Sound United Brings Roon Compatibility to 68 Denon and Marantz Products

Sound United LLC, parent company to Denon, Polk Audio, Marantz, Definitive Technology, Classé, and Boston Acoustics, announced that several Denon and Marantz products received Roon Tested accreditation. This certification enables music lovers to seamlessly stream music from Roon server or Roon Core devices to 68 Denon and Marantz products for a visually rich, and easy-to-use listening experience.

What is Roon you ask? More than just a music player, Roon is a cross platform networked music system, with server apps for a wide variety of products and platforms. Roon will recognize these devices and send them audio optimized for their capabilities.

The device settings in Roon are optimized to improve the customer experience. No fiddling with check-boxes or drop-downs, Roon Tested devices are automatically identified and configured out of the box.    

-Sound united

Roon transforms the experience of browsing music. Artist photos, credits, bios, reviews, lyrics, tour dates, and composers are located automatically, then interconnected by links to build a surfable, searchable digital magazine about your music collection. And Roon finds all the same links between your personal files and the millions of tracks available on TIDAL, so you can start with the music you know, then explore and discover new music from the world beyond your collection.

Roon software provides best in class audio performance and seamless integration of local personal content with the millions of tracks from TIDAL and Qobuz.; and networked audio output to any Roon Ready, Roon Tested, AirPlay, Sonos, Mac, Windows, iOS, or Android device on the network.

Products designated as Roon Tested have been profiled and tested by Roon, Onkyo, and Pioneer for maximum compatibility.  Denon and Marantz owners will enjoy the benefits of Roon’s graphically rich subscription-based music management capabilities when connected to certified devices.

A critical aspect of the listening experience is learning more about your favorite artists, song writers and bands. It makes the music more intimate and alive. In the past this intimacy was delivered by the record or CD covers and has been missing from digital online music. Roon helped pioneer this type of experience in the world of streaming music. We’re very excited Denon and Marantz is now Roon Tested so our enthusiastic listeners can continue discovering more about the music they love.

 --Brendon Stead, Senior Vice President of product development at Sound United

Artist relationships, genres, lyrics, concert/tour dates, artwork and other information is managed and distributed through Roon.  By merging Roon Tested devices from Denon and Marantz with local digital music files and high-resolution streaming services like TIDAL and Qobuz, listeners receive a cross-platform networked music ecosystem with server apps for Roon Nucleus, Mac, Windows, and Linux. Control is managed via apps for Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, with networked audio output capability to any Roon Ready, Roon Tested, AirPlay, Chromecast, Mac, Windows, iOS, or Android device on the network.

We're excited to have worked with the Sound United team to ensure the best possible experience of Roon with dozens of Denon and Marantz products. Few brands in audio have the storied histories of Denon and Marantz, and we're honored to be a part of their future.

--Rob Darling, Directory of Strategy at Roon Labs.

Another benefit to the Roon interface is its unique approach to TIDAL and Qobuz streaming integration. Now Denon and Marantz users can enjoy their personal content libraries seamlessly merged with their high-resolution streaming favorites so searches and playlists will include content from both sources.

Denon and Marantz are offering a free 60-day Roon trial coupon for a limited time. Interested users can learn more at Roonlabs.com, Denon.com or Marantz.com.

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