CEDIA 2018: T+A Series 8 brings Roon and MQA
Sometimes big things come in small packages, and in the case of the T+A Series 8, these little boxes deliver. At CEDIA 2018, T+A was displaying updates to their Series 8 [...]
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CEDIA 2018: dCS Bartok first listen
Different from most of the industry, dCS products seem to blossom after release, as they receive a stream of hardware, software, and firmware updates over the years. This [...]
Roon expands to include Chromecast
Roon Labs expands to cover Google Chromecast devices. Pretty decent headline, there. I’ve been mucking about with Google Home (and smart speakers from some other [...]
Roon announces appointment of Dipin Sehdev to VP Marketing
Some very good industry news this morning from Roon Labs! Congrats to our good friend Dipin and the rest of the Roon team! From the press release: New York, NY, 4th June [...]
Roon releases MQA Detection update
I had a chance to catch up with one of the Roon Labs power brokers this week, namely Rob Darling, on what was happening with the software company’s latest release, and [...]
Devialet Air and Roon turn the stream into reality
Wake up. You’re not dreaming (you’re streaming). The missing link to make Roon, and the Devialet Expert Series speak easy has arrived. Devialet, the French [...]
High End 2017: dCS celebrates their 30th Anniversary with the Limited Edition Vivaldi One
dCS is celebrating their 30th Anniversary (1987-2017) and are bringing some surprises across their model line at the High End Munich 2017 show. First, allow us to [...]
Review: Roon, Tidal and totaldac – Part Two – delving into Roon
This is the second part of a three-part series on living with a computer-based audio system from an analog diehard’s perspective, and how it has changed the way my [...]
Update: Roon Labs release major update with version 1.3
Nine months in the making, Roon 1.3 goes live today with major upgrades, and additions under the hood of the digital audio player, and represents a milestone for what [...]
MQA software decoding in Roon: Days away once MQA delivers data
Since Tidal announced MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) 24/48 streaming capabilities (and software decoding of the file up to 24/96) on January 5th at the opening of CES [...]