JBL has formally introduced the Pulse 6 Bluetooth speaker, which is launching first in China. Because the title suggests, it serves because the successor to the Pulse 5, which was initially launched in 2023. The brand new speaker can also be listed on JBL Cambodia’s web site, probably indicating that its availability may lengthen past the Chinese language market, though JBL has but to substantiate a wider rollout.
When it comes to design, the Pulse 6 retains an analogous kind issue to its predecessor, that includes a clear cylindrical physique surrounding a 360-degree LED lighting system. Nonetheless, the brand new mannequin introduces an illuminated deal with on prime, which ought to make it simpler to hold round.
In accordance with Gizmochina, the speaker comes with 16 totally different lighting patterns and fundamental EQ controls, each of which might be adjusted by means of the devoted JBL One app. On the sturdiness facet of issues, it has an IP68 score for mud and water resistance.
Efficiency-wise, the Pulse 6 comes with a 30W RMS woofer and a 10W RMS tweeter, offering a complete output of 40W. In accordance with JBL Cambodia, the speaker has a frequency response of 42Hz to 20kHz. The web site additionally particulars the usage of an AI Sound Increase algorithm, which JBL says analyses audio in actual time to cut back distortion at greater volumes.
Past that, the Pulse 6 helps Bluetooth 6.0 with SBC, AAC, and LC3 codecs. It additionally helps Auracast, permitting it to hook up with different suitable JBL audio system. Moreover, the speaker contains a built-in digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) and USB-C port for lossless audio playback on each Mac and PCs.
The Pulse 6 packs a 34Wh battery that helps 15W USB-C charging, with a full cost taking round 4.5 hours. JBL claims as much as 12 hours of playback on a single cost, whereas its Playtime Increase function can lengthen this by round two hours.
As for pricing, Gizmochina studies that the Pulse 6 is priced at CNY2,499 (~RM1,516) in China. Nonetheless, the publication didn’t specify when the speaker will formally go on sale there, whereas the identical applies to its itemizing on JBL Cambodia’s web site.
On the time of writing, the Pulse 6 can also be not listed in SIRIM’s database. As such, there may be at the moment no indication of when it is going to arrive in Malaysia. That mentioned, its predecessor, the Pulse 5, is accessible by means of JBL’s Malaysian web site, so there stays a risk that the newer mannequin may ultimately make its manner right here.
(Supply: Gizmochina, JBL Cambodia)
