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Who is Roon?

This is an organization that has developed software that consists of a Interface overlay to keep track of Music from streaming services. And create narratives about tons of albums. It’s amazing in all that it does. I have a lifetime membership.

They have a forum that provides assistance from others including all kinds of technical service which is really challenging to deal with should you have problems. They don’t offer phone service.

my question is is this some operation that operates out of someone’s basement? Do they employ thousands of people? Is it a nonprofit organization? Are they doing well financially? Is there a Mr. Roon?

Who are these people that have coordinated this service. Does anybody know anything about this organization?

 

emergingsoul
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mapman
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I read Elon Musk is a big James Bond fan.  Hopefully he roots for Bond and not the villians.

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mapman
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Lots of alternatives to tic tok if banned so I personally won’t miss it especially if its a tool for Chinese propaganda as claimed.

 

Roon is owned by Harmon International. As American as apple pie. Please keep it that way!

 

Harmon is a subsidiary of Samsung, a South Korean Company, whose owner is second richest in South Korea and merely nibblin’ at Musk’s feet at present.

Oligarchs rule! Always have and looking like always will. Good idea to keep track.

Luckily Musk is OUR oligarch having immigrated from South Africa.  Lucky us!

hifikenobi
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Roon is excellent! It’s not just a layer on top of Tidal or Qobuz. It’s a beautiful way to organize your music, yes, but it’s also technically very capable. Allows you to separate the computer away from the HiFi rack, and RAAT is a fantastic protocol for controlling audio grade streamers, with transparency over what’s happening in the chain.
 

There is a Roon Ready device for every budget, including my Esoteric N01XDSE. Speaking of which, the native Lumin derived Esoteric app is nothing compared to Roon, when it even works.

Maybe one day there will be a better Audiophile library/ control interface, but in my 25 years of audiofoolery I’ve found Roon the clear winner. 

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@mapman 

"Luckily Musk is OUR oligarch having immigrated from South Africa.  Lucky us!"

Why would you assume that an expatriate oligarch, or any oligarch for that matter, has any national loyalties at all? Perhaps if money and power were a country.

bjesien
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I was an early adopter but I wish it had more features. Their support reminds me of chat rooms when I was in college in the early 90's. Roon radio always seems to end up playing the same songs over and over. 

I don't know of anything better so I still use it but I could never say I love it. I will admit that maybe it's user error. For example, lets say I want to look for Christmas playlists. In other format I would get thousand of playlist based on rating etc. Roon doesn't give you much. 

Not a serious knock, but get outta moms basement it's 2025.

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