Innuos PULSAR

Controlled via Innuos Sense App

Managing your music should never get in the way of listening to your music - it should complement the experience. The Innuos Sense app is a powerful music management tool that works the way you do – it is made to help you manage organize and play your music and navigate streaming services with ease. Sense is available as a free download and tightly integrates with high-end online music services and our innuOS Operating System to deliver optimal music playback with the following features:

• • Qobuz and TIDAL integration including Artist Bios Related Artists Top Tracks and more.
  • Management of Qobuz and TIDAL albums together with albums stored on a Network Attached Storage (NAS) for a unified Music Library
  • Internet Radio with easy preset creation
  • Radio Paradise a popular music stream

Fast Integrated searches through internet radio streaming services and music on a NAS

• Easy creation of playlists from multiple streaming services and music on a NAS
• Curated and configurable Smart Mixes based on your music
• Home Screen widgets allow you to customize and access your favorite features at the touch of a button
• Seamless and automatic ripping of CDs on Innuos music servers.

PULSAR

FLEXIBILITY
Each PULSAR series Network Music Player has two modes – these modes give you the flexibility to configure your network music player to work the way you want it to. Your music played your way.

In Standalone mode you can use the Innuos Sense app to play streaming services Internet Radio and music stored on a NAS to a multitude of audio systems. In this mode the PULSAR becomes the center of your audio system enabling you also to use the Sense app with other streaming devices on your network.

In Endpoint Mode PULSAR connects to a main music server be it an Innuos Music Server HQ Player or any server running Logitech Media Server. The PULSAR will then show as a zone on the respective music server app and you can use your preferred app to browse and play music through the PULSAR.

01.

Integrated USB Reclocker

The USB reclocker on PULSAR is a lite version of our legendary PhoenixUSB reclocker. PULSAR’s reclocker uses a single rail of LPSU to power both clock and USB chip instead of a separate rail for each that the PhoenixUSB uses yet greatly improves timing consistency and what you hear.

The PULSAR reclocker is also modular so in the future there may be upgrades or different options made available.

01.

Convenient Design

With its compact footprint low-power efficiency quiet operation and range of connectivity the PULSAR is a convenient and discreet music streamer for all your music from an Innuos music server HiFi streaming services and internet radio.

02.

Power Isolation

PULSAR is more than a step up for better music playback – it stands head and shoulders above using a computer for streaming.

One of the ways PULSAR excels is through power isolation. PULSAR has three independent power rails: one for the main board one for the Reclocker and one for the SSD. This isolation makes for cleaner power to each component and helps reveal blacker backgrounds more detail and dimension.

03.

Connectivity Made Easy

PULSAR outputs PCM up to 32bit/768kHz as well as up to DSD512 via USB to compatible DACs.

04.

The Sum of its Parts

PULSAR infuses musicality and ease-of-use in a player that not only streams your music it reveals it.

The combination of high-quality components and custom engineering with the innuOS Operating System and Sense app to drive it all makes for remarkable-sounding music streaming that simply can’t be unheard.

PULSAR leverages more than a decade of engineering advancements in software and premium-quality component selection to achieve its detailed sound.

05.

MQA Core Decoding

PULSAR supports MQA Core Software Decoding which means you can playback MQA audio files and streams delivering the sound of the original master recording. MQA Core software decoding is provided free of charge and enables streaming and playback of MQA files up to 24bit/96 kHz for non-MQA DACs and up to 24bit/384 kHz for MQA Renderer/Decoder DACs. PULSAR can also passthrough MQA files to MQA Full Decoder DACs.

InnuOS Operating System 2.3 or higher is required for MQA Core Decoding.

Visit our MQA page for more information.

Specifications

AUDIO OUTPUTS

 

Digital Output

USB DAC output with PhoenixUSB Lite Reclocker (Up to 32bit/768KHz Up to DSD256 via DoP Up to DSD512 via Native DSD). Other Modules to be made available in the future.

