Matrix Audio - Element M2 - Music Streamer (Special Order)

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Presents the power of music

Under the design language of「Matrix Audio」family, the new genes of element M2 are ready to burst. It will be the most compact full-featured stand-alone source in your audio system, it will bring your traditional two-channel system into the high-res streaming audio world, and make your multimedia entertainment experience more immersive. The brand new element M2 brings you more surprises.

Suitable is the best

element M2 music streamer is a multi-functional audio source that can play local music files or online streaming audio. It has various input ports including toslink, coaxial, IIS-LVDS, USB audio and HDMI ARC. As a standalone music source, the element M2 drives various headphones directly, or can be connected to power amplifiers or active speakers for high-res music linstening. Roon Ready, UPnP and AirPlay are also supported. Excellent human-computer interaction, with the MA Remote App by「Matrix Audio」, you can easily configure your devices, browse and playback music files. element M2 provides an even more excellent pure sound, reproduces the original charm of music meticulously.

New UI New impression

The 2nd gen element series music streamer is equipped with a 3.46 inch LCD touch screen. When playing over the network, or playing local music via MA Player, rich information of the track is displayed on the screen. The touch screen allows you to perform various operations more conveniently. The newly added playback touch keys make the new generation of element music streamers easier to use.

Richer than rich

If you own a big treasure of digital audio, MA player Hi-Fi Streamer OS allows you to easily browse and play music in USB drives or NAS. If you prefer high-res online streaming, Spotify, TIDAL, Qobuz, HIGHRESAUDIO, Baidu Netdisk, QQMusic and Internet radio will be your huge library of music. QPlay, NetEase Cloud Music, Roon Ready, Spotify Connect, DLNA/UPnP, AirPlay 2 and Audirvāna bring you different music streaming experiences.

MA Remote App

It serves as the core tool for controlling your music streamers. By installing the MA Remote App on your iPhone, iPad or Android phone, they become the most convenient control centres, allowing you to browse and play your local music, enjoy high-resolution music from streaming platforms like SONY Select, TIDAL, Qobuz and HIGHRESAUDIO, Baidu Netdisk, QQMusic, listen to exciting online radio stations. Even when music is streaming from Roon or other apps, you also can view the track information through the MA Remote App. Furthermore, the MA Remote App allows you to set every hardware configuration, completely changing the operation of an audio device.

Full of power Full of details

Matrix Audio added a 4.4 mm balanced headphone jack for the element M2, making it convenient to pair with various headphones. The built-in headphone amplifier has been upgraded to a 4-channel full-balanced architecture. The fully symmetrical circuit design allows the left and right channel signals to pass through a nearly perfectly symmetrical amplification circuitry. Providing plenty of headphone output power at low distortion and noise.

Everything In Your Hand

Matrix Audio take every detail of the product seriously, even the remote control is no exception. The new RM4 remote control has added playback control functions, making it more convenient to switch tracks, play, pause and other operations. With the 2 programmable buttons which can be set to your frequently used functions through the MA Remote App. The material of aluminium and plastic makes the remote control comfortable to the touch.

Early bird of TV Hi-Fi

Matrix Audio have added HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) input port to element M2. When connected to display devices such as TVs and projectors with HDMI ARC functionality, the digital audio from the HDMI signal can be transferred to element M2 for higher quality playback. If the display device supports HDMI CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) protocol, the playback on element M2 can be controlled by this display device.

Asynchronous or synchronous, it's up to you

There are async mode and sync mode available on element M2. In the Async mode, the master clock of the D/A chip comes from the built-in Crystek CCHD-950 femtosecond clock, and the clock from the front-end device will be abandoned. In the Sync mode, the built-in femtosecond clock will be turned off, and the D/A chip depends on the clock of the front-end device completely.

Isolated Design

There are 2 independent power supplies dedicated for the ARM processor and the digital audio processing part of element M2. We put the 2 parts in independent circuit units, and joint them by several optocouplers to achieve complete electrical isolation. The audio circuit part uses an independent linear power supply to present a pure music background to you.

Highway of audio data

The element M2 is equipped with a Gigabit Ethernet port to ensure more stable connection when streaming high sampling rate audio files. Make the music data stream in your audio system smoothly.

