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Roon Labs & Audio
Ecosystem Keep
Extending Range
The number of Roon Ready and Roon
Tested devices has grown 10x since 2019,
with the pandemic sparking more music
interest and sales. By Robert Archer
over 100 new Roon Ready
and Roon Tested devices, "
Roon's Enno Vandermeer
posted on the company's
website in July.
" Forty new brands have
submitted products for
certification in that time,
including key product ranges
and new launches from
notable audio manufacturers
like Arcam, Astell & Kern,
formance components that
create ecosystems for listening
to high-resolution music
on the widest range of audio
equipment.
In addition to Roon Ready
products, there are hundreds
of Roon Tested products
integrators can use to bring
the Roon ecosystem into
residences. This ranges from
Sonos, AirPlay and Google
Cast streaming devices, to
USB and HDMI receivers
and DACs. This variety of
product compatibility means
that Roon helps users get the
most cohesive experience
out of virtually any audio
device, according to the
company.
Tying that ecosystem toThe
Roon multiroom, multi-user networked platform plays well with streamers, DACs, wireless
speakers, all-in-one systems, and AV receivers.
THE AMOUNT OF new
Roon Ready certifications has
increased substantially since
the start of the pandemic.
Looking back on 2020,
Roon Labs notes that just
a handful of new products
were certified each month,
but in the first half of this
year it has already announced
more than 100 new Roon
Ready and Roon Tested
devices. The company points
out that 40 new brands have
submitted products for certification
in that timeframe,
including key product ranges
and launches from Arcam,
Astell & Kern, Cambridge
Audio and JBL.
Now working with nearly
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200 globally recognized
names and popular audiophile
brands such as Bowers
& Wilkins, Denon, Devialet,
KEF, Harman, McIntosh and
Naim Audio, and supporting
over a thousand individual
products, the company
boasts that Roon Ready is
quickly becoming a fixture in
the listening rooms of music
professionals, music collectors
and audiophiles.
" The cadence of new
Roon Ready certifications
has increased tenfold since
2019. Back then, just a handful
of new products were
certified each month, but
in the first half of this year
we've already announced
Cambridge Audio, and JBL. "
According to the company,
Roon plays with everything
- products as varied as
network streamers, DACs,
wireless speakers, all-in-one
systems, and AV receivers -
at prices ranging from $100
to $100,000.
Roon Labs points out that
recent announcements about
lossless and high-resolution
streaming from Apple Music
and others have kindled new
interest in high-quality audio.
The company also says that
listeners who want to go beyond
their mobile phone with
Bluetooth headphones, can
use Roon Ready and Roon
Tested products as high-pergether,
Roon explains its user
interface, feature set and
support for high-resolution
PCM, DSD and MQA digital
audio file formats, enables its
ecosystem to deliver broad
product compatibility.
The Roon ecosystem
provides users with a way to
browse, organize, and listen to
music. This metadata includes
artist photos, credits, and
bios, as well as reviews, lyrics,
and tour dates. Composers
are located automatically,
then interconnected by links
to build a surfable digital
magazine.
Roon is also a multiroom,
multi-user networked audio
platform - it offers features
such as bit-perfect playback,
DSD and PCM upsampling,
multichannel support, and
Signal Path display.
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