{"id":159644,"date":"2023-04-06T13:22:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T12:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=159644"},"modified":"2023-10-18T06:07:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:07:35","slug":"ruark-r1s-radio-alarm-clock-can-now-stream-as-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/ruark-r1s-radio-alarm-clock-can-now-stream-as-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruark R1S radio alarm clock can now stream as well"},"content":{"rendered":"

Promoted in the comedies of the 70s and 80s, the radio alarm clock, without losing a fraction of its convenience,\u00a0is becoming\u00a0more and more multitasking – this is the R1S, at least the fifth iteration of the classic model of the English company Ruark.\u00a0From\u00a0its predecessor, R1\u00a0, the novelty is distinguished by the letter S – streaming.\u00a0Until now, only the larger and more expensive R2 had such capabilities.<\/p>\n

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Radio alarm clock Ruark R1S – now with streaming<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Equipped with Wi-Fi, the Ruark R1S is ready to connect with Spotify via Spotify Connect (Spotify HiFi is promised as soon as it’s\u00a0available\u00a0), Amazon Music and Deezer.\u00a0Added to this are countless internet radios.\u00a0R1S terrestrial radio is still no stranger, Ruark’s SmartRadio tuner comes in FM, DAB and DAB+ options.\u00a0Another wireless music transfer option is Bluetooth 5.0.<\/p>\n

Among wired connections, there is a USB-C port for charging, say, a smartphone.\u00a0There’s also a switchable analog line-in and a headphone jack.\u00a0The novelty is powered by the mains, but with the optional BackPack 3 battery pack, the R1S model, like its predecessor, can become much more autonomous.<\/p>\n

The amplifying-acoustic part of the R1S is the same class A \/ B end with a neodymium full-range NS speaker.\u00a0Management – a proven convenient RotoDial on the top panel of a plastic case with a grill made of environmentally friendly wooden slats.\u00a0Control options are a remote control or the brand new Oktiv app, available in Android or iOS versions.<\/p>\n

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In the UK, the Ruark R1S<\/a> bedside radio costs \u00a3300 and the BackPack 3 battery pack costs \u00a370 more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Promoted in the comedies of the 70s and 80s, the radio alarm clock, without losing a fraction of its convenience,\u00a0is becoming\u00a0more and more multitasking – this is the R1S, at least the fifth iteration of the classic model of the English company Ruark.\u00a0From\u00a0its predecessor, R1\u00a0, the novelty is distinguished by the letter S – streaming.\u00a0Until […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":159646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-159644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-speakers","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}