Monitor Audio Acquires Roksan Audio

[MylesBAstor]

[Billy Shears]

Well as a long-term Roksan user I am sure I have some strong opinions/Worries about this. But after Touraj Moghaddam left Roksan, I think some extra resources won't hurt the Quality of new component that will be designed...

[Rob]

To me Touraj was Roksan, just like Dan D was Krell. without him at the helm Roksan is just another audio company. Monitor Audio has always been one of those speaker companies that fly under the radar and makes a few great sounding, world class designs most people will never hear.

[Billy Shears]

To me Touraj was Roksan, just like Dan D was Krell. without him at the helm Roksan is just another audio company. Monitor Audio has always been one of those speaker companies that fly under the radar and makes a few great sounding, world class designs most people will never hear.

I agree. Think this might be the new direction Roksan needs though. Lets hope that Touraj's Designes will be the foundation they build upon. Listening to the new Blak amp I am hopefull they can keep up the standards set by him.

[MylesBAstor]

Well this also seems to be part of the growing trend of all in one systems. Billy might comment more but that approach seems to be a little more popular in Europe than in the States.

[Rob]

I agree. Think this might be the new direction Roksan needs though. Lets hope that Touraj's Designes will be the foundation they build upon. Listening to the new Blak amp I am hopefull they can keep up the standards set by him.

and did Naim stick to Julian's ideals since the time he's left us? I was a fan of the chrome bumper and olive series gear before they 'changed'.

[Joe Pittman]

Naim completely changed after Julian Vereker shuttled off the mortal coil. I liked the older Naim during Julian's time. Although I went up to the active 6-pack DBL's, there was something magical about the active 4-pack SBL's the latest systems just don't do. Raw musical emotion?

Let's hope Roksan with it's new ownership, does not lose it's Xerxes soul and become just another audio brand.

[Rob]

i would've loved to have heard the active SBLs. Julian left a great legacy, In his wake we still have other cos. that build classic 'minimalist' British gear like Exposure, crimson, onix, dnm, et al that more or less followed in Julian's footsteps

[Billy Shears]

Well this also seems to be part of the growing trend of all in one systems. Billy might comment more but that approach seems to be a little more popular in Europe than in the States.

Roksan still has the Caspian M2 which is a purist two channel Amp without anything (No headphone Amp, DAC,BT or Phonostage). As Myles has rightly pointed out, those kind of Units are becomming increasingly hard to sell over here, as even People looking specifically for good sound are not willing to give up conveniance and space in favour of a Multi Box System. The Blak is Roksan's atempt to bring a Purist approach to soundquality and a "does all Box" together. You could say they have not gone far enough as I have many People even expecting an Amp to be able to stream over the Network let alone have a Dac included.

I like how they have not give up their unique Approach to what a Amp should look like though. A bit Left field for some, but I love something that is a bit "different"

[MylesBAstor]

I always thought cost/bang for the buck was a big factor in their and other UK companies decision. Years ago, when someone wanted something that was good sounding and priced right, they looked to UK gear.

[Billy Shears]

Yes thats what drew me into buying elektronics from Rega and Roksan. But this trend of "one Box system" can be found right up to about the 20K$ mark. Way outside of the average customer looking for "good bang for Buck"

[MylesBAstor]