- Bluesound Pulse Flex: totally new version with important redesign
- WiiM Sound: WiiM’s first smart speaker with multi-room capability
- Aggressive pricing of £279 / €299 and £299 / €349 respectively
It’s a big day for the best wireless speakers with not one, but two pretty interesting product launches. WiiM is launching WiiM Sound, its first smart speaker that was previously unveiled but lacked a release date or price. And Bluesound has remade its popular all-in-one, the Pulse Flex.
Both are premium smart speakers with multi-room capabilities and are interestingly priced, sitting between the Sonos Era 100 and Sonos Era 300.
Bluesound Pulse Flex 2025: key features and prices
The Bluesound Pulse Flex has been around for a while (it was released in 2018) and this new generation receives a significant redesign that makes it look much sleeker. There are three colors: White Tan, Black Charcoal and White Pebble Grey, and the new design is a big improvement on the rather boxy original: from above, it’s teardrop-shaped, while from the front it’s become more vertical than before.
Of course, what matters most is how it sounds. It is powered by a SmartDSP amplifier and features a four-inch woofer and a three-quarter-inch tweeter, generating 50W of total power. It supports high-resolution audio up to 24-bit/192kHz and features MQA decoding and DSD256 playback. And as you’d expect from Bluesound, it runs the BluOS streaming platform with over 20 streamers included, including all the big names.
The new Pulse Flex has dual-band Wi-Fi, Gigabit Ethernet, and Bluetooth with aptX HD, and it also has multiple wired inputs, including USB-C and optical/analog inputs. It can be used independently, in a stereo pair, or as a surround back for a system including other Bluesound products. It can also be used as part of a multi-room sound system.
The Pulse Flex will be available from December 16, 2025, with a recommended price of £279 / €299. That’s about $372 / AU$572.
WiiM Sound: key features and prices
WiiM Sound was originally introduced in May 2025 and will launch as planned this month (October 2025). It delivers 100W of power through its 4-inch long-throw woofer and dual tweeters, which are tilted slightly left and right (which, interestingly, is the same configuration as the Sonos Era 100), and supports 24-bit/192kHz Hi-Res Audio.
WiiM Sound comes in a familiar cylindrical design enhanced by its 1.8-inch circular touchscreen, which lets you adjust playback, equalizer, and inputs when you’re away from your phone or the included voice remote. And it runs on the WiiM streaming platform which, like BluOS, features all the key streamers.
WiiM Sound also features automatic room correction and, like Bluesound Pulse Flex, can be used standalone or in stereo. It can also be used as a center or surround speaker in a Dolby 5.1 setup and in a WiiM multi-room system, which could naturally include WiiM amplifiers and streaming boxes.
Connectivity is impressive and includes Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3 with LE Audio, Ethernet, and a 3.5mm auxiliary input.
WiiM Sound will be available from this month, October 2025, priced at £299 / €349 / $299 (around AU$459).
The Sonos Era 100, by comparison, costs $219 / £199 / AU$319 officially, although at the time of writing it has some nice discounts – in the UK, it’s just £159, which is fantastic value. The more powerful and detailed Sonos Era 300 costs $479 / £449 / AU$749.
Will these hi-res compatible wireless speakers offer more sound fidelity to make them worth the higher price than the Sonos Era 100, but without the volume and cost of the Era 300? We have big plans to discover and compare them all soon…
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