Samsung-owned Harman has acquired Roon, a multi-room audio know-how platform geared toward music fanatics. Right here’s the most recent.
Roon presents a wealthy interface for searching and discovering music, together with compatibility with nearly any audio gadget. The playback engine is designed to ship the very best sound and is obtainable for all fashionable working programs. It additionally manufactures a line of {hardware} server home equipment known as Nucleus.
Beneath the acquisition, Roon will function as a standalone Harman enterprise with its present staff nonetheless in place. All Roon operations will keep in place and proceed to be devoted to serving and rising Roon’s neighborhood of gadget companions and prospects.
Harman says it’s dedicated to rising Roon’s open gadget ecosystem, which incorporates collaborating with greater than 160 different audio manufacturers. It delivers audio throughout greater than 100 high-performance units—with its sights set immediately on Sonos and its closed ecosystem.
“Our staff is ecstatic to hitch Harman, a visionary firm that has been main the audio trade ahead for many years,” says Enno Vandermeer, CEO of Roon concerning the deal. “By combining forces with Harman, Roon features the unbelievable scale, assets, and attain of a world know-how chief, whereas sustaining our independence to spend money on the companies’s development and future.”
“We stay up for persevering with to carry our superior knowledge administration, SaaS experience, and buyer engagement capabilities to our broad ecosystem of companions, as we be a part of forces with Harman to ship even higher audio experiences to our prospects.”
Samsung acquired Harman for $8 billion in March 2017. Harman owns a number of audio manufacturers beneath its umbrella now together with AKG, Bang & Olufsen, Harman Kardon, Infinity Audio, and JBL. In the meantime, Roon makes apps for every type of units together with DACs, smartphones, laptops, PCs, good TVs, Wi-Fi audio system, and even USB gamers (bear in mind these?). It additionally helps AirPlay, Chromecast, Web Radio, Qobuz, Roon Prepared, Sonos, Squeezebox, Tidal, and native music recordsdata.