Primare Prisma Integrated Amplifiers Are Roon Ready

Primare, the Swedish designer and manufacturer of hi-fi components, announced that three of its best-selling Prisma integrated amplifiers - i15, i25 and i35 - received Roon Ready certification from Roon Labs. Being Roon Ready means that the systems transparently discover and connect to Roon with bit-perfect audio delivered from Roon to the network player. The owners of these models will find the update automatically downloaded and installed on their electronics.

In a demonstration of the new State of Things, the latest and acclaimed Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3 true wireless earbuds with Adaptive ANC received a firmware update adding multipoint device connectivity, and a host of additional features. The new firmware update loads to the Qualcomm platform via the Smart Control App (iOS, Android) also introduces a high-resolution sound mode for convenience and quality.

Bluesound, the wireless hi-res audio company, part of Lenbrook International, announced BluOS 3.16, introducing a series of enhancements including Dolby Atmos support. Ahead of the US Black Friday holiday, Bluesound users will be prompted to update their BluOS players, at which time, they will gain access to the immersive power of Dolby Atmos for the Pulse Soundbar+ and BluOS-Enabled products, including all-new audio settings for home theater sound.

Bryston has introduced native support for the Qobuz streaming music service as an available firmware update for Bryston’s BDP Music Players. With the update, users will be able to access Qobuz' high-resolution 24-bit/up to 192 kHz streaming service, and stream uncompressed content from a library of well over 40 million tracks representing every imaginable style including jazz and classical music. Qobuz first became available in Europe in 2007 and is now also available in the US.

The OPPO UDP-205 is a universal disc player specifically designed for audio performance, providing reference level sound quality for 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and many other digital audio and video formats. In many ways, the perfect audio source device for todays audio enthusiasts. Now, the latest firmware update to the UDP-205 adds MQA decoding to the UDP-205’s digital audio file playback, thanks to the recently established partnership between the two companies.

Berlin-based MUTEC released a convenient utility app for firmware updates of its successful MC-3+ Smart Clock USB converter on Apple Mac computers. Since the release of the Windows update utility in July 2016, MUTEC has received a positive response from users who have eagerly updated their devices. Now the German company offers a Mac-compatible app allowing users to keep their MC-3+USBs up to date with equal convenience.