Streaming - Melco

Streaming music has rapidly become a very popular choice for music lovers as part of a good sounding hi-fi system, thanks to huge improvements in streaming sound quality and the wealth of music available. The term "streaming" basically refers to the fact that you're playing music from a digital device stored elsewhere - be it your NAS drive (which can store your CD collection, high res files and other music), from online services (Tidal, Spotify, Apple Music, or the thousands of internet radio stations available), or from files stored your Mac or PC (iTunes or Media Player). Even if you have a large vinyl collections, you can "rip" these onto your Mac or PC for easy access at the touch of a button.

Melco are dedicated to designing and manufacturing the very best possible solutions for digital music storage, ripping and networking for audio. Their range includes music libraries designed around their own custom PCB and software to ensure close to bit-perfect music storage - and when combined with optical reader can read and store the most accurate version of your CDs possible.

Melco stands for Maki Engineering Laboratory Company and the company was founded in japan, by Makoto Maki. From 1975 the company designed and developed the finest audio components of the time. 1980 saw the release of a turntable that set new standards of fidelity and design. Later they moved into computer peripherals, which used extensive research and innovation, to make Melco market leaders. The product range included wireless routers, Ethernet data switches and storage devices such as NAS drives. They became the largest peripherals manufacturer in Japan.

Melco’s audio background and history, make them the ideal company to make audio specific networking equipment, such as network switches, music libraries and shielded Ethernet cables. The latest technology is designed to distribute a clean digital audio over a home network. Finally, A top-end CD drive is available, to RIP CDs to their remarkable music libraries.

Melco music libraries: a music library refers to a device that has masses of storage for digital files, as well as network connectivity. Melco makes a range of high-end digital libraries with either a 3.84 TB SSD or a 2TB HD, built in. They are designed to be used with an external DAC or DAC equipped amplifier. They connect to a home network via Ethernet. Moreover, kits are available, so that you can connect the music libraries to an optical network.

Network switches: another speciality of Melco is audio specific network switches. These use top quality components to make network switches that have a much better noise performance than off-the-shelf switches. These are designed for a much cleaner environment for delicate audio files. A weak point of any Ethernet network is the cabling, normality this is not shielded and can act as an aerial, picking up all kinds of noise. Melco makes high grade cables with innovative shielding and larger than normal conductors.

Streaming and Multi Room audio is the pinnacle of simplicity and innovation. Imagine enjoying the same track in every room as you move throughout your house, or changing what you are listening to from the comfort of your sofa via an app or smartphone/tablet.

We offer a range of NAS (Network Attached Storage) servers and devices, which allow you to rip and store even the largest of CD collections to one place, in high fidelity lossless audio quality. When connected to a streamer or multi room device, you can access an entire music library at your fingertips.

Our range of digital streamers and network players let you access your digitally stored tunes, and are designed with audio quality and hi-fi principles in mind, enabling you to modernise your hi-fi system and bring streaming to your hi-fi without worrying about any degradation of audio quality.

We also offer a range of wireless adaptors, enabling you to add wireless and Bluetooth functionality to an existing hi-fi or AV setup, and start enjoying wireless and streaming audio. As always, we are always happy to offer any advice or support you may need in selecting or trying a product.