01 na 07
Powellode da Vault na Bluesound: Sonos?
Me ya sa bai kamata audiophiles ji dadin wannan saukaka cewa guy sayen $ 199 Sonos Play: 1 samun? Me ya sa masu sauraro zasu sha wuya tare da kaya mai tsanani? Me zai sa ba za mu iya samun dama ga duk abin da muke da shi na dijital ba, amfani da kiɗa da kuma ayyukan rediyo na Intanit, kuma kunna shi a kusa da gidajenmu ba tare da asarar ingancin sauti ba?
Bluesound - sabon rukuni na Lenbrook Industries, gidan iyaye na PSB da NAD - sun yi alkawarin duk wannan kuma mafi.
Kamar samfurorin Sonos, samfurori na Bluesound sun baka damar kunna fayilolin jihohi daga kwakwalwar yanar gizonku da kuma matsaloli masu wuya tare da babu bukatar haɗin haɗi, kuma babu hasara a cikin sauti mai kyau. Bluesound kuma yana baka damar samun damar TuneIn Radio, Slacker da Spotify Connect online. Mene ne ƙari, za ka iya amfani da samfurori da yawa na Bluesound a kusa da gidanka, hada su cikin kungiyoyi kamar yadda kake so don haka za ka iya yin duk wani kiɗa da kake so a kowane ɗakin da ka zaɓa, kazalika da daban-daban a cikin dakuna. Kuma zaka iya sarrafa shi daga kowane Apple iOS ko Android smartphone ko kwamfutar hannu.
Don haka menene Bluesound samu cewa Sonos ba? Sauti mai ƙarfi. Fayil ɗin mai jihohi mai ƙarfi sun fi iyakacin ƙuduri na 16-bit / 44.1-kilohertz na CD. Suna samuwa kamar saukewa daga waɗannan kafofin kamar HDTracks da Acoustic Sauti. Shin zaka iya jin bambanci tsakanin masu girma da na yau da kullum? Watakila. Shin za ku damu? Watakila. Idan kun kasance m, je zuwa HDTracks kuma saya saukewa (yawanci $ 18 ko haka) na CD ɗin da ka mallaka. Rubarda CD ɗin a cikin fasali, kamar Apple Lossless, FLAC ko WAV. Sa'an nan kuma kwatanta fayilolin high-res zuwa CD, zai fi dacewa ta amfani da kebul na USB mai kyau wanda aka haɗa zuwa kwamfutarka. Yanzu yanke shawara don kanka.
Hotuna samfurori sun haɗa da Bluetooth, don saurin gudu daga wayoyin wayoyin tafi-da-gidanka, allunan da kwakwalwa. Hakan yana da kyakkyawan yanayin da za a yi - kuma yana da Sonos ba a halin yanzu ba.
02 na 07
Bluesound Powernode da Vault: Zabuka
Lissafin Bluesound ya ƙunshi samfurori da yawa. Akwai ƙananan $ 449 (mafi ƙanƙanta a cikin hoton da ke sama), samfurin samfurin samfurin da samfurin analog da na dijital wanda zai iya haɗawa da wani amp, mai mahimmancin dijital-ana-analog ko wasu masu magana da aka yi amfani da su. Akwai nauyin $ 699 Powernode (a hagu hagu), musamman Node tare da tasirin Class D na streo da aka gina a ciki. Akwai Cault na $ 999, wani ƙutsa tare da CD ripper mai ɗawainiya (shi ne wanda yake tare da layin ɗaukar hoto a gaban hoto).
Ƙari da $ 699 Pulse (mafi nisa dama), wanda shine babban mara waya ta waya tare da Node da aka gina a cikin, da kuma $ 999 Duo, tsarin basirar da aka yi amfani da shi / ma'aunin tauraron dan adam wanda zai iya aiki tare da Powernode (ko tare da Node ko Vault tare da waje amp). Paul Barton, wanda ya kafa PSB Speakers kuma daya daga cikin masu zane-zane masu zane-zane na zamani, yana kula da aikin injiniya a kan waɗannan kayan.
