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  • MuShu007
    Member
    • Jun 2002
    • 61

    Rotel History

    Does anyone know where this company originated from?German? British? Japanese? Just curious..................
  • Andrew Pratt
    Moderator Emeritus
    • Aug 2000
    • 16507

    #2
    As far as I know it was started in England.




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    • Lex
      Moderator Emeritus
      • Apr 2001
      • 27461

      #3
      I am pretty sure British is the correct answer.

      Lex
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      • Brent Briscoe
        Junior Member
        • Nov 2002
        • 13

        #4
        The founder I believe was Japanese and I believe the company is Japanese with much of the design work being British based.

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        • MuShu007
          Member
          • Jun 2002
          • 61

          #5
          Thanks for the info

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          • Legairre
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2002
            • 231

            #6
            This link should answer your question.

            Rotel support is where you will find information about warranty registration, service, software downloads, owner’s manuals and product archives.





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            • greggz
              Senior Member
              • Jun 2002
              • 317

              #7
              I did a little searching on the internet....

              According to the Rotel site, the company was formed in 1961 by the "elder" Tachikowa and currently run by the son, Bob Tachikowa.

              (One slight variation that I did come across was an audio site that listed the company as being founded in 1961 "by a Japanese audiophile" and then adopted by the Tachikowa family in 1979.)

              Tachikowa's address is listed as the Rotel offices in Japan but all research and design are driven out of the UK (and mfg out of Hong Kong).

              So while Rotel could ceremonially be called a Japanese company, operationally its a UK company.




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