Follow your way

Under good wireless network signal coverage, you can choose Wi-Fi connection. The integrated 2.4GHz and 5GHz dual-band Wi-Fi antenna, gives element M2 a tidy and clean appearance and a flexible connection option.

Get your pace

The newly added trigger ports allow you no need to turn the amplifier on or off manually, just let the element M2 work as a control centre, and enjoy the music with a single touch.

Specifications

Hardware Platform

• CPU: NXP i.MX 6Quad Cortex-A9
• D/A Chip: ES9028PRO
• Clock Source: Crystek CCHD-950

Digital Input

• Coaxial & Optical (PCM): 16-24Bit /44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz
• Coaxial & Optical (DSD (DoP): 2.8MHz
• IIS LVDS (PCM): 16-32Bit /44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz, 705.6kHz, 768kHz
• IIS LVDS (DSD DoP): 2.8MHz, 5.6MHz, 11.2MHz
• IIS LVDS (DSD Native): 2.8MHz, 5.6 MHz, 11.2 MHz, 22.4MHz
• USB Audio (PCM): 16-24Bit /44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz, 705.6kHz, 768kHz
• USB Audio (MQA/MQA Studio Stream): 16-24Bit /44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz
• USB Audio (DSD DoP): 2.8MHz, 5.6MHz, 11.2MHz
• USB Audio (DSD Native): 2.8MHz, 5.6MHz, 11.2MHz, 22.4MHz
• HDMI ARC (PCM): 16-24Bit /44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz

Line Output XLR

• SNR: 128dB A-weighting
• THD+N:<0.00020%@1k, <0.00022%@20Hz-20kHz
• Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.05 -3dB@85kHz
• Crosstalk: >-145dB
• Output Level: 4VRMS@0dB

Line Output RCA

• SNR: 125dB A-weighting
• THD+N:<0.00022%@1k, <0.00023%@20Hz-20kHz
• Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.05 -3dB@85kHz
• Channel Crosstalk: >-130dB
• Output Level: 2VRMS@0dB

Headphone Output - 4.4 mm balanced

• SNR: 119dB A-weighting
• THD+N:<0.00055%@20Hz-20kHz 4VRMS
• Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.1 -3dB@85kHz
• Output Impedance:<22Ω
• Output Power: 1800mW@33Ω, 1000mW@300Ω, 540mW@600Ω, 1%THD
• Gain: +18dB

Headphone Output - 6.35 mm unbalanced

• SNR: 116dB A-weighting
• THD+N:<0.00055%@20Hz-20kHz 2VRMS
• Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.1 -3dB@85kHz
• Output Impedance:<11Ω
• Output Power: 1200mW@33Ω, 280mW@300Ω, 140mW@600Ω, 1%THD
• Gain: +18dB

Network

• LAN: 10/100/1000 Mbps
• WLAN: 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz

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
• Local Playback PCM Sampling Rate: 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
• Local Playback DSD Sampling Rate: 2.8MHz, 5.6MHz, 11.2MHz, 22.4MHz
• Roon Ready PCM Sampling Rate: 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
• Roon Ready DSD Sampling Rate: 2.8MHz, 5.6MHz, 11.2MHz, 22.4MHz
• Airplay 2: The audio specs depend on the service provider
• DLNA/UPnP: The audio specs depend on the service provider
• TIDAL Connect: The audio specs depend on the service provider
• Spotify Connect: The audio specs depend on the service provider
• vTuner: The audio specs depend on the service provider
• Radio Paradise: The audio specs depend on the service provider
• HIGHRESAUDIO: The audio specs depend on the service provider

Power Specs

• Power Voltage: AC 100V-120V 50/60Hz / AC 220V-240V 50/60Hz
• Standby Power Consumption: <5W
• Maximum Power Consumption: <50W

Weight, Size & Accessories

• Weight: 3.5 kg (7.71 pounds)
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 280 mm (11.02 inches) x 259 mm (10.20 inches) x 58 mm (2.28 inches)
• Accessories:RM4 remote control x 1, Power cable x 1, Quick start guide x 1, Warranty card x 1