Melco’s latest firmware brings a world of Qobuz high-res music for direct download and playback
6th July 2021, Surrey, UK: Melco Audio has released new firmware bringing Qobuz Downloader to its current range of EX Series (and EX-updated) music libraries. Available from today, the new firmware version 4.20 brings even more exciting features to Melco digital music libraries, including a world of high-res audio available to browse and directly download using the Qobuz Downloader.
The new firmware will be pre-installed on all new Melco digital music libraries and is available immediately for owners of existing EX Series machines, plus customers who have updated their Melco music libraries to EX specification, unlocking their full potential.
Melco’s addition of the Qobuz Downloader gives its customers access to thousands of tracks in high-res and CD quality, which can be downloaded directly to Melco music libraries and stored for playback with Melco’s class-leading sound quality, all with effortless simplicity.
In addition, the new firmware offers a number of other improvements, including enhanced media server stability, additional markerless DSD compatibility with a range of USB DACs and updates for Melco music libraries already featuring firmware version 4.10.
Melco Audio’s UK General Manager Dan Raggett said, “I am really pleased to be able to offer this firmware update to customers who have Melco EX Series and EX-updated machines. Qobuz is a well-known and highly regarded resource, offering both access to streaming and download content. The Qobuz Download library gives Melco customers access to thousands of artists, albums and hours of high-quality music. Coupling this with the ability to download and directly store on Melco libraries creates a fantastic proposition for music lovers.”
Price and availability
The new firmware version 4.20 is a free over-the-air update.
About Melco
Melco (Maki Engineering Laboratory Company) was established by Makoto Maki in 1975 in Japan. Maki, an enthusiastic audiophile, established the company to design and manufacture the finest audio components of the time; the undoubted masterpiece of the Melco line was the turntable (introduced into the UK in 1980) which set new standards in music reproduction.
From those early beginnings, Melco developed into the largest computer peripherals manufacturer in Japan (Buffalo Inc.), offering advanced products based on rigorous R&D. These included wireless routers, ethernet data switches and storage devices such as NAS drives. Now, the company is proud to revive the highly respected Melco brand, offering discerning audiophiles high-technology network audio components in the spirit of those much-revered early Melco products, while incorporating the very latest research into reliable, high-performance networked devices and storage.
