Harman acquires Roon

Of course, one more rung up on the corporate ladder is Samsung which owns Harman.  Many storied brands under the Harman umbrella. 

The question is why. It could very well be they feel it’s cheaper to buy Roon than develop their own in house music software, but what they think music software should do may be very different from the Roon user base.

Would be a shame if Harman acquired Roon for some small part of the tech stack and then abandons the rest of it.

Harman International is owned by Samsung. It markets its products under various brands. These include Arcam, Harman Kardon, Mark Levinson, Lexicon, Revel, Infinity and JBL. 

I could foresee them selling audio integrated amps with Roon-specific proprietary streaming software, or Roon enabled active/wireless speakers. They also market car audio systems. It's possible in any of these configurations they and could offer Roon that would bypass the need to use IOS/Android devices.

I would imagine they'll add movies so people can have an audio/video whole house solution, i.e., choose device/TV, then choose what movie or song/album you want there. Group them, something different in each room, different users/guest have their own choices, whatever someone wants. Makes total sense.

They will almost certainly be seeking a functional streaming app (at minimum) from the components of Roon as the HK/Arcam MusicLife app is dreadful (I could not get it to work and keep working at all).