03 of 07
Bluesound Powernode da Vault: Features
Powernode
• Ƙararraji na Diriyo na Streo da aka kwatanta a 40 watts / tashar zuwa 4 ohms
• Matsakanin kafaffen ƙarfe mai ƙarfi na stereo
• RCA subwoofer fitarwa tare da crossover
• WiFi da aka gina a; Ethernet jack kuma ya bayar
• Yayi WAV, FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, WMA, WMA-L, OGG, MP3 da AAC
• Har zuwa 24/192 ƙuduri
• Akwai a cikin baƙar fata mai haske ko farar fata
• Dimensions: 6.9 x 9.8 x 8.0 inci / 176 x 248 x 202mm (hwd)
• Darajar: 4.2 lbs / 1.9 kg
Vault
• Rijiyar CD ɗin da aka gina tare da gaban ɗakin loading
• 1-tazarar waje na ciki don ajiyar kiɗa
• Sakamakon sauti na matakin RCA
• Gidan Ethernet
• Yayi WAV, FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, WMA, WMA-L, OGG, MP3 da AAC
• Har zuwa 24/192 ƙuduri
• Akwai a cikin baƙar fata mai haske ko farar fata
• Dimensions: 8.2 x 11.5 x 9.4 inci / 208 x 293 x 239mm (hwd)
• Weight: 6.6 lbs / 3.0 kg
Wadannan suna da alama sun zama alamu masu dacewa don samfurori kamar waɗannan. Babu mai yawa sadarwa da aka bayar, amma ban sami kaina so duk, ko dai. Yayi, watakila jackon da ke cikin Powernode zai yi kyau.
Tare da kawai ayyuka uku masu gudana a yanzu an ba da (da kuma WiMP, Highresaudio da Qobuz sun sanar amma ba a samuwa a tsarin gwaji na) ba, ikon da ake yi na Bluesound bai kusanci ayyukan 31 na Sonos ba. Yawancin sabis na Sonos yayi kyau sosai, ko da yake. Ƙarin Bugu da kari na Spotify Connect zuwa Bluesound babban taimako ne; yanzu duk abin da yake bukata shine Pandora.
04 of 07
Bluesound Powernode da Vault: Saita
Ina da al'ajabi na bar Gary Blouse na Lenbrook daina dakatar da kafa tsarin gwaji na Bluesound. Na yi mamakin abin da ya sa ya zama dole - bayan haka, Sonos bai taba aika wani ya kafa tsarin su ba. Amma sauko da murya mai yawa yana da wuya.
Alal misali, abin da nake da shi, mai amfani da na'ura ta AT & T U-aya WiFi mai shekaru hudu bai kasance cikin aikin ba. Ya yi aiki mai kyau tare da sauti na audio, MP3s da kuma gudana ayyukan, amma na samu lokuta kaɗan lokacin da nake gudana fayilolin 24/96 daga HDTracks. Blouse ya ce duk wani na'ura mai ba da hanya mai kula da WiFi na yau da kullum mai dacewa ya kamata ya sami isasshen bandwidth don gudana a cikin manyan na'urori na Bluesound.
Yayin da muke da hannu a hannun Vault, na kuma so in sauko daga kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na Toshiba wanda zan ajiye mafi yawan kiɗa na. Ba zan iya samun wannan aiki ba, amma duk abin da zan yi shi ne sauke TeamViewer a kan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, kuma mai amfani da na'urar Lenbrook ya iya samun kwamfutarka yadda ya kamata a cikin minti kadan.
Saboda haka yayin da Bluesound ba shi da sauki a matsayin Sonos, mafi yawan tsarin za a sayar ta wurin masu sayar da A / V mafi girma da za su yi saiti da shigarwa a gare ku. Ko da idan ka saya kaya guda daya daga Crutchfield kuma ka saita kanka, to alama kamar goyon bayan Lenbrook yana da ikon magance matsalolin da zasu iya samuwa.
Abin sha'awa, kuma da kyau, lokacin da ka kunna maɓallin subwoofer na Powernode a cikin allon saiti (gani a sama), yana canzawa a cikin tarar 80 Hz na low-pass don samfurin sub da kuma samfurin 80 Hz na ƙwanƙwasa mai girma a cikin samfurori. Har ila yau, yana samar da ƙayyadaddun EQ da aka ƙaddara don tsarin da ake kira Bluesound Duo sub / sat.
