Matrix Audio Element X2 User manual

Brand: Matrix Audio

Model: Element X2

Type: User manual

Matrix Audio Element X2 is a high-performance music streamer that combines advanced audio technology with a user-friendly interface. It supports a wide range of digital and analog inputs, including USB, S/PDIF, and HDMI ARC, making it easy to connect to various audio sources. With its built-in DAC and powerful headphone amplifier, the Element X2 delivers pristine audio quality, whether you're listening through headphones or speakers.

Music Streamer User Manual

Packinglist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01

Partsandnames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02

Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02

LCDScreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02

Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03

Remotecontrol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04

Operationsbeforeusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05

Connecttonetwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05

MARemoteApp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05

DriverforUSBAudio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06

Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08

Technicalspeciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08

Powerspeciﬁcations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09

Otherspeciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

AboutMQA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

AboutRoonReady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

AboutSpotify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Catalog

Quickstartguide,warrantycard

Packing list

Product

Remotecontrol

1.Poweron/Standby

After connecting to power supply, press this button to power on the

unit,pressitagaintolettheunitstandby.Ittakesabout30secondsfor

theﬁrststartupafterconnectingtopowersupplyeachtime.

2.Knob/Button

Set the output volume by turning the knob, when the"Lineout

Mode"is settoFixedthroughMA RemoteApp,thelineoutput volume

isnotadjustable.Presstheknobtomute,presstheknobagainorturn

theknobtounmute.

3. Headphonejack

The 6.35 mm headphone jack is for single-ended headphones, the 4.4

mmheadphonejackisforbalancedheadphones.

LCDscreen

Playbacktouchcontrolarea

Swiperighttoopentheshortcutpage.

Swipelefttoopenthemenu.

Front

Parts and names

Mediaandaudioinformation

Includingalbumart,tracktitle,artist,duration,audioformat,samplingrateofthetrack

andtheﬁltertypebeingused.

Inputchannel

Thenameofselectedinputchannel.

Status

Includingstatusofclock,networkconnection,USBstorage,NASandAsync/Syncmode.

Outputchannelandvolume

Theselectedoutputchannelandvolumelevel.

LCDscreen

Displayinformation

Operationoftouchscreen

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Analogoutput

ConnecttoactivespeakersorampliﬁersthroughRCAorXLRcables.

Analoginput

ConnecttovinylturntablesordeviceswithanalogoutputsthroughRCAcables.

Optical&Coaxialinput

Connecttofront-enddeviceswithS/PDIFsignaloutputsthroughopticalorcoaxialcables.

IISLVDSinput

ConnecttodigitalinterfaceproductsfromMatrixAudioorothercompatibledevicesthrough

HDMIcables.Theunitiscompatiblewith4kindsofIISLVDSpindeﬁnitions,whichcanbe

viewedandconﬁguredinMARemoteApp.

HDMIARC

ConnecttoTVswithARC(AudioReturnChannel)functionalitiesthroughHDMIcables.

USBaudioinput

ConnecttocomputersasanexternalaudiodevicethroughUSBTypeBcables.

Resetbutton

Onlyusethisbuttonwhentheunitworksincorrectly,theunitcanberesettofactorystate.

PleaseoperateundertheinstructionsbyserviceteamfromMatrixAudio.

USBTypeC

ConnecttoUSBstoragedeviceswhichrequiresnothigherthan5V/1Apowersupply.

Ethernet

Connect to LAN port of the network router, the connection supports up to Gigabit Ethernet

transmission.

Triggerinput/output

Connecttoaudiodeviceswithtriggerportsthroughaø3.5mmmonoplugcables,toachievea

linkagecontrolbetweentheelementdeviceandotherdevices.Thetriggeroutputprovidesa

12VDCsignal.

ACinput

ThisunitadapttoAC100-120VandAC220-240Vpowersupplyautomatically,pleasemakesure

tousetheproductinthepowervoltagerangementionedabove.

Please use the power cable which includes an earth wire. Please ensure you have a reliable earth wire

connection.Otherwise,thecasingoftheunitmayhaveaslightlychargedtouch.Ifyouneedtheunittobeturned

oﬀcompletely,pleaseunplugthepowercable.

Rear

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Parts and names

Remotecontrol

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Pointtheremotecontroltotheelementdevicewhenusingit,theoperatingdistanceisabout

8meters.Whenthebatteryislow,theLEDindicatorontheremotecontrolﬂashesred,there

willalsobeanotiﬁcationshowingonthedevicescreen.

IftherearemorethanoneMatrixAudiodeviceinasingleenvironment,inordertoprevent1

remotecontrolfromcontrollingmultipledevicesatthesametime,wepreset5addresscodes

intheremotecontrol,theseaddresscodescanbeconﬁguredintheSettingsmenushowing

below,andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Slideinthedirectionofthearrowtoopenthebatteryholder.Pleasepayattentiontothe

polaritywheninstallingthebatteries.

