Roksan Audio - Milestones

Milestones

• 1985, introduction of the Xerxes turntable.
• 1986, launched the Darius loudspeaker
• 1987, introduced the Artemiz tonearm
• 1987, their first moving coil phono cartridge, the Shiraz, was launched.
• 1988, Roksan's first lifestyle product, the Hot Cake loudspeakers introduced.
• 1989, introduced their first phono amplifier, Artaxerxes, fitted inside the Xerxes, into which plugged directly the tonearm cable.
• 1989, launched the budget Radius record player, Tabriz arm and Corus moving magnet cartridge.
• 1990, first range of electronics, the ROK S1 stereo amplifier and M1 mono amplifier with matching pre amplifiers and power supplies.
• 1991, Roksan's first CD player, the ROK DP1 introduced
• 1991, launched top of the range TMS record player.
• 1992, Roksan replaced the ROK DP1 with the Attessa CD playing system consisting of CD transport, DAC and power supply.
• 1993, production of the new Ojan 3 and 3X loudspeakers started.
• 1994, Rokone loudspeaker was released in a variety of real wood veneers.
• 1994, Attessa and the ROK series of products were fully upgraded to DP3 and ROK 1.5 versions.
• 1995, the 3 plinth 10th anniversary Xerxes.X, implementing design ideas from the TMS, replaced the original Xerxes turntable.
• 1998, the four piece Caspian Audio System (Integrated amplifier, CD player, and FM Tuner) was launched.
• 1999, a digital surround sound processor (DSP), a five-channel AV amplifier and DVD player were added to the Caspian system.
• 2000, Introduction of the new Kandy line, lifestyle starter Audio System.
• 2001, the Caspian phono amplifiers were released.
• 2002, TMS2 replaced the original TMS.
• 2003, release of the Radius 5 turntable and Nima tonearm, and the Roksan set-up LP for record players.
• 2003, Kandy MKIII system, (Kandy integrated amplifier, stereo amplifier, Three channel amplifier, CD player and AM/FM Tuner) released.
• 2004, Caspian M-series (Pre amplifier, mono amplifier, integrated amplifier, stereo power amplifier, phono amplifier, CD player, FM tuner and dedicated Xerxes speed control).
• 2004, released ALTITUDE, its first ever recording of a collection of some very special music from some very talented musicians.
• 2005, 20th anniversary Xerxes.20 replaced the Xerxes.X, incorporated the new improved TMS2 bearing ball and the new Rmat-5 sub-plinth for record players; reference R-series7 mono block, pre amplifier
• 2007, Platinum pre amplifier and stereo amplifier
• 2008, TMS3 record player
• 2008, K2 CD Player
• 2008, K2 Integrated Amplifier
• 2009, K2 TR5 Speaker
• 2009, K2 Stereo Amplifier
• 2009, Radius 5 Mk-II/Nima
• 2010, Radius 5 Mk-II/Nima
• 2010, M2 CD Player
• 2010, M2 Integrated Amplifier
• 2011, M2 Power Amplifier
• 2012, Oxygene - Roksan First Digital Range