Ruark R2 Mk4

Description

R2 Mk4 Smart MusicSystem

With its slim profile, built-in radio and streaming options and natural, powerful sound, the all new R2 fits easily and unobtrusively into your surroundings, and makes it easy to enjoy the music you love the most.

What Hi-Fi? Awards 2023

One of Lifes Essentials

Can you imagine a life without music? Neither can we. With its slim profile, SmartRadio tuner, inclusive streaming options and natural, powerful sound, the new R2 has been designed to fit easily into your life and surroundings and makes it easy to enjoy the music you love the most. Like that first tea or coffee in the morning, R2 is an essential element to creating a great day, all day and everyday.

• Striking and natural soundquality
• Comprehensive Wi-Fi streaming
• New generation Bluetooth 5receiver
• SmartRadio withInternet/DAB/DAB+/FMtuners
• Comprehensive dual alarms and sleepfunction
• Dedicated podcast source

A Slim, Elegant Profile

The new R2 brings one of our longest-established models right up to date, while retaining key features that made our original R2 a popular music system since its launch in 2007. The most obvious change from its predecessors is its slimmer footprint. Such elegant new proportions allow R2 to be placed almost anywhere in the home and make it perfect for a windowsill orbookcase.

The appearance of R2 is simple yet stunning. The enclosure, with precise lines and soft contours, combines with the hand crafted slatted wood grille to create a timeless retro-modern feel. Along with its bonded glass display and our trademark RotoDial controller, R2 is undoubtedly a Ruark design and the quality remainsclear.

Features at a Glance

• Striking and dynamic soundquality
• Spotify Connect*, Deezer & AmazonMusic
• New generation Bluetooth5 receiver
• SmartRadio with Internet/DAB/DAB+/FM tuners
• Comprehensive dual alarms and sleeptimer
• Dedicated podcast source
• Acoustically tuned and damped polymercabinet
• Adaptive EQ provides ideal sound at allvolumes
• Handcrafted slatted wood grille
• High FidelityClass A-Bstereoamplifier
• Ruark NS+ neodymium full rangedrivers
• Enhanced stereo sound
• Adjustable bass and treblesettings

• Intuitive Ruark RotoDialcontroller
• Full control and search with free Oktiv controlapp
• Optional remote control with 4 direct accesspresets
• Presets to store favourite stations and playlists 8 per source
• USB-C port for MP3 playback and phonecharging
• Switchable analogue input for auxdevices
• Multilingual UI (EN, DA, NL, FR, DE, IT, NO, PL, ES,SV)
• Headphone output memorises last usedvolume
• Auto dimming full colour TFTdisplay
• Automatic standby after 20mins ofinactivity
• Power adapter:100-240VAC,50-60Hzinput, 14VDC 2Aoutput
• Dimensions: H185 W340 D150mm including RotoDial andaerial
• Weight: 2.9kg

*R2 will also support Spotify Hi-Fi when made available

The most obvious change. is the R2Mk4s slimmer footprint. Such elegant new proportions allow the system to be placed almost anywhere in thehome

A Complete System

A complete music system, R2 is equipped with DAB/DAB+, FM and internet tuners with pre-sets, and directly supports major streaming services including Spotify*, Amazon Music and Deezer, and with a quality Bluetooth receiver every other streaming service available. The Bluetooth function also seamlessly integrates with the volume function on phones and tablets, so volume can be easily raised or reduced as desired. R2 also features a USB-C charge and playback port, switchable auxiliary line input and headphone output. Remote control is available through the free Oktiv app, or a compact IR handset is available as an optionalextra.

*R2 will also support Spotify Hi-Fi when madeavailable

Full of Useful Features

Our new colour graphic display clearly shows time, alarm and programme information and with internet based sources you can choose between text display or station and album artwork by pressing the volume control. The display intensity can also be set as you want it and auto-adjusts to suit ambient light levels. With two comprehensive alarms and a sleep timer, R2 also makes a great bedsidecompanion.

Like all Ruark products, the R2 incorporates carefully selected technologies to deliver wonderfully clear and effortless sound. The linear amplifier linked with our NS+ drivers and adaptive equalisation provides the perfect sound balance for enjoying music and spoken-word at all volume levels, making R2 an essential way to relax and unwind in todays often manic world.

With its full bodied Hi-Fidelity sound, it makes speech and music thoroughly enjoyable and like that first tea or coffee in the morning, an essential element to creating a great day.

Alan ORourke, Managing Director, Ruark

Control at Your Fingertips

Our optional compact remote is a convenient addition to R2 and with four direct pre-set buttons you can quickly access your favourite stations and playlists. Also available is a new free to download Android and iOS app called Oktiv. This also allows full control of R2 Mk4 and is particularly useful for searching radiostations andpodcasts.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Class leading audio with enhanced stereosound
• Comprehensive Wi-Fi streaming
• Spotify Connect and support for Deezer and AmazonMusic
• Latest generation Bluetooth5 receiver
• SmartRadio tuner with internetradio/DAB/DAB+/FM
• USB-C playback/charge port