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Harman acquires Roon

Harman's press release: https://news.harman.com/releases/harman-acquires-roon-a-popular-multi-device-multi-room-audio-technology-platform

Roon's press release: https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roon-acquired-by-harman-international/257414

In broad strokes, Roon will continue exactly as it is.

All monthly, annual, and lifetime subscriptions remain valid and will continue without interruption.
Trials will continue and convert as they usually would.
There will be no changes to our billing processes.
This community site will continue to be the home for discussion about Roon, audio, and music.
Our customer success and support services will continue to operate as they do today.
All supported audio products will continue to work with Roon, and we’re committed to certifying new Roon Ready and Roon Tested products from all brands.
The familiar faces from our team will be right here as always.

hilde45

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erik_squires
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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.

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