McIntosh adds Roon Tested support to digital amplifiers

There's an update available for McIntosh users today, bringing the Roon music system to all the company's current digital preamplifiers and integrated amplifiers.

An apparently much-requested feature, Roon is a way to organise, browse and play your music, bringing extra information such as writing credits, photos and lyrics to enhance the digital music experience. If you enjoy poring over liner notes, then Roon is something of a digital equivalent.

The update also promises that Roon will recognise the device it's connected to and send "audio optimised for their capabilities". It remains to be seen if there's a sonic improvement as a result.

Joe is the Content Director for What Hi-Fi? and Future’s Product Testing, having previously been the Global Editor-in-Chief of What Hi-Fi?. He has worked on What Hi-Fi? across the print magazine and website for almost 20 years, writing news, reviews and features on everything from turntables to TVs, headphones to hi-fi separates. He has covered product launch events across the world, from Apple to Technics, Sony and Samsung; reported from CES, the Bristol Show, and Munich High End for many years; and written for sites such as the BBC, Stuff and The Guardian. In his spare time, he enjoys expanding his vinyl collection and cycling (not at the same time).