Melco becomes Roon Ready

Edition 7 - September 2020

Welcome

Welcome to Sound Matters – Melco Audio’s newsletter, designed to keep you updated on Melco news and industry insights.

We hope you are all keeping safe and well and managing to enjoy your music. We have exciting news to share with you this month – Melco is now Roon Ready! Read my article below for more details.

For those of you who are new to Melco, we offer the world's first audiophile-grade source components to access, store, deliver and play Hi-Res digital music without the use of computer hardware and peripherals. Our digital music libraries are the talk of industry awards and regularly used by leading audio manufacturers to showcase their devices.

If you have any ideas for future content you’d like to see in our newsletter, or would like to write for Sound Matters, please message us at: hello@melco-audio-masters.com   
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Happy reading and enjoy the music!            ​

Daniel Raggett,
​Melco Europe General Manager

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Melco becomes Roon Ready!
​Daniel Raggett - Melco Europe General Manager

There’s some great news for Melco owners this month (September) as we proudly announce that our EX Series of libraries will be Roon Ready from the 14th. We know from our mailbox that many of you already use Roon, so we’re delighted to be formally adding Roon Ready convenience to the Melco platform, to supplement our audiophile-grade Melco Intelligent Music Library (MIML) software package.

All models in our five-strong EX Series will gain Roon Ready convenience following a new firmware rollout (4.04). The new firmware is downloadable from our website www.melcoaudio.com  (USB download) from the 14th of September for immediate customer installation from the front panel, plus a further over-the-air update (4.10) is expected later in the year which will partly automate the process. Details of how to manually upgrade your EX Series library in just a few simple steps, can be found in your user manual; these are also downloadable from our website, here.

We’re also pleased to announce that owners of legacy Melco units (i.e. non-EX Series libraries) are also very much included and can also receive the benefits of Roon when upgrading to the latest EX specification. Melco dealers will be able to advise on the best way to achieve the upgrade on an individual basis. Suffice to say, if you have an older Melco library, there has never been a better time to upgrade to the EX Series’ specification.

Firmware-updated Melco libraries will allow Roon to operate (as an alternative to UPnP) when the library is configured with a USB DAC. Being Roon Ready means that Melco devices now integrate a customised version of Roon’s RAAT streaming technology directly into the device, providing the user with an incredible user interface, simple setup, rock-solid daily reliability and the highest levels of audio performance in the industry.
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Following the firmware update, all global EX Series Melco libraries will become Roon Ready, however, Japan will follow at slightly a later date. If you have any questions about Melco and Roon, or how to use Roon if you’ve not already tried it, our Melco dealer network is ready to take your query and offer a helping hand. Find your nearest Melco dealer here. 

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Meet the Melco Master Dealer

In each edition of Sound Matters, we’ll be focussing on one of our Melco Master Dealers. Melco has a unique training program dedicated to creating a network of skilled ‘Master Dealers’ who have been assessed in respect to Melco features, installation and support, as well as advanced Hi-Res Audio techniques and network infrastructure for hi-fi devices.

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In this edition, we’re delighted to introduce you to our newest Melco Master Dealer, Ross Nugent at Acoustica in Chester

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Which brands do you sell? 
Melco, Chord Company, Quadraspire, Naim Audio, Kudos, Spendor and much more.

Why do you do what you do? 
Our aim is to keep Acoustica running in the same way as Geoff did (he just retired!) – with a strong emphasis on personal customer service and superior product selection.  

Melco is an example of this: installing a Melco S100 switch in any system brings extra clarity, openness and a huge reduction in unwanted noise. 

What do you enjoy about Melco? 
Here at Acoustica, we have found that the addition of a Melco N100, N1Z or N10 can be a phenomenal upgrade to almost any system which uses a streaming unit as its source.
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Aside from the obvious benefits of local storage, it has the effect of cleaning up the digital signal and lowering the noise floor, before it gets to the streamer. Because of this. the streamer is able to process a higher quality signal. All this leads to a more engaging and more musical presentation, which both ourselves and our customers love. 
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In the press
Industry-wide appreciation for Melco products: ​

Melco S100 data switch - Hi-Fi News Editor’s Choice badge received

Melco S100 data switch – Hi-Fi Critic recommended badge

Hi-Fi Wigwam – Melco N100 music library review 

Melco N100 included in What Hi-Fi? round-up of best music servers of 2020. Melco N100 rated five stars

Melco N100 recommended in the What Hi-Fi? Buyers’ Guide in the ‘Best Streamers’ category,
​September 2020 edition

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