R3S
Ruark Audio · £649
Worth being NRY provisional
The larger Ruark system, revised into S form from the award-winning R3, and the first thing here that genuinely fills a living room from one box. Expansive is the right word for it: the cabinet is doing most of the work and you can hear the extra volume of it against the R2. At £649 it is the point where a one-box system stops being a compromise.
- For
- Someone who wants a living room system and does not want separates.
- Not for
- Anyone with room for two speakers, where a stereo pair will always image better.
What we checked
- It is a revision of the award-winning R3 in S form. Richer Sounds
Marked provisional: the justification rests on 1 source(s); two independent ones is the bar. We publish it anyway and say so, rather than waiting for evidence that may never arrive.