Roon Music Systems

A music collection deserves a system that makes listening inviting. Integrated Media Systems helps plan Roon-based playback around the listening rooms, compatible audio equipment and network that bring the music into your home.

Plan the playback system as a whole

Roon is music software, with playback directed to compatible audio devices and zones. A zone might be a listening-room system, a speaker system in another room or a supported personal device. The server, control devices and audio outputs each have a role in the installation.

IMS reviews the proposed server, music sources, output devices and connections before defining the work. Existing amplifiers and speakers may remain useful, while the playback connections and control arrangement need to suit the selected equipment.

Listening rooms and music beyond them

Speaker placement, amplification and room conditions shape the listening experience. We plan the audio components with their location, ventilation and service access. For music in other rooms, the design identifies which outputs serve each listening area and how people will control them.

Explore distributed audio and video, McIntosh audio systems and home network planning for the related installation work.

Confirm which zones can play together

Roon supports grouped playback, but grouping depends on the output technology. Compatible zones of the same supported type can be grouped; a collection of different output types is not automatically one synchronized system. We review the actual devices and the listening arrangements you want before promising that rooms will play together.

Account requirements, subscriptions, network connections and the operation of the selected devices are part of that review. Roon serves music playback and discovery; television and shared video sources need separate equipment.

Discuss your music system

Tell us about your collection, the rooms you use and the equipment already installed. Contact IMS about a Roon project in Northern Virginia or the DC area, and we can define the installation or upgrade work.