Ruark OPEN BOX R1 Mk4 - Light Cream - A Grade

OPEN BOX Deluxe Bluetooth Radio - Light Cream - A Grade

Ruark OPEN BOX R1 Mk4 - Light Cream - A Grade

OPEN BOX Deluxe Bluetooth Radio - Light Cream - A Grade
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Ideal for the kitchen, perfect in the office and simply delightful to wake up to in the bedroom, the new Ruark R1 brings style to any room, and with a quality Bluetooth receiver built-in you can wirelessly stream to R1 from your phone or computer. Most importantly, if you love music, Ruark are confident that you’ll find R1 Mk4 a revelation.

Entirely Adorable

Your favourite chair. The well-worn sweater you always reach for. The watch your grandad gave you. Life’s full of things to treasure and for Ruark, it’s the R1 radio. It was the first product they launched in 2006 and they still cherish it today – and so do their customers. It’s perfectly proportioned, beautifully made, deceptively powerful and entirely adorable. What’s not to love?

A New Approach

Each generation of the R1 has been an evolution of the original, but with R1 Mk4 Ruark wanted it to be more progressive both in design and performance.

Using a precision moulding process has allowed Ruark to gently profile the enclosure providing a fresh new look and the perfect surface for their new Light Cream and Espresso finishes. With acoustic treatment the enclosure is sturdy and acoustically inert, providing the ideal housing for the R1's electronics and NS+ driver.

Enhancing the design further is a beautiful hand-crafted slatted wood grille. This brings added sophistication and creates a timeless Eames-like vibe, but overall, the design is still unique and distinctly Ruark.

A New Standard in Sound

Previous R1 models were critically acclaimed for their sound, but with R1 Mk4 Ruark has further raised the bar! With their heritage in high-fidelity loudspeakers they understand the complexities of enclosure and drive unit design and making sure that both are matched to each other. In particular, their latest neodymium NS+ driver, as used in our R3 and R5 models, provides a smooth and extended frequency response and in R1 Mk4’s tuned enclosure delivers an impressive bass performance.

Driving the system is a punchy Class A/B linear amplifier for exceptional dynamics and with adaptive equalisation an eminently listenable sound is provided at all volume levels.

Packed With Useful Features

R1's crisp OLED display clearly shows time, alarm and program information, and auto adjusts to suit ambient light levels, making it a perfect bedside companion. Radio reception is excellent, and a Bluetooth receiver allows you to enjoy R1’s great sound when streaming from your phone or computer.

FM parameters can be set to suit US and Japanese needs and a multilingual user interface makes R1 a truly international proposition. Also with a real time clock built in, time and date are kept active when power is disconnected or when transmitted data is not available.

The list of features continues, but other highlights include a USB-C charge/shuffle playback port, headphone output, switchable line input and of course our trademark RotoDial control system. Finally, for those seeking distant operation, there is an optional compact remote control available (sold separately).

As Ruark said back in 2006, radio never sounded or looked this good.

Features at a Glance

  • Class leading sound with adaptive EQ
  • DAB, DAB+ and FM tuners
  • High quality Bluetooth receiver
  • USB charge and shuffle playback port
  • Auto dimming high contrast OLED display
  • Easy-to-use dual alarms and sleep timer
  • Adaptive EQ provides ideal sound at all volumes
  • Multiregional FM (World, USA, Japan and Korea)
  • High fidelity Class A-B amplifier
  • Ruark NS+ neodymium full range driver
  • Acoustically tuned and damped polymer cabinet
  • Adjustable bass and treble settings
  • Hand-crafted slatted wood grille
  • Intuitive RotoDial controller
  • Optional remote control with 4 direct access presets
  • Presets to store favourite stations – 8 per band
  • Real time clock with battery backup
  • Easily customised for hotel use
  • USB-C multi format shuffle playback port
  • Switchable analogue input for aux devices
  • Headphone output memorises last used volume
  • Multilingual UI (EN, DA, DE, ES, FR, IT, JA, KO, NL, NO, PL, RU, ZH)
  • Automatic standby after 20 minutes of inactivity
  • Power adapter: 100-240VAC, 50-60Hz input, 14VDC 1.5A output
  • Dimensions (H x W x D): 6.9 x 5.1 x 5.3" (175 × 130 × 135mm)
  • Weight: 3.3 lbs. (1.5 kg)

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