CONNECTIVITY

Ethernet	2 x rear panel RJ45 – Bridged Gigabit Ethernet
USB	4x USB 3.0

FORMATS

Audio Formats Supported for streaming and playing

WAV AIFF FLAC ALAC AAC MP3 MQA

ENDPOINT MODE

Endpoint Mode

Connects to Innuos Music Servers Logitech Media Server based Servers or HQPlayer Server

USER CONTROL INTERFACES

Web Interface	Modern Web Browsers from iOS Android Windows and Mac OS
Mobile	Innuos Sense App (iOS/Android/Kindle Fire)

HARDWARE

CPU	Intel Quad Core N4200
Memory	8GB DDR3 Low-Voltage RAM (4GB Dedicated for RAM Playback)

STREAMING AND DAC SUPPORT

UPnP/DLNA	Controls selected UPnP streamers as endpoints via Sense
Streaming Services	Internet Radio Qobuz Radio Paradise Tidal
USB DAC Support	USB DACs complying to USB Audio Class 2
USB DACs supporting DSD over DoP protocol
Selected USB DACs supporting Native DSD

REQUIREMENTS

Network	Internet connection to access Internet Radio Streaming Services and software updates
Network router with at least one available ethernet port
Premium subscription required for some streaming services such as Spotify Qobuz and TIDAL

 

POWER

Mains Supply	230V AC / 115V AC – Internal Linear Power Supply
Power Consumption (Idle)	7W
Power Consumption (Peak) Standalone mode	13.7W

 

PHYSICAL

Dimensions	420mm x 290mm x 76mm (W x D x H)
Weight	10 17 kg (11 5 kg boxed)
In the box	Innuos PULSAR Network Player
Mains Cable
2m Ethernet Cable
Quick Start Guide

News Reviews and Tips

Innuos Pulsar: star quality

``The Pulsar is a vivacious and thrilling streamer with all manner of music...The finest dedicated streamer in the Innuos catalogue is a high resolution device that’s capable of superb results with the right ancillaries it sounds excellent with a good recording on Qobuz and even better with the same thing on a music server. Add in the quality of the Sense control app and you have a strong contender at a reasonable price.``

Jason Kennedy The Ear

Read the review

Online Resources

 

Visit our Online Support area

Hear For Yourself

Want to hear a PULSE before making a decision? Visit an Innuos Authorized Dealer to arrange a demonstration today. You can find one near you on our dealer locator.

Find a Dealer

Got ideas? Tell us about them!

At Innuos we love to listen - to music and to you. If you've got an idea about how to improve our products we invite you to visit our Feedback Zone. There you'll find other suggestions or you can submit your own.

Visit the Innuos Feedback Zone

Innuos Pulsar: star quality

``The Pulsar is a vivacious and thrilling streamer with all manner of music...The finest dedicated streamer in the Innuos catalogue is a high resolution device that’s capable of superb results with the right ancillaries it sounds excellent with a good recording on Qobuz and even better with the same thing on a music server. Add in the quality of the Sense control app and you have a strong contender at a reasonable price.``

Jason Kennedy The Ear

Read the review

Online Resources

Already have a PULSE? Congratulations. If you're having troubles with configurations or don't know where to start we have a support area with online resources to help you out.

Visit our Online Support area

Hear For Yourself

Want to hear a PULSE before making a decision? Visit an Innuos Authorized Dealer to arrange a demonstration today. You can find one near you on our dealer locator.

Find a Dealer

Got ideas? Tell us about them!

At Innuos we love to listen - to music and to you. If you've got an idea about how to improve our products we invite you to visit our Feedback Zone. There you'll find other suggestions or you can submit your own.

Visit the Innuos Feedback Zone

Innuos Pulsar: star quality

``The Pulsar is a vivacious and thrilling streamer with all manner of music...The finest dedicated streamer in the Innuos catalogue is a high resolution device that’s capable of superb results with the right ancillaries it sounds excellent with a good recording on Qobuz and even better with the same thing on a music server. Add in the quality of the Sense control app and you have a strong contender at a reasonable price.``

Jason Kennedy The Ear

Read the review

Online Resources

Already have a PULSE? Congratulations. If you're having troubles with configurations or don't know where to start we have a support area with online resources to help you out.

Visit our Online Support area

Hear For Yourself

Want to hear a PULSE before making a decision? Visit an Innuos Authorized Dealer to arrange a demonstration today. You can find one near you on our dealer locator.

Find a Dealer

Got ideas? Tell us about them!

At Innuos we love to listen - to music and to you. If you've got an idea about how to improve our products we invite you to visit our Feedback Zone. There you'll find other suggestions or you can submit your own.