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BLUESOUND PULSE SOUNDBAR+

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£899

“There is nice overall tonal balance, with well-judged, neverbrash treble and naturally deep bass blending seamlessly with the textured midrange”

Although outwardly the Pulse Soundbar+ bears more than a passing resemblance to previous Bluesound soundbars, the Pulse Soundbar+ now sports a custom-specified ARM Cortex A53 quad-core chipset that the company says processes audio up to eight times faster than previous generations and, most importantly, can handle Dolby Atmos.

Either side of the front-face touch controls for volume and power sit a pair of 25mm tweeters, 5cm midrange drivers and 10cm woofers, with a matching passive radiator behind a tight aluminium grille. All the drivers are front-facing and, being larger in diameter than those in most competing models, give

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