Somearereserved.

DeﬁnethefunctionalitiesofbuttonsthroughMARemoteApp,theyarenotdeﬁnedbydefault.

Presstomute,againtounmute.Youalsocanunmutebypressingthe+/-buttonsinmutestate.

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Switchthecorrespondingﬁltertypesappliedtothecurrentplayingaudioformatinaloop.

Whentheinputchannelsupports,theplaybackcanbecontrolledbythesebuttons.

Poweron/Standby

Dimmer

Working/Batterystatus

Inputchannels



Programmablebuttons



Volume

Mute/Unmute



Filters



Playbackcontrolarea

Parts and names

ConnecttheproducttotheLANportofthenetworkrouterthroughanEthernet

cable.ItisrecommendedtosetuptherouterasaDHCPserver,theunitwillbe

assigned an IP address automatically. Select "LAN" in option Network in

Settingsmenu,youcanconﬁgurethenetworkspecsmanually,afterjoiningthe

network,therewillbeashowninthestatusbar.

LAN

Connecttonetwork

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EnterSettingsmenu-Network-Wi-Fi,afternetworkscanningcomplete,choose

theSSIDofyournetworkandenterthepasswords,therewillbea

shown in the status bar after connected. The device supports 2.4GHz/5GHz

wirelessnetwork.

WhentheconnectionhasnoInternetaccess,therewillbeainthestatusbar.

Wi-Fi

Operations before using

MARemoteApp

InstallMARemoteAppforyouriPad,iPhoneorAndroidphone.

To control and conﬁgure the element device through MA Remote App,

or playback streaming music from the element devices, please refer to

matrix-digi.com/tutorialsforinstructions.

Opentheapp,followtheinstructionstoaddthedevicetoMARemoteApp.

When connecting the device to a Windows 7/8/10/11 computer via USB

connection as an external audio device, please install drivers as following

instructions:

DriverforUSBAudio

1.Double-clickthedriverinstallationpackageandclick"Next".

2.Selectinstallationpathandclick"Install".

3.Click"Next"aftertheinstallationiscomplete.

4.Click"Finish"toclosetheSetupWizard.

Operations before using

It’snoneedtoinstalldriversformacOS,justselect“elementSeries”astheaudio

outputdeviceinSoundPreferences.

TheelementdevicescanbeconnectedtoaniPhoneoriPadvia aLightningto

USBCameraAdapter.

TheelementdevicescanbeconnectedtoAndroiddevicesviaanOTGadapter,

butnoteveryAndroiddevicesarecompatiblewithdeviceviaOTGconnection.

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Operations before using

Technicalspeciﬁcations

HardwarePlatform

CPU：NXPi.MX6QuadCortex-A9

D/AChip：ES9038Pro

ClockSource：CrystekCCHD-950

DigitalInput

Coaxial&Optical：

PCM 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,192kHz

DSD 2.8MHz(DoP)

IISLVDS：

PCM 16-32Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,

192kHz,352.8kHz,384kHz,705.6kHz,768kHz

DSD 2.8MHz,5.6MHz,11.2MHz(DoP)

DSD 2.8MHz,5.6MHz,11.2MHz,22.4MHz(Native)

USBAudio：

PCM 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,

192kHz,352.8kHz,384kHz,705.6kHz,768kHz

MQA 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,

192kHz,352.8kHz,384kHzMQAorMQAStudiostream

DSD 2.8MHz,5.6MHz,11.2MHz(DoP)

DSD 2.8MHz,5.6MHz,11.2MHz,22.4MHz(Native)

