Suedkiez
(Just a fellow user like you)
July 10, 2026, 10:50pm
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This was explained in detail here:
Apple integration is easy for us on iOS/MacOS – but we couldn’t do any of the audio magic. We’ve spoken to them and they are willing to give us the data dumps we need. The biggest issue with Apple is that they won’t give us audio streams or playback outside their platforms.
and
since Apple would control the audio stream, and not Roon’s MUSE audio engine:
no DSP
no hi-resolution audio
no multi-zone
no bit-perfect playback
no using your devices’ clocks for networked audio
no signal path
no volume leveling
no crossfade
forced resampling, possibly asynchronous
Airplay only for networking
In many cases, Roon + Apple products will be better than Apple Music + Apple Products – but this requires using Roon’s audio engine (which we have recently branded as MUSE so it’s easi…
Granted that this was before the Harman acquisition, but Apple is Apple and they have their vision of the Apple system, which most likely won’t waver, I guess.