Mytek - All in on Roon


Hi everyone!

Looks like Mytek is making significant changes to it's product line up, in addition to changing factories.  Uncharacteristically, their PR states they lost confidence in the previous factory in Poland.

Not only is Mytek producing a new Empire series but they are using a shared streaming platform based on Roon and Linux. All of their streaming products will now have Roon core built in, with no need for an external Roon core server.  Theres not much details here in terms of the CPU being used, but the DSP capabilities of Roon seem to be scheduled to come after initial product release.

Read the original information here:
https://mytek.audio/news
erik_squires

Showing 2 responses by mike_in_nc

It's an interesting development that raises questions.
  1. Is a Roon license included, or does it become an additional cost for the owner?
  2. If Roon isn't included, can the unit be used without a Roon license (say, via OpenHome or UPnP/DLNA)? Or is it useless without Roon?
It always is a good idea not to pay for promises from audio manufacturers.
The integrated Roon core seems a great idea to reduce the box count needed to run Roon.