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40 Years of Roksan: Legacy

25th July 2025

Posted in: Product News

Legacy: Rob Barford

As we celebrate 40 years of Roksan, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the brand’s legacy and its future. We caught up with Roksan’s CEO, Rob Barford, to get his thoughts on what makes the brand so special, how it’s evolved, and where it’s headed next.

 

 

What does Roksan’s 40th anniversary mean to you personally?

Roksan’s 40th anniversary is deeply personal to me and to all of us at Monitor Audio Group. It’s a celebration of creativity, individuality, and engineering brilliance that has endured through four decades of change. What makes it special is that Roksan has never followed trends; it’s always carved its own path.

To see it still standing proud today, with a bold new identity and a renewed sense of purpose, is incredibly satisfying. It represents what British audio should be: confident, characterful, and built with passion. I’m proud of the team who’ve honoured that legacy and brought it into the future with such care and imagination. This isn’t just a milestone; it’s a launchpad for what’s to come.

 

How would you describe Roksan to someone discovering it for the first time?

From the very beginning, Roksan stood apart by challenging convention, combining striking industrial design with high-performance engineering. It’s bold, inventive, and expressive, not afraid to do things differently.

Whether it’s turntables, amplifiers, or streamers, every product is built to excite, to surprise, and to deliver a musical experience that feels alive. If you’re looking for something with character, energy, and a real sense of identity, that’s Roksan.

 

 

How has Roksan evolved since becoming part of the Monitor Audio Group?

Since becoming part of Monitor Audio Group, Roksan has been on a journey of purposeful evolution—not reinvention, but refinement. We’ve worked hard to honour what made Roksan special: its independent spirit, its analogue soul, and its fearless design ethos, while giving it the structure, support, and investment to grow.

That’s meant elevating the product engineering, unifying design language, and building a more consistent brand identity, without losing the creative spark. Roksan now has a stronger platform, a clearer voice, and a focused ambition to reach a new generation of audio enthusiasts. It’s evolved, but it hasn’t lost its edge.

 

 

What product are you most proud of in the Roksan lineup?

That’s a tough one, but if I had to choose, I’d say the Caspian Series 4G. It represents everything we set out to achieve when Roksan joined Monitor Audio Group. It’s beautifully designed, approachable without compromise, and technically brilliant under the surface.

With Caspian, we’ve managed to retain the analogue soul of Roksan while bringing in the kind of user experience, reliability, and integration today’s listeners expect. It’s a product that bridges generations, for those discovering hi-fi for the first time and for long-standing fans who want something fresh but authentic. That’s something I’m incredibly proud of.

 

What’s your vision for Roksan in the next 10 years?

My vision for Roksan over the next 10 years is to build on its incredible legacy and establish it as one of the most distinctive and respected audio brands in the world. That means continuing to innovate, not just in sound, but in design, experience, and how we connect with our audience.

We’ll stay true to Roksan’s roots: bold, expressive, and proudly British. But we’ll also push boundaries, bringing in new technologies, exploring new product categories, and creating systems that feel just as relevant to tomorrow’s listener as they did 40 years ago. I want Roksan to be a brand that surprises people, inspires loyalty, and always delivers music with soul.

 

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