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This product is discontinued and no longer available to purchase.
We regularly check prices against major UK retailers including Argos, Currys, John Lewis and Hughes to stay competitive. If you find the same product cheaper at an authorised UK retailer, we'll do our best to match it. See full details here.
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R1 Premium Bluetooth Radio – Entirely adorable
Your favourite chair. The well-worn sweater you always reach for. The watch your grandad gave you. Life’s full of things we treasure and for us, it’s our R1 radio. It was the first product we launched in 2006 and we still cherish it today – and so do our customers. It’s perfectly proportioned, beautifully made, deceptively powerful and entirely adorable. What’s not to love?
A FRESH APPROACH
Each generation of our R1 has been an evolution of the original, but with R1 Mk4 we wanted it to be more progressive both in design and performance.
Using a precision moulding process has allowed us to gently profile the enclosure providing a fresh new look and the perfect surface for our new Light Cream and Espresso finishes. With acoustic treatment the enclosure is sturdy and acoustically inert, providing the ideal housing for our 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
Our previous R1 models were critically acclaimed for their sound, but with R1 Mk4 we have further raised the bar! With our heritage in high-fidelity loudspeakers we understand the complexities of enclosure and drive unit design and making sure that both are matched to each other. In particular our 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.
A NEW STANDARD IN FEATURES
Our crisp OLED display clearly shows time, alarm and programme 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, we have an optional compact remote control available.
As we said back in 2006, radio never sounded or looked this good.
Product specification
Accessories included Aerial, Manual
Alarm Dual
Brand Ruark
Audio Connections Bluetooth 4.2, USB-C, 3.5mm Aux In, 3.5mm Headphones Out
Connectivity type Bluetooth
Dimensions Packaged: H27 x W18 x D21cm.
Unpackaged: H17.5 x W13 x D13.5cm
Display OLED
File formats WAV, AAC, WMA, FLAC, MP3
Manufacturer part number (mpn) R1D-ESP
Model name / number R1 Mk4
Multi-room sound No
Nfc payment enabled No NFC Payment method
Power supply Mains
Preset stations 8
Radio tuner DAB, DAB+, FM
Sound features Alarm Clock
Speaker output 9W
Weight 1.4kg
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