billbixbyakahulk
New member
The spec sheet on the new Bluesound PULSE SUB has a hole in it big enough to drive a van through. No frequency response figure, no maximum SPL, no weight, no full dimensions, and no clarification of whether the 350 watts is continuous or peak. At a grand and change that is not a rounding error in the press material, that is a decision. Every one of those numbers is trivially available to the people who built it.
What we do get is the architecture, and it is sensible. Two 6.5-inch woofers mounted on opposite faces of the cabinet, driven by one 350W amp, moving in opposition so their mechanical forces cancel. Less cabinet walking across the floor, more energy going into air. Bluesound says that is 2.5 times the amplifier power of the previous generation. Smart DSP handles the low end, and the whole thing is aimed squarely at the PULSE CINEMA and CINEMA MINI soundbars, with PULSE FLEX units suggested for surrounds.
That last part is the real pitch and it is not about the drivers at all. Once it is in the BluOS Controller app you set level, crossover and phase in the same place you already run everything else, with no extra wireless adapter and no second remote. If you are already in BluOS that convenience is worth actual money. If you are not, a $1,099 wireless sub with unpublished output specs is a hard sell next to a wired SVS or Rythmik that will tell you exactly what it does.
Anyone here running dual opposing drivers in a small cabinet? Does the force cancelling actually change how it behaves on a suspended floor?
What we do get is the architecture, and it is sensible. Two 6.5-inch woofers mounted on opposite faces of the cabinet, driven by one 350W amp, moving in opposition so their mechanical forces cancel. Less cabinet walking across the floor, more energy going into air. Bluesound says that is 2.5 times the amplifier power of the previous generation. Smart DSP handles the low end, and the whole thing is aimed squarely at the PULSE CINEMA and CINEMA MINI soundbars, with PULSE FLEX units suggested for surrounds.
That last part is the real pitch and it is not about the drivers at all. Once it is in the BluOS Controller app you set level, crossover and phase in the same place you already run everything else, with no extra wireless adapter and no second remote. If you are already in BluOS that convenience is worth actual money. If you are not, a $1,099 wireless sub with unpublished output specs is a hard sell next to a wired SVS or Rythmik that will tell you exactly what it does.
Anyone here running dual opposing drivers in a small cabinet? Does the force cancelling actually change how it behaves on a suspended floor?
