Established in 1989, Rothwell produce a small, specialist range of hifi products
After graduating with a degree in physics, Andrew Rothwell started work as an electronics engineer for British Aerospace but eventually left the industry to pursue his interests in music and music technology. This led to work as a musician as well as in technical support in locations from The Royal Northern College of Music to the Glastonbury festival. Andrew has produced and performed music for corporate video, theatre and TV and taught music technology in schools and colleges.
In parallel with his interest in music and professional music technology was a growing passion for high end audio. That led to the first Rothwell hi-fi products being launched in 1989, including the first incarnation of the Indus passive pre-amp. At the same time as the first passive pre-amp was launched a valve outboard phono stage was developed. This was back when most audiophiles had never heard of an outboard phono stage (it pre-dated even the Michell Iso) and valves were yet to make their spectacular resurgence on the audio scene.
For the last two decades, this small company has been producing esoteric hi-fi for discerning audiophiles, offering continued after sales service and, most importantly, developing and refining a range of audio products to do just one thing - make music and make it sound as good as it possibly can.