05 of 07
Bluesound Powernode da Vault: Ƙwarewar Mai amfani da Ayyuka
Aikace-aikacen Bluesound yana aiki kaɗan daga Sonos app, amma kamar yadda yake tare da Sonos app, yana da sauƙin ganewa kawai ta hanyar kewaye da shi. Bayan da na yi amfani da intanet na Bluesound, sai na sami sauki don amfani da hanyoyi fiye da Sonos app. Ina son wannan shirin na Bluesound ya sanya shi dan sauki kuma ya gaggauta samun damar yin amfani da ayyukan raya. Har ila yau, ina son hanyar da ta gaggauta saukowa da baya a cikin fuska daban-daban.
Wannan wani abu ne na karamin mu'ujiza. Koda Samsung da LG ba su dace da amfani da Sonos ba. Don ƙananan kamfanonin su wuce shi, duk da haka dan kadan, suna nuna cewa an yi amfani da kwarewa mai kyau na kwarewa a wannan kokarin.
Na sami sauƙin sauƙaƙe ƙungiyar Powernode da Vault tare, ko don haɗa su idan ina so. Mafi sauki, ko da, fiye da shi tare da Sonos. Yana da sauƙi don sarrafa ƙarar, sauƙi don zaɓar kiɗa da kake so, kuma mai sauƙi ya haɗa waya ko kwamfutar hannu ta Bluetooth. Fara da tushen Bluetooth da duk abin da na'urar ta Bluesound ke gudana ta yankewa kuma ta kunna Bluetooth. Dakatar da tushe na Bluetooth, kuma Bluesound za ta dawo da kayan da aka kunna a baya.
Don dandano na kaina, ban ga yawancin bukatar Vault ba; Na riga an riga an adana waƙa a kan kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci da kuma NAS drive kuma ba sa buƙatar ƙarin ajiya ko CD ripper. Amma na san wasu mutane har yanzu suna da saurin kwarewa na CD, kuma Vault ya dace. Kawai kalli CD a ciki kuma yana sauran. Bayan 'yan mintoci kaɗan na jinkirin raguwa (wanda Blouse ya ce ya zama dole don samun cikakken bayani na Bluesound), zane-zane da kiɗa sun nuna akan allon iPad.
An buga ta ta hanyar F206 masu magana mai ban mamaki da kuma tsaka tsaki. Powernode ya yi tsabta da tsabta. Iyakar abin da na lura shi ne cewa tare da wasu kayan da aka ƙware a ƙananan ƙananan, Na ƙare har sai in ɗauka ƙarar zuwa max, ko kusa da ita. Bayan na gama nazarin kuma aika samfurori a baya, Lenbrook ya bayyana mani cewa akwai matsakaicin iyakar ƙararrawa a cikin tsarin saiti wanda za'a iya ƙaruwa ta +10 dB don yanayin da girman matakin bai isa ba.
06 of 07
Bluesound Powernode: Matakan
Na yi amfani da na'ura na FW 10 na FW, Na'urar Na'urar Na'urar Na'urar Na'urar Na'urar Na'urar Kayan Kayan Gida Daya mai nazari da na LinearX LF280 tace (buƙata don Class D amps) don gudanar da gwaje-gwaje daban-daban a kan Powernode. Hanyar gwaji ta mahimmanci ta bambanta da kadan saboda ba zan iya gwada sigin gwaji a cikin Powernode ba (babu shigar da layi). Amma na iya rubuta wasu sigina na gwaje-gwajen, ɗora su a kan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, sa'an nan kuma kunna su ta hanyar tsarin don ma'aunin.
Bayanin lokaci
-0.09 / + 0.78 db, 20 Hz zuwa 20 kHz
Girman sigina (1 watt / 1 kHz)
-82.5 dB marar kyau
-86.9 dB A-nauyi
Girman sigina na mita (cikakken ƙara / 1 kHz)
-91.9 dB maras kyau
-95.6 dB A-nauyi
Jimlar jita-jita (1 watt / 1 kHz)
0.008%
Crosstalk (1 watt / 1 kHz)
-72.1 dB hagu zuwa dama
-72.1 dB dama zuwa hagu
Bazawarwar tashar (1 kHz)
+0.02 dB babba a tashar hagu
Kwancen ƙirar ƙananan subwoofer (-3 dB point)
80 Hz
Kayan wutar lantarki, 8 ohms (1 kHz )
2 tashar jiragen ruwa: 12.1 watts ta tashar RMS a 0.16% THD + N (max girma tare da 0 dBFS sigina) ( * duba bayanin kula a ƙasa)
1 tashar tashar: 31.3 watts RMS a 0.03% THD + N
Kayan wutar lantarki, 4 ohms (1 kHz)
2 tashar jiragen ruwa: 24.0 watts ta tashar RMS a 0.16% THD + N (ƙananan ƙarfin da 0 dBFS sigina)
1 tashar tashar: 47.4 watts RMS a 0.05% THD + N
Wannan shine amsawar da aka gani a cikin sigin, tare da saukewar fitarwa da aka kunna (kore alama) kuma an kashe (m alama). Duk waɗannan ma'auni sai dai sau biyu suna da kyau kuma suna kusa da ƙananan samfurori Bluesound.
