Rotel RX-830 (c. 1986)
Little is documented about the Rotel RX-830, and almost everything known comes from a single budget-receiver roundup. HiFi-Stereo (July 1986, p.87) listed it at $199 - the economical pick of the group. It made 20 watts per channel continuous into 8 ohms. The analog AM/FM tuner section was rated for a 65 dB stereo signal-to-noise ratio and 65 dB alternate-channel selectivity. The same article placed it alongside costlier, remote-capable receivers such as Luxman's $570 R-406.
After that, the trail goes thin. The model appears in Audio's annual receiver equipment charts from 1986 through 1989. These are dense tables of model numbers, specs, and prices with no editorial commentary. Production years, circuit details, and sales history are not documented in the sources available to the Archive.
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