About Us
We are a small group of people inspired by music and quality audio. Our philosopy is based on simplicity and common sense applied to technology. If you're interested, a little history is down below. Enjoy it while I thank you for being here.
Respectfully,
Nicolae Jitariu
Founder, Rockna Audio
It all begun in 1994, when, by chance, I held in my hands a french hi-fi magazine. I wasn't new to the hi-fidelity phenomenon but in that moment my eyes really opened. In the years that came I kept dreaming about achieving the audio nirvana but soon become clear that I can never afford the very top audio equipment. So together with a group of friends I took the most adventurous decision in my life - building quality audio equipment and make a living out of it. It was 1998 and quite a long and difficult period of time passed until...
2001. First power monoblocks see the light. Only 2 gain stages, full mosfet design. They are called "Heart" but only a few are produced.
2003. First stereo power based on current-feedback topology. All-bipolar, very fast design up to 1 Mhz bandwidth. It was called "Fiction".
2004. The name "Heart" lives again with the first integrated amplifier. Advanced concepts at the time with very short signal and feedback paths, encoders for control, oled display. Power stage based on lateral mosfets.
2004-2009. Intense R&D for OEM customers. Disc transports, d/a converters, power conditioners, jitter cleaners, power amplifiers, smps power supplies for audio.
2009. Our own disc transport comes to life. It is called "Wavequest" and it perfectly represents our philosophy: integrating all the functions and digital audio circuitry into a custom designed piece of silicon, freeing the design from off-the-shelf parts limtations.
2010. The best partner for the Wavequest transport is, naturally, the Wavequest DAC. This DAC represents the best of our technology and it couldn't see the light without the long years of R&D that we have accumulated.
2011 and beyond. Evolution continues with the Wavedream series.