![]() ![]() ![]() Hashemi, a friend who had heard the radical new prototype turntable instantly wanted one. Moghaddam built a prototype using a fire door. His ideas led him away from using the sprung sub-chassis as part of the suspension system. The mean line traced by the groove relative to the body of the cartridge needed to be constant. He deduced that where the existing turntable design failed was that the cartridge could not accurately follow the record groove. Moghaddam, having then just obtained his PhD at Imperial College, became dissatisfied with the state of the audio arts when he heard his little TV set more musically satisfying than his already high-end (non Roksan) turntable/tri-amped audio system, and began experimentation. Not surprisingly many of Roksan's product names have references to names of cities, places and famous people of Persia. This closely reflects the Persian heritage and roots of both Hashemi and Moghaddam. The name Roksan itself is derived from the name of Roxana, daughter of the Persian King Darius. Roksan was founded in 1985 by Tufan Hashemi and Touraj Moghaddam, graduates of the University of London, Imperial College London and Queen Mary College. ![]()
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