It makes use of wooden panelling across its front to give it a natural look, with a 2.5-inch OLED screen above that’s large enough to comfortably display information. Like Ruark’s previous radios and wireless speakers, the R1S is undeniably a fashionable looking speaker. With competition from smart speakers from the likes of Apple and Amazon, modern DAB radios have diversified their feature set to compete and one of those radios is Ruark R1S, though at £299 it’s not exactly cheap. The screen is a bit dim at certain angles.Questionable price against the competition.It tends to hog the limelight when listening to radio stations, but there’s a better balance to be found when streaming music, which offers more control over low frequencies. How it handles bass, however, is not always the most consistent in our view. We found it outputted an energetic, if not necessarily dynamic sound, that had plenty of thrust and punch to it, especially with the low frequencies. It delivers a big, spacious, and detailed sound from its BMR drivers. Less muddled in execution is the Revo’s sound. Like the BoomBocs Studio we find it to be a confusing situation as when we used up the full allotment in the app, we weren’t able to access some of the stations on the remote or on the unit itself. The app allows for customisation (which you can also do on through the onboard controls) of audio EQ and a bigger provision of presets, though this is one area we found confusing as the allocation of presets is different with six presets on the remote, seven on the radio and 10 in the app. You can stream Spotify Connect, as well as Amazon Music and Deezer from the app itself. ![]() That’s not the only means of operating the SuperConnect Stereo as it supports Wi-Fi and compatibility with the Undok app. The front side is littered with buttons that cover playback, menu, and alarm settings but there’s another means of operation with the slim remote packaged with the system. Plonked in the middle is a highly visible OLED screen that can be read from a distance, and there’s a volume dial on the side to casually up or lower the volume. It’s also a lovely looking system with its wood panel finish and the black anodised finish of the review sample we were sent. …for the SuperConnect Stereo is a big unit at 370mm wide. We would consider the Revo to be both a radio and hi-fi system rolled into one, which makes considerably more sense once you look at the design… It’s been a while since we last saw and heard a radio from Revo, but they’re back in some style with the SuperConnect Stereo.Ī stereo upgrade over the original SuperConnect, the Stereo version incurs quite the high price for what is described as a radio at £489 / $599.
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