Roksan have been a stalwart of the Hi-Fi industry for the last 30 plus years. Making their introduction with the now legendary Xerxes turntable in 1985 and then continuing in ‘86 with the Darius loudspeaker and the spectacular Artemiz arm in ‘87.

Roksan continued to bring out new products over the next few years, and in 1990, launched their first range of electronics which consisted of the ROK S1 stereo amplifier and the M1 mono amplifier with matching preamps and power supplies. The release of new products from Roksan has continued unabated since and seen numerous industry awards from Hi-Fi publications from all across Europe and the US.

This brings us to the new Attessa Streaming amp from Roksan. Sitting around the £1500 price mark, it seemed like a no brainer to give this a go in store.

Chromey getting up close and personal with the attessa streaming amplifier

The new Attessa range from Roksan, is comprised of a CD transport, integrated amplifier, streaming amplifier and turntable. Today we're going to have a quick look at the streaming amplifier.

As implied by the name, this is an integrated amp with the capability to stream music. It also has a built-in DAC as well as a moving magnet phono stage.

The amplifier has been based on the successful Caspian range, that dates back to '98, as well as taking its name from the Attessa 3 box CD player from '92. Having been based on the Caspian, the construction of the unit is impressive, utilizing plated steel along with an anodized aluminium fascia.

Analogue Incorporated.

The analogue side of the amp has everything you would need in a standard 2 channel system. Two line level inputs, a phono stage for your turntable, pre outs for those of you with a power amp, a headphone amp and most importantly the amplifier itself. This boasts an output of 80w per channel into 8 ohms and sounds as good as you would expect from well established brand such as Roksan.

DAC & Chips please.

The DAC has 2 optical, 2 coaxial and bluetooth inputs. Plenty of options to connect your CD player or transport, television, mini-disc, DAT etc.

The coax inputs will decode all the usual signals as well as MQA, even decoding MQA CDs played on the Attessa transport.

The bluetooth input has all the latest standards (A2DP, SBC, aptX & AAC) and will accept signals up to and including 16/48.

Streaming – BluOS

For the streaming side of things, Roksan have utilised the very popular Bluesound BluOS platform. This gives them access to an already stable application, which means the end user gets a great experience and bypasses all those teething problems Hi-Fi manufacturers can have when they build a streamer and try to write an app that doesn’t behave. Not to mention the added option of connecting to other products that utilise the same BluOS capability.

So THAT'S , streaming, Bluetooth,Cd and vinyl, once again streaming, Bluetooth, Cd and vinyl. Ah Thank you

The Streaming Attessa amp really is the perfect hub for a modern system. Stream to it, play your records, plug in your TV, everything you need and more in one well built and excellent sounding box.

Thanks for reading.

Munir, Dave, James, Mike and Haden - Audio T Manchester

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