Matrix Audio element i2 User manual

Brand: Matrix Audio

Model: element i2

Type: User manual

Matrix Audio element i2 is a high-resolution music streamer with advanced audiophile-grade features. It supports a wide range of music formats, including MQA, DSD, and high-resolution PCM. With its dual ESS Sabre ES9038Q2M DACs, the element i2 delivers exceptional sound quality with low distortion and high signal-to-noise ratio. It also features a variety of digital and analog inputs and outputs, making it easy to connect to various audio systems.

User Manual

Music Streamer

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

Packing list

Product Remotecontrol

Powercable Quickstartguide,warrantycard

2.Poweron/Standbybuttonandknob

Afterconnectingtopowersupply,presstheknobtopowerontheunit,

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

ﬁrststartupaftereachconnectiontothepowersupply.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.

Undermutemode,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.

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.

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.

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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2 3 8

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 device can be connected to an iPhone or iPad via a Lightning to USB

CameraAdapter.

The device 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：ES9038Q2M

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)

LineOutput

XLR

SNR:120dBA-weighting

THD+N:<0.00025%@1k,<0.00035%@20Hz-20kHz

FrequencyResponse:20Hz-20kHz±0.1-3dB@80kHz

Crosstalk:>-138dB

OutputLevel:4VRMS@0dB

RCA

SNR:118dBA-weighting

THD+N:<0.00035%@1k,<0.00050%@20Hz-20kHz

FrequencyResponse:20Hz-20kHz±0.1-3dB@80kHz

ChannelCrosstalk:>-130dB

OutputLevel:2VRMS@0dB

HeadphoneOutput

4.4mmBalanceｄ

SNR:116dBA-weighting

THD+N:<0.0006%@20Hz-20kHz4VRMS

FrequencyResponse:20Hz-20kHz±0.1-3dB@65kHz

OutputImpedance:<22Ω

OutputPower:1500mW@33Ω,950mW@300Ω,500mW@600Ω,1%THD

Gain:+16.5dB

6.35mmSingle-ended

SNR:114dBA-weighting

THD+N:<0.0008%@20Hz-20kHz2VRMS

FrequencyResponse:20Hz-20kHz±0.1-3dB@65kHz

OutputImpedance:<11Ω

OutputPower: mW@33Ω,260mW@300Ω,130mW@600Ω,1%THD1200

Gain:+16.5dB

Network

LAN： 10/100/1000Mbps

WLAN： 2.4GHz/5Ghz

Appendix

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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.

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/44.1kHz,48kHz,88.2kHz,96kHz,176.4kHz,

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

MQA 16-24Bit/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

AirPlay2,DLNA/UPnP,TIDALConnect,SpotifyConnect,vTuner,RadioParadise,

theaudiospecsdependontheserviceprovide.

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Otherspeciﬁcations

Weight： 2.6kg(5.73pounds)

Size：Width240mm(9.45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-240V50/60Hz

StandbyPowerConsumption：<5W

MaximumPowerConsumption：<30W

240 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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