Bringing music to life.
audibleDNA is the end-to-end digital audio platform behind a generation of OEM products. Streaming, decoding, control, amplification, and a managed cloud — engineered as one coherent system.
Engineered as one.
audibleDNA is designed and developed by a single audio engineering team. The streaming layer, the system core, the optional amplification layer, and the customer-facing cloud share semantics, transport rules, configuration, and integration work with third-party streaming services — because they were built together.
Partners license the layers they need. Source switching, bit-perfect transport, and the certification integrations behave the same whether a partner adopts the full platform or a single module.
Core
audibleDNA Core.
The system layer. Transport rules, clocking, source management, decoding, transport controls, and the pre-integration work for third-party streaming services — defined together so the layers above and below behave predictably. The Core is what the platform commits to: that bits stay bit-perfect, that sources hand off cleanly, that authenticated content stays authenticated, and that the next firmware update will not break any of it.
Transport
Bit-perfect delivery from streaming source to DAC. No resampling, no software volume, no hidden processing. Every byte is accountable.
Clocking
Sample-rate handling, jitter discipline, and re-clocking strategies that hold across the whole signal chain — platform-level, not improvised per product.
Decoding
Full MQA decoding, PCM up to 768 kHz, DSD via DoP, and high-resolution streaming codecs. Where a service provides authenticated content, the platform authenticates it.
Source management
Multiple streaming and digital sources, one set of rules. Sources claim and release the output predictably. No two services fight for the DAC.
Certification
Roon, Qobuz, and MQA are pre-integrated at the platform level. Per-product submission is required by each certification body; audibleHQ guides partners through the process.
Transport controls
Unified playback control across the on-device web UI, network control points (Roon, Qobuz, UPnP), and host-product hardware. Play, pause, source selection, and volume flow through the same platform semantics, regardless of where the command originates.
Module
Renderer Module.
The streaming layer, packaged for OEM integration. A turnkey, licensable network audio rendering module — the complete streaming software stack, ready to integrate into a DAC, amplifier, or all-in-one product. The lowest barrier to entry on the platform.
Adding network audio to a hardware product is mostly a software problem. The engineering work is in making streaming services, decoders, certifications, and the DAC behave consistently together — through every firmware update over a product’s lifetime. The Renderer Module solves that problem once.
What is in the module
- Network audio streaming — Roon Tested integration, UPnP-based streaming, Qobuz Connect. Additional streaming services available under licence.
- MQA full decoding — built-in authenticated MQA decoder for bit-perfect playback of MQA content from any source.
- Hardware abstraction — DAC control, volume management, source switching, and metadata integration with the host product’s audio hardware.
- Branded web UI — configuration, status, and source selection. Themeable to the partner’s brand.
- Signed OTA updates — delivered over the network with dual-boot safety, integrated with the portal (see below).
Amplification
PowerDAC by audibleHQ.
The amplification layer. An open-loop digital power amplifier technology that converts digital audio directly to analogue power at the speaker terminals — using power-supply modulation to deliver true analogue volume control without the compromises of conventional digital amplification.
PowerDAC is the platform’s reference amplifier technology — licensable to partners building flagship products where amplifier performance is the differentiator. Integrates cleanly with the audibleDNA Core: source switching, volume, and metadata flow through the same platform semantics as everything else.
Cloud
The Portal.
Every audibleDNA-based product connects to an audibleHQ-operated portal — where end users register their device, partners observe their installed fleet, and over-the-air firmware updates are delivered. Partners get a fully operational cloud back-end without building one.
Customer self-registration
End users create an account, claim their device, and unlock connected features themselves. No serial-number paperwork, no support ticket to activate. The portal is the device’s first-run experience.
Fleet observability
Partners see their installed base: device populations, firmware versions, health metrics, recent activity. Failure trends and field-issue patterns become visible before they become support escalations.
OTA firmware updates
Signed, staged firmware updates pushed over the network. Partners control the release cadence; audibleHQ delivers the platform improvements. Dual-boot safety means a bad update never bricks a customer device.
Streaming, decoding, control.
The platform supports the streaming services and protocols audiophile customers expect, with bit-perfect delivery enforced at every stage.
- Roon Tested — audibleDNA products are tested for compatibility with Roon software. Sample rates, formats, and source-switching behaviour are validated by Roon Labs.
- Qobuz Connect — native integration as a Qobuz-compatible renderer. Stream directly from the Qobuz app at full Hi-Res resolution.
- MQA full decoding — authenticated MQA playback through the built-in renderer. No external decoder required.
- UPnP — protocol support for network audio streaming based on UPnP standards.
- Additional protocols — comprehensive support for major mobile and desktop streaming platforms is available to OEM partners under licence.
Roon is a trademark of Roon Labs LLC. Qobuz and Qobuz Connect are trademarks of Xandrie SA. MQA is a trademark of MQA Limited. UPnP is a trademark of the Open Connectivity Foundation. See our Trademarks and Attributions page for full details.
For OEM integrators.
Partners license at the layer that matches their product. Renderer Module alone for a streamer-DAC; the Core for a full system; PowerDAC on top for a flagship amplifier. The cloud portal is included with every layer.
A typical engagement is structured as discrete work packages: product branding, embedded operating system build, DAC hardware integration, streaming service certification, field-update tooling. Each has a scoped effort and a risk assessment. Partners see the full quote before signing — including dependencies, assumptions, and exclusions.