Vita Audio R4 IMS powers out

It’s certainly not short on grunt. Under that walnut veneer you’ll find a monster 80 watts of power, as well as DAB and FM tuners.

Then there’s USB support, a dock for your ‘Pod plus two auxiliary ports if you’re not packing an Apple–flavoured jukebox.

As well as playing bog–standard CDs, it’ll also play MP3s and WMAs from disc. Clearly they’re catering for every muso who stashes tunes in a ridiculously haphazard manner. Not unlike a few of us here at Stuff Towers.

Vita says it’s “fighting the wave of plastic tat”, a fight we’re happy to lend our names too. Obviously, joining this war against cheap–looking kit will cost. £500 to be precise. Still, that’s a snip for what you’re getting.

Essentials

Vita Audio R4 IMS

Price: £500

On sale: June

Contact: Vita Audio

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home