m inim alim pact to the retailprice.His strategy was perfectly aligned with Rotel’s legacy of delivering extraordinary performance and exceptional value. W ork began, with several months of component selection trials, and supported with criticallistening ses ionsuntilthe upgraded models were nearly ready for production.However,Ken sadlypas ed awayon 25 Novem ber2019,so the projectlooked as if m aynotcom eto fruition.Roteland Ken’ssonand daughter m utualy agreed the project m ust be finished asa tribute to Ken and hiscontributions and legacy to the audio industry thus;the Rotel Tribute m odelswere launched in early 2020 asa token of gratitude and as a tribute to Ken Ishiwata. 2021 Celebrating 60 Years Even with supply chain and global m arket chalenges of 2020 and 2021 Rotel was determ ined to celebrate their60th anniversary. Thiscelebration started with the launch of5 new m odels leveraging Rotel’s flagship M ichiSeries technologies as wel as innovations from the Tributem odelsinnew M KIversionsincluding the A14MKI (read the AVForums review here), RA-1572MKI and RA-1592MKI Integrated Am plifiers and RC-1572M KI and RC-1590M KI Pream pfliers.The updated m odelslaunched with ac olades from the m edia and pres noting the larger,deeper,fulersound stage,m ore defined im aging,and exceptionalcontrolofthe rich bas energy. However, Rotel didn’t stop there recently announcing threeadditionalM KIm odelsin2022 including the A12M KI Integrated Am plifierand CD14M KIand RCD-1572M KICD players. Q uality, Perform ance, Value. The DNA of the brand with ongoing investments and com m itm ents continue building the m om entum on Rotel’s 60-year history with prom ises of additional celebrations m odels in 2022 and beyond.
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