Russound Implements Spotify® in Company's Leading Audio Streamers
World's Most Popular Streaming Service Now Included in Russound's X5, DMS-3.1 and MCA-88X Models; MyRussound™ App Now Free and Updated with Spotify
NEWMARKET, N.H., Feb. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Following up its recent agreement with Spotify® to include the world's most popular streaming service in its most popular streaming models, Russound, the #1 brand for installed multi-room audio, announced today that the implementation is complete, with the service now available to users of the XStream X5 Controller/Streamer, the DMS-3.1 Digital Media Streamer, and the upcoming MCA-88X Streaming Multizone Controller/Amplifier.
"Streaming is more than just the future of audio – it's the present, and Spotify is the most popular streaming service in the business," said Charlie Porritt, Russound's CEO. "With Spotify on board, our customers are able to give their clients their number one choice for audio, and our MyRussound app makes accessing and using the service as easy as operating a light switch."
Spotify is an award-winning service that makes it easy to find the right music for every moment – on a phone, a tablet and more. There are millions of tracks on Spotify, so the right music is always at users' fingertips. With Spotify, users can browse through the music collections of friends, artists and celebrities, or create radio stations of their own.
Spotify Connect is featured on two of Russound's leading models XStream X5 and the DMS-3.1 – while the MCA-88X Streaming Multizone Controller Digital Amplifier will include it when the model ships in the second quarter of this year. The Russound XStream™ X5 is the first of its kind, a room-by-room distributed audio system with integrated controller. It is a fully Wi-Fi certified device that can wirelessly synchronize audio across all X5-powered rooms. It's designed to be subtle, unobtrusive and blend easy into any decor.
The DMS-3.1 Digital Media Streamer provides network-based digital music to a multiroom system. As an Apple® Certified AirPlay® accessory, audio content can be sent to the DMS-3.1 from any iOS device.
Russound's MCA-88X Streaming Multizone Controller Digital Amplifier represents a blending of the company's popular MCA-Series products and Russound's XStream™ technology that streams content from the cloud, home network, tablets and phones—all from a single component.
MyRussound™ App, Now Free and with Spotify Control
Coinciding with Russound's implementation of Spotify in several of its leading models is an updated version of the company's popular MyRussound App, which now includes full Spotify control. MyRussound allows end-users to control their Russound systems with ease, from the comfort of a smartphone or tablet. (iOS and Android.) As of this introduction, MyRussound is available free of charge to all Russound customers in the iTunes and Google Play stores.
About Spotify
Spotify is an award-winning digital music service that gives you on-demand access to over 20 million tracks. Our dream is to make all the world's music available instantly to everyone, wherever and whenever you want it. Spotify makes it easier than ever to discover, manage and share music with your friends, while making sure that artists get a fair deal.
Spotify is now available in 57 markets globally with more than 40 million active users, and over 10 million paying subscribers.
Since its launch in Sweden in 2008, Spotify has driven more than US$1bn to rights holders. Spotify is now the second biggest source of digital music revenue for labels in Europe, and the biggest and most successful music streaming service of its kind globally.
*Number of tracks licensed globally. Catalogue size varies per market and can also change over time.
About Russound
Since 1967, innovation, quality and reliability have been the pillars of the Russound® product tradition. Located in Newmarket, N.H., USA, Russound offers the products and expertise customers need to enjoy multiroom audio and video systems in the home. With more than 47 years of experience, Russound continues to cater to installation professionals and their customers by pairing powerful systems using the latest technologies with intuitive controls, high-performance and easy-to-use solutions. For more information, visit the company's website at www.russound.com.
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