Bluesound Hub

A turntable, a CD player, a TV — plenty of gear you own doesn’t have a network connection of its own, and even if you plugged it into a Bluesound player’s own analogue or digital input, that source would still be stuck in whichever room that player sits in. The Hub’s job is to put a wired source onto your BluOS network directly, so any Bluesound player in the house can pick it up wirelessly — not just the one it’s physically plugged into.

It does this across five inputs at once: HDMI eARC, coaxial digital, TOSLINK optical, stereo RCA line level, and a moving magnet phono input. Two of those can be active simultaneously — one analogue source and one digital source, each streamed independently to different players. That’s not input-switching, it’s two genuinely separate signal paths running from the same box.

The phono stage is doing real work

A turntable’s cartridge signal is tiny and needs RIAA equalisation before it’s usable — that’s what a phono stage is for, and it’s easy to forget a HUB needs one built in if you’re feeding vinyl into it. Bluesound have built a low-noise, wide-bandwidth MM phono stage directly into the Hub, rated above 80dB signal-to-noise, so a turntable’s cartridge output arrives at the BluOS network already amplified and equalised — no separate outboard phono stage required.

Worth flagging: this is a moving magnet input only. If you’re running a moving coil cartridge, you’ll still need a step-up transformer or head amp ahead of the Hub — get in touch if you’d like advice on matching one to your cartridge.

Connectivity and control

The Hub connects to your network over dual-band Wi-Fi or Gigabit ethernet, and up to four Hubs can run on a single network at once — useful if you’ve got several wired sources scattered around a larger system. Everything is selected and controlled from the BluOS app, so switching which source feeds which room is a few taps rather than a trip to the equipment rack.

Power comes from an external USB-C adapter rather than an internal supply, which is why the unit itself stays small enough to tuck out of sight behind a TV or turntable.

Features

• Five inputs, two simultaneous streams — HDMI eARC, coaxial, optical, stereo RCA, and MM phono, with one analogue and one digital source streamable at once
• Built-in MM phono stage — low-noise, wide-bandwidth design (>80dB S/N) for whole-home turntable streaming without an outboard phono stage
• HDMI eARC for TV sound — pair with a set of Bluesound Pulse speakers to get multi-room audio from your TV
• Dual-band Wi-Fi or Gigabit ethernet — flexible network connection depending on where the Hub sits
• Up to 4 Hubs per network — support for multiple wired sources across a larger system
• BluOS app control — select any Hub input as the source for any BluOS player from your phone or tablet
• Compact, external power supply — external USB-C adapter keeps the unit small enough to place discreetly

Frequently Asked Questions

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