I am sure there are plenty of brands paying Harman/Samsung for technology patents.
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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 moneyās worth out of it. Even though I am still a few years away from breaking even.
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Resistance is futile ā¦
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IMO āRAATā
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Wanted to build fanless pc for roon, but now i will wait.
Lifetime could continue in principle but eventually become ad based, right in the middle of a piece of music ānow for some words from one of our sponsors ā¦ā
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Or link with Roon 2.x.x, you want Roon 3 ? Pay for it ā¦
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good point
I dislike all the OTT bloat Samsung add to Android phones, the Samsung store, it does nothing to enhance Android IMO. I just hope they donāt do it to Roon. I think they were after RAAT & everything it offers.
Speculation is futile. Questions are not.
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Apple Music does play on my latest Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Samsung Tab S9 Ultra. In Lossless audio too. Install Apple Music App direct from Google Play Store in phone.
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Was their any email sent to users about this. I have not had one but I did turn off marketing stuff a while ago when I kept getting lots of garbage about the Roon store. Just wondering as there is a lot of users are not using the forum. Nasty shock to find this out 2nd hand.
I understand you like apple. But hnd how does it refer to the topic of the discussion?
Roon/Harman must have something up their sleeves to keep justifying its price tag.
Roon may not have any direct competition yet, but streaming services are closing the gap with better app interfaces, better at suggestions and already can stream to multiple end points, including equipment like the Wiim Pro, which can also manage local libraries, and who knows how many other similar Chinese streamers will pop up in the future.
Surely it will never be the same seamless first class experience as with Roon, but on the other hand itās worth noting a Wiim Pro can be had for the same amount as only one year subscription of Roon, and thatās quite something.
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Usually this type of events follow one of two roads:
road A
Harman keeps roon staff, honors roon values, continues developing the product and keeps growing the customer base. Thatās the best outcome.
road B
Harman restructure roon staff, screw roon values, mutate the product to something that suite their needs, loose customer base.
Companies that are only interested in raw cash, finance charts, profit and loss, and not understand that money comes from happy well served customers will inevitably fail.
Time will tell where roon will land eventually. I really hope Harman took road A instead of B.
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Maybe this means that Roon can reduce support delays to something less than a month
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Forgotten what I was saying hereā¦
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Iām hanging on every wordā¦ā¦
Orā¦ā¦I donāt know, I was really drunk at the timeā¦ā¦
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And how often does Road A happen? I will say rarely in my experience.
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With Harman ?
Havenāt they been keeping the brand and identity of the companies they purchased ? At least the most known ones.
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