Visual Design
Our brand-new element series has a simplified visual design removing unnecessary elements. It features simple visual lines with a precision CNC anodizing aluminum case.
Start From The Core
We spent more than a year incorporating a quad-core ARM processor (Freescale i.MX6) into「Matrix Audio」products. Then we developed a high-quality audio system based on Linux. The element series is our first product that transforms into a full-featured audio source with built-in music playback for streaming media over your network or files from a local disk.
MA Remote App
You can browse and playback your local music files, online music stream from TIDAL and Qobuz, and even Internet radio stations through the MA Remote App on your iPhone, iPad or Android phones. The device configurations, firmware updates also can be managed by the app.
MQA full decoder
MQA is an award-winning British technology that delivers the sound of the original master recording. The master MQA file is fully authenticated and is small enough to stream or download. The element series products are MQA full decoders, which enables you to play back MQA audio files and streams, delivering the sound of the original master recording.
AirPlay & DLNA
Listening to network streaming media has become a normal part of life today. The element series also enables you to play music from your smartphone or other mobile devices via AirPlay & DLNA for convenient wireless streaming.
Brand New USB Interface
With the rapid development and release of high-quality music formats, the processing requirements are also higher than ever before. The element X is equipped with the brand-new XU216 XMOS processor which can easily handle decoding and unfolding of the highest bit rate MQA format.
Hyper-Control
We wanted to eliminate the weaknesses of both of potentiometer and digital based volume controls. So we designed a hybrid volume control for the element X which uses an array of relays along with the internal digital volume in D/A chip. This enabled us to combine the advantages of an analog volume control along with the precision of a digital volume control.
Pre-amplifier
When using active speakers, there is no need to add a pre-amplifier since the element X has a built-in very high-quality analog pre-amplifier section that is configurable with up to +10 dB of analog gain.
Full Balanced Headphone Amplifier
The element X is also a dual-mode headphone amplifier based on the LME49600 and consisting of four independent amplifier units. In balanced mode it can drive a pair of balanced headphones or in single-ended mode, it can drive two single-ended pairs of headphones each having its own independent stereo amplifier.
High Performance Power Supply System
Our linear power supply is the foundation of our excellent sound quality. We use a customized Noratel toroidal transformer along with Nichicon audio grade capacitors. The element X also has multiple levels of isolation LDO, with a well-designed four-layer PCB to help reproduce the original sound as accurately as possible by removing interference of the separate internal systems.
Double-shell Structure
The element X is designed as double-shell structure. The inner shell uses stamp steel with multi-strip reinforcing ribs to ensure excellent strength and the external shell is made of 4mm aluminum. The combination of the two metals eliminates the fixed resonant frequency of each material and greatly reduces the negative impact that case resonance can have on the sound quality.
Specifications
Hardware Platform
| CPU | NXP i.MX 6Quad 4x Cortex-A9 @1.2 GHz |
| 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)
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| 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, 5.6 MHz, 11.2 MHz, 22.4MHz (Native)
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| 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: 131dB A-weighting THD+N:<0.00012%@1k, <0.00025%@20Hz-20kHz Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.05 -3dB@120kHz Crosstalk : >-145dB Output Level: 4.5VRMS@0dB ,15.8VRMS@+10dB
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| RCA | SNR: 124dB A-weighting THD+N:<0.00012%@1k, <0.00025%@20Hz-20kHz Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.05 -3dB@105kHz Channel Crosstalk : >-137db Output Level: 2.3VRMS@0dB , 8VRMS@+10dB |
Headphone Output
| XLR4 and Dual XLR3 | SNR: 117dB A-weighting THD+N:<0.00055%@20Hz-20kHz 1VRMS Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.05 -3dB@50kHz Output Impedance:<1.5Ω Output Power: 1700mW@33Ω, 1180mW@300Ω, 650mW@600Ω, 1%THD Gain: +18dB@Low Gain, +28dB@High Gain
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| TRS 6.35mm | SNR: 112dB A-weighting THD+N:<0.00055%@20Hz-20kHz 1VRMS Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.1 -3dB@50kHz Output Impedance:<1.5Ω Output Power: 1150mW@33Ω, 308mW@300Ω, 152mW@600Ω, 1%THD Gain: +12dB@Low Gain, +22dB@High Gain |
Network
| LAN | 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX |
| WLAN | 2.4GHz/5GHz |
MA player
| Controller app | MA Remote
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| Format Supported | MP3 , WMA , WAV , AIF, AIFC, AIFF, AAC, FLAC, OGG, APE, ALAC, M4A, DSF, DFF
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| PCM Sampling rate | PCM 16/24/32Bit 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
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| DSD Sampling rate | DSD 2.8MHz, 5.6MHz, 11.2MHz, 22.4MHz
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| Roon Ready | 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
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| AirPlay | PCM 16Bit 44.1kHz |
USB Storage Device
| The USB host 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. |
Weight and size
| Weight | 4.2 kg (9.26 pounds) |
| Size | Width: 340 mm (13.39 inches) Depth: 281 mm (11.06 inches) Height: 60 mm (2.36 inches) |
Power Specs
| Power Voltage | 230V position is fit for AC220V-240V 50/60Hz 115V position is fit for AC100V-120V 50/60Hz |
| Stand-by Power Consumption | ＜6W |
| Sleep Power Consumption | ＜10W |
| Max Power Consumption | ＜40W |
Accessory
RM3 remote control Power cable USB cable WiFi antenna | x1 x1 x1 x2 |
For improvement purpose, specifications subject to changes without prior notice.
