It is thankfully nearly impossible to permanently 'brick' most (all?) Meridian devices simply by performing a firmware update. I managed it, but only as a result of a controller board failure which required a return trip to Meridian to fix.

Normally, firmware updates are handled by the BIOS, which is independent of the firmware, so is always available no matter how screwed the firmware update is.

If a device does not complete an update resulting in the unit being 'bricked', repeatedly retrying to the update should eventually result in the unit being restored to a good state.

Meridian owner since 1992
Prime & PSU, Focal Elear headphones, Roon (ROCK 8Gi5 NUC), Explorer 1 & 2, F80. 200/203, various Sonos (via Roon).