Yawancin karɓa bai rinjaye ni ba, saboda yanayin tashin hankali a cikin yanayin. Kusan kusan kashi uku cikin hudu na decibel a 20 kHz - wani abu mafi yawan mutane basu ji ko ba zasu lura ba. Amma har yanzu, ba abu ne da nake gani ba a cikin ingancin samfurin mai karfi.
Har ila yau, na yi mamakin ganin babbar bambancin dake cikin wutar lantarki, tare da tashoshi biyu, watau tashar. Tare da tashoshin biyu, an ƙwace ƙananan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙananan ƙananan ƙaƙƙarfan wuta, ƙuntata ƙarfin hali zuwa kimanin 0.16% a cikakkiyar girma kuma ya fāɗi sosai da ikon da aka ƙayyade. * A cewar Lenbrook, wannan wani sakamako ne mai ban sha'awa na masu amfani da fasahar Bluesound 'Soft Clipping fasaha, wanda kamar yadda na fahimta shi ne mafi girma iyakance wanda ya hana amp da masu magana daga lalace lokacin da cranked cikakken blast. NAD ya yi amfani da irin wannan ko kuma irin wannan fasaha a cikin mawakanta na tsawon shekarun da suka gabata
Duk da haka, tare da tashar guda ɗaya kawai, mai iyakance (abin da nake zato ana sarrafa shi ne ta buƙatar buƙata a kan wutar lantarki fiye da fitarwa na amps) yana fitowa daga hoto kuma amp ya wuce ikon da aka yi la'akari da sauƙi. Ka lura cewa ba zan iya amfani da sababbin ƙididdiga na 1% na THD + N ba saboda ba zan iya yin iko vs. THD + N nashe ta amfani da sautin gwaji na waje, kuma saboda ƙananan matakai a ikon iko na Powernode - - tare da taɓawa ɗaya daga cikin iko mai tsayi, tsaiko a 8 ohms ya tafi daidai daga 0.03% zuwa 3.4%.
To, me ke faruwa a nan? Tare da ƙwanƙwasawa ƙuntatawa kamar yadda fitowar ta kai ga iyakar wutar lantarki, idan kana wasa da kayan aiki mai ƙarfi da abun ciki mai ƙarfi - kamar ƙwararren ƙarfin wutan lantarki, "Kickstart My Heart" - mai yiwuwa ba za ku isa ba girma. Tare da wasu masu magana da aka ƙayyade (daidai, za mu ɗauka) a 88 dB SPL a watin 1 watt / 1, wannan na nufin Powernode zai wuce kimanin 99 dB tare da kayan shirin na irin da nake magana akan.
07 of 07
Bluesound Powernode da Vault: Final Take
Bisa ga abin da na gani lokacin da sauran kamfanoni sun yi kokari wajen kullun fayilolin kiɗa, ban yi tsammanin yawa daga Bluesound - Na yi tsammanin zai zama babban karamin murya tare da karamin karamin rubutu a kan . Amma ga jin dadi, na yi kuskure. Yana da hanyar yin amfani da duniya, kuma hanyar da ta fi dacewa na samu don jin dadin kiɗa mai tsayi.
Da kyau na Powernode idan kana son saurin ampotar mai ginawa, amma ga alama a cikin tsarin da mafi kyau ingancin sauti shine makasudin, Ina so in ɗauka zuwa ƙwallon ƙarancin kick-ass. Don haka, nijar ta $ 449 na Bluesound ta zama mai dadi - hanyar da za ta iya dacewa kuma ta dace don ƙara sauko da fayilolin ajiya masu adana, tare da ayyukan watsa labaran Intanit, da damar da za a iya amfani da su, a cikin wani sauti mai tsabta.