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    RRotel RX-802 - our second best-selling
    Rotel unit. Receiver yielding 2x50 watts. cont. 8 ohms. It also
    had a superb FM tuner. It was the uppermost model of "The
    Black Jap" series.

    The most-selling "Black Jap"
    was the RX-402 - 2x25 watts receiver. 
    

     And this is how the rest of the
    world saw "The Black Japs" - with shiny aluminium fronts.

    See the RX-802-page. 
    

     And here it is - the best-seller
    - the RX-402. 2x25 watts/8 ohm/full-range, both channels driven
    simultaneously. With a reasonably good tuner and exactly the
    controls one needs, it retailed in Norway for NOK. 2.490,-. We
    only imported a few specimens with alu. fronts. 
     
 
    To contrast with above unit - the RX-103
    was the bottom-line of the Rotel receivers (2x5 watts). This
    model was never imported to Norway - the cheapest one here being
    the RX-202 mkII - a 2x20 watts receiver. From the start Rotel
    catered very well for the lower price ranges, giving much value
    for money, gradually advancing in quality. There was never much
    technical problems with the Rotel products. 
     

    AsAt the end of the seventies Rotel got
    much more aggressive in their design. The RX-803 is a typical
    exponent of this. Over it in the receiver-line was only the RX-1203
    and the RX1603. Both exterior and interior quality was outstanding. 
     

    The RSX-965: Rotel's present top-of-the-line
    AV-receiver. 5x75 "real" watts with all the bells and
    whistles. AC-3, DTS and Dolby Prologic. Separate output for connection
    to separate, powered subwoofer. Of course, the signal from the
    various channels can be taken directly from the preamp, for coupling
    to external poweramps.

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RRotel RX-802 - our second best-selling Rotel unit. Receiver yielding 2x50 watts. cont. 8 ohms. It also had a superb FM tuner. It was the uppermost model of "The Black Jap" series. The most-selling "Black Jap" was the RX-402 - 2x25 watts receiver.
And this is how the rest of the world saw "The Black Japs" - with shiny aluminium fronts. See the RX-802-page.
And here it is - the best-seller - the RX-402. 2x25 watts/8 ohm/full-range, both channels driven simultaneously. With a reasonably good tuner and exactly the controls one needs, it retailed in Norway for NOK. 2.490,-. We only imported a few specimens with alu. fronts.
To contrast with above unit - the RX-103 was the bottom-line of the Rotel receivers (2x5 watts). This model was never imported to Norway - the cheapest one here being the RX-202 mkII - a 2x20 watts receiver. From the start Rotel catered very well for the lower price ranges, giving much value for money, gradually advancing in quality. There was never much technical problems with the Rotel products.
AsAt the end of the seventies Rotel got much more aggressive in their design. The RX-803 is a typical exponent of this. Over it in the receiver-line was only the RX-1203 and the RX1603. Both exterior and interior quality was outstanding.
The RSX-965: Rotel's present top-of-the-line AV-receiver. 5x75 "real" watts with all the bells and whistles. AC-3, DTS and Dolby Prologic. Separate output for connection to separate, powered subwoofer. Of course, the signal from the various channels can be taken directly from the preamp, for coupling to external poweramps.