Onboard technologies

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  HEOS® Built-in

  With HEOS Built-in technology, enjoy your favourite music in any room of your home for a wireless, whole-home audio experience. Play the same song in every room or select a different song for each connected room the choice is yours. Enjoy music from Spotify, Amazon Prime Music HD, TIDAL and more or your local music file libraries. With additional HEOS Built-in components, like HEOS-capable speakers, play all your music in one room or many.

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  Amazon Alexa Voice Control

  Use your voice to stream your favourite music services through Alexa to this device with HEOS built-in. Ask Alexa to play music from Spotify, Amazon Music and more. Turn volume up or down, pause, mute and play the next song — all with your voice.
  
  With HEOS Home Entertainment and Alexa, easily stream to this product and any other device with HEOS built-in.

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  Google Assistant Voice Control

  Ask your Google Home, Google app or other devices with Google Assistant built-in to control content across your listening environment. Start music in the HEOS app, then ask your Google Assistant to control volume, play, pause, skip tracks and more. ‘Works with the Google Assistant’ feature is always improving.

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  Bluetooth & Wi-Fi

  Featuring dual diversity antennas, the Melody X lets you stream your favourite audio tracks wirelessly via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The dual diversity antenna system ensures stable streaming even in congested urban environments, and the Wi-Fi function features 2.4GHz(11b/g/n), 5GHz(11a/n) technology for compatibility with the widest range of smart devices. The Melody X offers quick and easy push button Wi- Fi protected setup and simple iOS Wi-Fi sharing.

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  AirPlay 2 + Apple Siri Voice Control

  Stream audio from your favourite music services like Apple Music and Spotify or watch videos from services like YouTube and Netflix from any iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple TV. Hear the audio perfectly synced to your speakers from AirPlay 2 sources.
  
  AirPlay 2 also supports multi-room audio — wirelessly stream content to multiple AirPlay 2 compatible devices simultaneously with improved audio buffering to ensure smooth audio playback. AirPlay 2 provides control and grouping of compatible audio devices within the Apple Music or Home app. Use AirPlay 2 in-app or with your voice via Siri.

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  Hi-Res Audio Support

  Enjoy music exactly as the artist intended. The Melody X decodes hi-res audio ALAC, FLAC and WAV lossless files up to 24-bit/192kHz, as well as DSD 2.8MHz and 5.6MHz tracks (the audiophile format of SACD).

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  Roon Tested

  Roon transforms the experience of browsing music. Access Roon for your Marantz product to browse artist photos, credits, bios, reviews, lyrics, tour dates, and composers. Roon allows your to easily build a surfable, searchable digital magazine about your music collection. Roon discovers all the same links between your personal files and the millions of tracks available on TIDAL, so you can start with the music you know, then explore new music from the world beyond your collection.