This is the second Ruark R2i that seemed to work according to the display but produced no sound no matter what source was selected.
A clue was that the current being drawn was about 200ma at 12 volts, which indicated that the final amplifier was ok
Between the sources and the final amplifier is a Princeton technology PT2314 chip that controls source/tone / volume. I checked the voltages and there was no supply. It should be 9 volts
At the front of the main circuit board above the headphone/aux in sockets is an axial 2 watt 56 ohm resistor (R1) and a surface mount Zener diode (D1) marked AZ.
The Zener, which is a 9V1 400mw device, was short circuit. For this to happen three times probably means that the Zener was dissipating 400mw or more.
I removed the surface mount zener diode and replaced it with an axial 1 watt 9V1 Zener between the 56 ohm resistor leg next to the zener diode and the star ground point a few millimeters away. Be careful not to power up the radio with the Zener diode removed as you will apply 12 volts to the PT2314.
The radio recovered.
I also checked the ferrites in series with the audio signals between the PT2314 and the TDA7226 as if they have a high impedance (>1 ohm dc) the audio becomes distorted. The same circuit is in the Ruark R1 Mk3 and failing ferrites caused rapid volume changes and distortion