HDMIARC：

PCM 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,192kHz

AuxInput

SNR:>-106dBA-weighting

THD+N:<0.0025%@1k,<0.0030%@20Hz-20kHz

FrequencyResponse:20Hz-20kHz±0.07-3dB@43kHz

ChannelCrosstalk:>-102dB

InputLevel:2.1VRMSMaximum

LineOutput

XLR

SNR:>-131dBA-weighting

THD+N:<0.00012%@1k,<0.00020%@20Hz-20kHz

FrequencyResponse:20Hz-20kHz±0.05-3dB@85kHz

Crosstalk:>-146dB

OutputLevel:4.5VRMS@0dB,15.8VRMS@+10dB

RCA

SNR:>-125dBA-weighting

THD+N:<0.00012%@1k,<0.00020%@20Hz-20kHz

FrequencyResponse:20Hz-20kHz±0.05-3dB@85kHz

ChannelCrosstalk:>-137dB

OutputLevel:2.2VRMS@0dB,7.5VRMS@+10dB

HeadphoneOutput

4.4mmBalanceｄ

SNR:>-119dBA-weighting

THD+N:<0.00055%@20Hz-20kHz4VRMS

FrequencyResponse:20Hz-20kHz±0.1-3dB@85kHz

OutputImpedance:<12Ω

OutputPower:2600mW@33Ω,1100mW@300Ω,580mW@600Ω,1%THD

Gain:+18dB@LowGain,+28dB@HighGain

6.35mmSingle-ended

SNR:>-116dBA-weighting

THD+N:<0.00055%@20Hz-20kHz2VRMS

FrequencyResponse:20Hz-20kHz±0.1-3dB@85kHz

OutputImpedance:<6Ω

OutputPower: mW@33Ω,290mW@300Ω,150mW@600Ω,1%THD1600

Gain:+18dB@LowGain,+28dB@HighGain

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Network

LAN： 10/100/1000Mbps

WLAN： 2.4GHz/5Ghz

USB

TheUSBportprovidesamaximumpowerof5V/1A.

TheUSBportworkswithdeviceswhichconformtotheUSBmassstoragestandardandsupportsFAT,FAT32,

exFAT,andNTFSﬁleformats,butisnotguaranteedtobecompatiblewithallstoragedevices.

Trigger

Triggerin：DC6-12V<10mA

Triggerout：DC12V/50mAMAX

MAPlayer

Controllerapp： MARemoteApp

LocalPlayback：

FormatSupported：MP3,WMA,WAV,AIF,AIFC,AIFF,AAC,FLAC,OGG,

APE,ALAC,M4A,DSF,DFF,CUE

PCM 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,

192kHz,352.8kHz,384kHz,705.6kHz,768kHz

MQA 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,

192kHz,352.8kHz,384kHzMQAorMQAStudiostream

DSD 2.8MHz,5.6MHz,11.2MHz,22.4MHz

RoonReady:

PCM 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,

192kHz,352.8kHz,384kHz,705.6kHz,768kHz

MQA 16-24Bit/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,

192kHz,352.8kHz,384kHzMQAorMQAStudiostream

DSD 2.8MHz,5.6MHz,11.2MHz,22.4MHz

AirPlay2,DLNA/UPnP,TIDALConnect,SpotifyConnect,vTuner,theaudiospecs

dependontheserviceprovider.

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Otherspeciﬁcations

Weight： 4kg(8.82pounds)

Size：Width３40mm(13.39inches)，

Depth259mm(10.20inches)，

Height58mm(2.28inches)．

Speciﬁcationsaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.

Powerspeciﬁcations

PowerVoltage：AC100V-120V50/60Hz/AC220V-240V50/60Hz

StandbyPowerConsumption：<5W

MaximumPowerConsumption：<50W

340 ｍｍ

259 ｍｍ

58mm

ThisunitincludesaMQAfulldecoder,whichenablesyoutoplaybackMQA

audioﬁlesviastreamingorUSBaudioport,deliveringthesoundoftheoriginal

masterrecording.

ThedotsbesidetheMQAlogogreenorbluetoindicatethat

the unit is decoding and playing an MQA stream or ﬁle, and denotes

provenancetoensurethatthesoundisidenticaltothatofthesourcematerial.It

glowsblue        toindicateitisplaying an MQA Studio ﬁle, which has

eitherbeenapprovedinthestudiobytheartist/producerorhasbeenveriﬁedby

thecopyrightowner.

ThedotglowsmagentatoindicatethattheunitisrenderinganMQA

streamorﬁle.ThisdeliverstheﬁnalunfoldoftheMQAﬁle.

AboutMQA(MasterQualityAuthenticated)

AboutRoonReady

Being Roon Ready means that Matrix Audio music streamers transparently

discoverandconnecttoRoonwithoutanyconﬁguration,andbit-perfectaudio

isdeliveredfromRoontoyourmusicstreamers.

AboutSpotify

Useyourphone,tabletorcomputerasaremotecontrolforSpotify.Goto

spotify.com/connecttolearnhow.

TheSpotifySoftwareissubjecttothirdpartylicensesfoundhere:

 .https://www.spotify.com/connect/third-party-licenses

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·Thisproductisforindooruseonly.

·Forfullventilation,itisrecommendedtoreserveaspaceoflargerthan5cmaroundthedevice.

·Donotcovertheairventswithstuﬀssuchaspapers,tablecloths,andcurtainstoobstructventilation.

·Donotplacestuﬀwithﬂame,suchaslightedcandles,onthedevice.

· If the device is used in tropical areas, please be careful to prevent insects from entering the unit

throughtheairvents.

·Thedevicemustnotbesubjecttowaterdropletsorsplashes.Pleasedonotplacestuﬀsﬁlledwith

liquidssuchasvasesandcupsonornearthedevice.

·DonotputstuﬀsaroundthedevicepowerplugandtheACpowersocket,inordertodisconnectthe

powersupplyeasilywhenneeded.

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