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 versatile connectivity options to deliver an exceptional music listening experience. It supports various digital and analog inputs, including USB, Ethernet, HDMI ARC, and S/PDIF, allowing you to connect to a wide range of audio sources. With its built-in Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity, you can effortlessly stream music from online services like Spotify, Tidal, and Qobuz or access your music library stored on a NAS drive.

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 ...........................................................................09

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

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

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

Catalog

Quickstartguide,warrantycard

Packing list

Product Remotecontrol

Powercable

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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

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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

Working/Batterystatus

Dimmer

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

Appendix

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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,RadioParadise

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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