Pros
- Lovely design and build
- Excellent sound
- Wealth of connections
- Flexible placement
Cons
- The app can be a little sluggish
Ruark has a habit of making attractive, retro-styled speakers and radios – and making them sound great. In recent years the company brought its offerings into the realm of wireless multi-room audio with the R5, MRx, R2 Mk3 and R7 Mk3.
The MRx is a great wireless streaming speaker with a multitude of sources: Bluetooth, Spotify Connect, Deezer, Tidal, 3.5mm analogue, USB for hard drives and DLNA for network-stored music. You can stereo-pair it and it can also be used vertically in mono mode, making it a hugely versatile beast.
When we tested it, we referred to its audio performance as musically infectious. The MRx’s full-range drivers deliver plenty of power, emotion and rhythmic precision. It’s a wonderfully balanced performer, so even though the cost is high at £400, you’d be hard pressed to find a better-sounding speaker.
