Roon’s Audiophile-Quality Music Aggregation, Connectivity and Streaming Technology to Complement

HARMAN’s Comprehensive Audio Offerings

HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. centered on linked applied sciences for automotive, client, and enterprise markets, immediately introduced the acquisition of Roon, the music administration, discovery, and streaming platform for music fans.

Roon is a music participant platform for music fans, which includes a wealthy interface for shopping and discovering music, compatibility with nearly any audio machine, and a playback engine designed to ship the very best sound. Roon is out there for all in style working programs and manufactures a line of {hardware} server home equipment known as Nucleus.

“At HARMAN we take great pride in our ability to create exceptional audio experiences for our partners and consumers around the world,” stated Dave Rogers, President, Lifestyle Division, HARMAN. “The team at Roon shares our passion in bringing exceptional sound and connectivity to music lovers as they browse, discover, and listen at home and on the go. We are looking forward to welcoming Roon, whose impressive talent will join the HARMAN family and bolster our already robust engineering capabilities.”

Roon will function as a standalone Harman enterprise with its current crew. All Roon operations will keep in place and proceed to be devoted to serving and rising Roon’s group of machine companions and prospects, below a joint mission to ship participating and personalised audio experiences throughout a universe of merchandise and platforms.

Aligned with its ‘work with all’ technique, HARMAN is dedicated to rising Roon’s open machine ecosystem which incorporates collaborating with greater than 160 different audio manufacturers, delivering audio to
greater than 1000 high-performance units. Roon’s dedication to its loyal group and its distinctive UI/UX design experience will proceed to develop and flourish with the acquisition.

“Our team is ecstatic to join HARMAN, a visionary company that has been leading the audio industry forward for decades,” stated Enno Vandermeer, CEO of Roon. “By combining forces with HARMAN, Roon gains the incredible scale, resources, and reach of a global technology leader, while maintaining our independence to invest in the business’s growth and future. We look forward to continuing to bring our advanced data management, SaaS expertise, and consumer engagement capabilities to our broad ecosystem of partners, as we join forces with HARMAN to deliver even greater audio experiences to our customers.”