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Roon Milestones: Celebrating 10 Years of Innovation

As we celebrate Roon’s 10th anniversary, we’re humbled to share a time capsule of the remarkable Roon milestones that have propelled us forward since our 2015 launch.

Roon has profoundly reshaped our relationships with treasured artists and new discoveries as it’s grown from a niche audiophile secret to the ultimate music lover’s essential over the past decade. What first began as a specialized solution for collectors has evolved into a captivating, holistic music experience with universal appeal. One that unifies streaming services with personal collections, enriches music exploration with fascinating stories and context, and delivers unparalleled sound quality across thousands of devices. Whether we’re in our homes, cars, or on the go, Roon is a trusted musical companion that enhances every listening session.

Roon Reflections: Take our listening style quiz and see what our customers love most about Roon

As we celebrate Roon’s 10th anniversary, we’re humbled and thrilled by the music journey we’ve shared with our customers. Your enthusiasm and support have fueled our success from day one, and we couldn’t be more grateful.

Listen Later, your travel itinerary for exploring exotic sounds

Being a music sponge is immense fun, but it also comes with challenges. Everywhere we read, look, listen, or talk music becomes a source of new sounds. And there’s only so much we can soak up before we’re saturated and some spills back out.

OPRA makes optimized headphone tuning accessible to everyone

As music lovers, we all have something in common, no matter where we are on our audio journeys – we continuously benefit from other people’s music knowledge.

Feels like the first time: spark listening excitement with Smart Playlists

People are inherent creatures of habit, and it touches all facets of our lives. Being tasteful, discerning music lovers doesn’t free us from the inclination to create routines. Our habits definitely affect how we interact with our music.

How to Copy a Roon Playlist

If you’ve ever found yourself vibing to the perfect Roon playlist, you know how beneficial it is to save these curated gems. Whether it’s a chill Sunday afternoon mix or a festive holiday collection, saving Roon playlists ensures you can always return to those great mixes anytime. Plus, some playlists are seasonal, meaning they might disappear until next year, or forever, so saving them while you can is crucial!

Love it or Ban it, how to customize music discovery with Roon!

One of the most exciting things about being a music lover is finding “our” music. Whether it’s a new release or older stuff we never knew existed, hearing new sounds for the first time takes us on an accelerated tour through our past, reminding us of other revelations that opened new sonic vistas. These moments become highlight reels of our music journey. No other art form exhibits quite the same power to imbue our memories and evoke emotion. It’s magic whenever we hear a track we love and instantly remember a time and place in our past that’s forever linked to that song.

ARC Folder browsing arrives

Our latest release is another testimonial to Roon’s unique versatility and flexibility. It delivers benefits across all our products and offers something for everyone. Roon’s new Playlist Improver relieves an irritating pain point for our playlist enthusiasts. Roon ROCK DIY’ers now have expanded connectivity options with the addition of HDMI and Thunderbolt support on NUC 12 and NUC 13. And ARC continues to grow and resemble Roon with today’s Folder Browsing feature addition.

Playlist Improver arrives, your virtual playlist assistant for Roon

When we rolled out our initial batch of playlist feature improvements in February of this year, we hinted at more great things to come. Today, we’re excited to deliver the goods and a solution to one of music streaming’s biggest annoyances. In the spirit of naming a trusted, reliable tool after its job, we’ve branded our new playlist feature Playlist Improver. It’s short, simple, direct, and awesome. It’s also a dream come true for Roon’s dedicated playlist creators.

HDMI and Thunderbolt arrive for latest ROCK hardware

Greetings, Roon ROCK enthusiasts; we have great news for you! Our new Roon OS release introduces support for HDMI audio and Thunderbolt over USB-C on NUC 12+ hardware and fixes HDMI port functionality for Nucleus Titan.