I put a q on this ng a while ago about a Roksan Kandy III I bought recently.
Generally pleased with it - good punchy sound and goes loud. Had a couple of
issues though, and Roksan replied:

Phono stage: Really poor! Muffled, no 'sparkle' or bass. The best way I can
describe it is out of phase. Of course IMHO, and compared to other stuff - a
MF XLPS and Audiolab 8000a and 8000c. Roksan said: we had to compromise on
the phono stage because we put such a big power supply in. Sorry, but there
it is. Oh well ...

Remote: takes about 3 stabs of the button from time to time. Roksan say:
change the batteries (er, they're new), and point it at a particular
direction, they're not sure which, but one way works better than the other.
Changed the batteries, tried it at every angle, still the same.

In fact, this info was relayed by Sevenoaks, who I bought it off. They
kindly took up the case and have a contact at Roksan. Roksan told them they
had replied to me - 3 emails, no reply. Sevenoaks suggested the phono stage
goes with the territory - I can't have everything, and would be better off
using a separate phono stage, and the XLPS was in their opinion superior. I
wouldn't mind except that I spent some time explaining that records were
important, I didn't want more plugs and boxes, and they happily sold me the
Kandy over the Caspian for the phono stage. The remote - no explanation.

FYI, although any opinions/advice welcome.

Rob