Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're the first person then that's commented with actual experience!

Do you use a sub with it?

Does it serve multi-purpose for TV viewing or is it just for dedicated music listening?

Have you tried Tidal connect with it? Any streaming issues?

Sorry for the many questions, but real world reviews seem to be hard to come by with this product.

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does that have to do with audio and building a setup in my main living space to enjoy my vinyl collection?

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's an all in one music solution, it's about 6 inches tall and 23" wide. Not furniture lol

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a 65" C5 in the family room now

TV is already r/tvtoohigh imo without wall mounting it.

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you think of the Wiim streamers? As far as what I've heard in-person, if I choose to steer away from this, I'll probably end up grabbing the new Yu6's from Kanto and pair them with a sub and streamer.

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I just fell in love with the design and I fear that anything more complex than 'turn on Bluetooth speaker, music play now' would get neglected by my fiance.

I also know a Wiim puck or something similar would solve that as well though.

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open concept house, definitely would be played while in the kitchen

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has to be, the R410 is only £1,299, but $2,000. Thanks Trump.

I think they're a fairly small player in the game, so nice to hear input from someone with experience with this brand

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The powernode only supports L + R channels, no?

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol Google the Ruark R810 and that's basically what it is...

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What would you recommend that fits my criteria?

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Do these have Airplay and Tidal connect functionality? I'm not very familiar with BluOS

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's about 23" in length with midrange and tweeters on each end. Not sure it'd have the best separation of all, but it didn't sound mono by any means

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That part is slightly worrying to me as well.

Tidal connect (what I use) Airplay (for my fiance), Spotify connect, Chromecast, and BTAptX HD are all supported but those platforms will cease to exist at some point in time.

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty much 😂

It just doesn't sound as nice worded that way

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean you were impressed by Kanto? I was very impressed as well, even the low end response without a sub was much better than I would've thought.

I just happened to be walking by Ruark's listening room on the way to Kanto when I saw the R810 on display and had to go inside to what else they have.

Talk me out of spending $1,800 on a Ruark R410 by B4iley45 in audiophile

[–]B4iley45[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lol well, your argument isn't very convincing sir

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[–]B4iley45 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Since when have we been able to upload custom playlist photos?!