Bluesound Pulse Mini

Bluesound is one of the leading streaming/multiroom platforms, although slightly confusingly it has separated the brand Bluesound from the platform itself, which is called BluOS — perhaps so that other brands can incorporate the BluOS platform into their gear, as have NAD (Bluesound’s sister company) and DALI.

As a streaming and multiroom platform BluOS has a reputation for quality above most rivals, having supported high-res audio from the start, as well as gaining from impressive access to NAD’s high-quality amplification, which is used in Bluesound’s own products — wireless speakers, streaming preamps and amplifiers, a soundbar/subwoofer combo and the CD-ripping hard-drive Vault (reviewed last issue).

This $1099 Pulse Mini