Ruark Expands Its Premium Range with the R710 and Talisman-R

Ruark has bolstered its premium 100 Series with a more powerful music console, the R710, and revived one of its best-known speaker names with its new Talisman-R floorstander.

This new British hi-fi pairing draws on four decades of engineering from the Southend-on-Sea-based brand, positioning both products as placing equal emphasis on aesthetics as on outright performance.

The R710 is presented as the most powerful model yet in Ruark’s 100 Series. It also taps into renewed interest in physical media by combining modern streaming support with an integrated CD player and a built-in phono stage for turntables.

Alongside it comes the Talisman-R, a floorstander that revives one of Ruark’s best-known designs from 1990. This latest version updates the concept with current acoustic engineering and styling, tying it to the rest of the 100 Series range.

Taken together, the R710 and Talisman-R are clearly aimed at buyers who want a complete, design-conscious system without sacrificing important hi-fi credentials.

Ruark R710

Created as a more powerful companion to the Applause Award-winning R610 Music Console, the R710 blends retro-inspired styling with a broad modern feature set.

Ruark says build quality has been prioritised throughout, from the materials and soft-touch controls to the matching Bluetooth remote and front-mounted 6.8-inch colour TFT display.

Inside, the R710 uses a custom switch-mode power supply feeding the motherboard and digital amplification stages. Ruark says careful PCB layout and grounding have been used to minimise noise and interference.

The company rates the system at up to 200W per channel and says a quad-core processor gives it the headroom to handle high-resolution audio up to 32-bit/192kHz with ease.

Streaming support includes Spotify Connect, Tidal Connect, Qobuz Connect, Apple AirPlay 2, Google Cast, internet radio and aptX HD Bluetooth. Local playback is also available from networked media servers and USB storage.

Physical sources have also been given prominence. The integrated CD drive and moving-magnet phono stage reflect the continued revival of compact disc and vinyl listening, while HDMI ARC/eARC allows the console to double as part of a TV setup.

Rounding things off are a rechargeable RotoDial Bluetooth remote, plus support for both wired and Bluetooth headphones.

Ruark Talisman-R

The Talisman-R revives a speaker name that helped define Ruark in the early 1990s. While it keeps the slim proportions and sloped baffle of the original, the new version has been reworked to suit the company’s current design language and acoustic ambitions.

It remains a two-way bass-reflex design and continues Ruark’s preference for natural driver materials, pairing a 27mm silk-dome tweeter with a 165mm NS+ long-throw woofer in a cabinet with dual flared ports.

Ruark says the second-order crossover uses a gold-plated board with premium capacitors, resistors and low-loss inductors and works at 2.2kHz.

The company quotes a typical in-room frequency response of 35Hz to 22kHz, with sensitivity rated at 87dB (2.83V/1m) and nominal impedance at 6 ohms.

Particular attention has also been paid to cabinet design. The front baffle is decoupled using elastomer bushes and dual damping strips to help limit vibration transfer from the drivers to the enclosure, while the removable magnetic grille uses acoustically transparent fabric.

Internally, the cabinet uses bracing and compound wadding to control resonances and standing waves, aiming to reduce colouration and improve clarity.

Stability comes from a 10mm steel plinth fitted with adjustable rubber feet and carpet spikes, which also contributes to the speaker’s floating appearance. The result, says Ruark, is a design intended to sit comfortably in the home while still delivering full-scale sound.

The R710 will be offered in Fused Walnut and Satin Charcoal lacquer finishes, priced at £2,199 | €2,699. The Talisman-R, meanwhile, comes in at £1,499 | €1,799.

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