirPlay 2 – and again, this makes it more versatile in some ways than Sonos Beam 2, but also more expensive.
Pulse Cinema and Pulse Cinema Mini will be available for pre -order on September 24, 2025 with shipping, starting on October 24th. The prices are:
- Pulse Cinema $ 1,499 / £ 1,149 / € 1,299 (around AU $ 2,315)
- Pulse Cinema Mini $ 999 / £ 799 / € 899 (About AU $ 1,543)
