The Bluesound HUB helps to make streaming audio more flexible than ever. With it, you can turn any wired audio device into a multi-room player by adding a HUB to transmit music to one or many existing Bluesound players around your home, wirelessly. This means you can now stream virtually any audio source, anywhere, with the Bluesound HUB.

For Any Wired Audio Source    Stream Sources to Bluesound Players    Ideal for CD & Vinyl Lovers    Five Digital & Analog Input Options

Easily add a Bluesound HUB to any audio source and stream it through your existing Bluesound multi-room music system. Enjoy your favorite music from audio sources like a turntable or CD player in any other connected room of your home.

Take advantage of the HUB's wealth of digital and analog input options including HDMI eARC, digital coax, optical TOSLINK, analog RCA, and a MM phono input. Each HUB can simultaneously stream one digital and one analog source, and up to four HUBs can be supported on a single network.

The HUB is easily selectable as an input in the BluOS app. A few taps on the BluOS app allows you to control your entire multi-room system from your smartphone, tablet, or computer.

With a compact, minimalist design and a choice of high-speed dual-band Wi-Fi or wired Gigabit Ethernet connection options, the HUB provides unlimited placement flexibility, so you don't have to move players around or deal with wires. By keeping its USB Type-C connected power supply external, the HUB stays compact, creating more opportunities for you to add HUBs around the house and preserve simplicity.

Vinyl lovers will appreciate the HUB's built-in audiophile-grade MM phono stage preamp that brings the audio from your turntable to all your Bluesound players for whole-home turntable streaming. The HUB acts as a networked low noise, wide-bandwidth phono pre-amp, delivering spectacular audio quality so you can enjoy your vinyl collection in any or every room of your home.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Is there a way to input tapes into the vault?

A: Music from cassette tapes would first need to be digitized, then transferred to the Bluesound VAULT 2i Network Audio Player with 2TB HDD and CD Ripper (White), B&H # BLVAULT2IWHT, via USB.

Q: 2. Can the 2TB drive be changed out to something larger? What does it take to transfer the operating system from the 2TB HDD to the new one?

A: The internal HDD cannot be changed unfortunately. You can use a NAS drive and move the albums as needed. Or you can use a second Vault and the two libraries will coalesce into one using the app.

Q: 3. Can I connect a turntable to this unit?

A: You would need a turntable that has a pre-amp built in to connect to the Bluesound NODE Network Audio Player (Black) BH #BLN130BLKUNV. You would also need the Kopul 1/8" Stereo Mini to Dual RCA Y-Cable - 6' (1.8 m) BH #KOSMYCM2RM06 to make the connection.

Q: 4. Can you create, read and store playlists on this device?

A: Yes you can create, read and store playlists on the Bluesound VAULT 2i. Here is a link to a page from Bluesound, with instructions on creating and storing playlists. https://support.bluos.net/hc/en-us/articles/360036112673-Creating-and-Managing-Playlists

Q: 5. How do you connect the OWC TB4 hub to M1 Mac mini and prevent PD charge current from going into Mac mini? Are there circuit protections in either the hub or the Mac mini?

A: We have not received any complaints about charge currents going into the Mac. Neither Apple nor OWC specify it having circuit protection.

Q: 6. Would I be able to adjust the volume from the android app?

A: Yes you can adjust the volume for the Bluesound Node using the BluOS Controller App on your Android device.

Q: 7. Can this device be integrated into my Crestron Home automation system?

A: According to the information I am seeing, Bluesound only allows for controlling the Vault 2i through their compatible app via smartphone or tablet.

Q: 8. Is the Bluesound Pulse Flex 2i compatible with Qobuz?

A: The Bluesound PULSE FLEX 2i Wireless Speaker and Battery Pack Bundle (Matte Black / Black), BH #BLPFLX2IBMBB. The BluOS Controller app (for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, and Windows & macOS devices) lets you stream songs from your existing music services like Qobuz.

Q: 9. I just want to rip my CD collection and store it for playback. No streaming. Do I still need a continuous ethernet connection?

A: In order to play the music and access it from the Bluesound VAULT 2i Network Audio Player with 2TB HDD and CD Ripper (Black Matte) BH #BLVAULT2IBLK it would need to be connected with ethernet.

Q: 10. what is cd rip speed?

A: The Bluesound VAULT 2i Network Audio Player with 2TB HDD and CD Ripper (Black Matte), BH # BLVAULT2IBLK may take a CD as long as 20-30 minutes from time of insertion to be completely ripped, encoded, indexed and correctly displayed in the Bluesound App to ensure that Bluesound has the most accurate and true transfer of music from the original CD.