I hope Harman ports Roon to the PowerPC platform. I have an iMac G4 that would be awesome as a Roon Remote.
All kidding aside… Big congrats to the Roon team. That must be a tremendous weight off and I hope you can get back to focusing on what was important from the start. Harman has a mixed track record but the press release and news of their support for lifetime is super encouraging. I look forward to the things Roon by Harman can bring to market.
My only pre-acquisition regret is I never met Roon at a show. I know Roon participated in various shows early on. Maybe we’ll see Roon by Harman all over hifi shows now that there is a new marketing budget? Just don’t get too full of yourselves and put an obnoxious X on the top of your building Anyway, will be great meeting the new team. Cheers to all of you!
Me too. Hopefully the Roon integration will improve. The 10 second cut off from the start when I choose something to play on my AVR30 is annoying. Naim did this perfectly, hopefully this will improve for Arcam.
Yes, I have always suggested to never buy hardware on what it might do in the future. The current acquisition announcement has no influence on this response as I would have said the same last week.
I could switch over to Apple Music right now without skipping a beat. The only time I look at metadata is when I’m listening at my computer anyway. I think I can find Wikipedia and Musicbrainz on my own and as for the reviews, meh.
Harman Kardon is the brand name of my old receiver, speakers and DVD player before going the high res road.
The receiver lasted me a good 15 years. Which is a long time.
After 1,5 years of annual subscriptions to Roon I went lifetime last year. No matter what the future might have in store for us, I already have my money’s worth out of it. Even though I am still a few years away from breaking even.
Anyway, will be great meeting the new team. Cheers to all of you!