Matrix Audio Element i Streamer

Versatile and Beautiful

With the help of MA player, no matter at the desk, beside your TV, in the bedroom or dining room, element i is always waiting for your playback commands. Get rid of computers, as long as you are on the same Wi-Fi or wired network, use Airplay, DLNA or playback your collected digital audio. Click HERE to learn more about MA player.

Hi-Res Streaming Audio Already Here

MA Remote app is available for iPhone, iPad and Android phones now. Browse and play your own high-quality digital audio, or enjoy hi-res streaming audio, whatever you want. MA Remote is now integrated with TIDAL service, Qobuz is also coming. In addition, it’s also ROON Ready. Find element audio device and control from ROON Remote, making playback faster.

Compatible and Powerful

Element I has a discrete component headphone amp with up to 1300mw of power, it can easily drive various high-resistance full-sized headphones and high-sensitive IEMs. The excellent dynamic performance and inaudible background noise, make you concentrate to the music. The device can be controlled by IR remote and MA Remote app, you can easily control the volume and input channels even if connecting to active speakers or power amplifiers.

Suitable is the best

Element I aim to cost-effective, but the hardware is still powerful enough: the Freescale i.MX6 series dual-core ARM processor is used as the master core of the MA player, the D/A converting module is using the ES9028PRO 8-channel D/A chip from ESS and XU208 audio interface from XMOS. As an entry model, we keep the IIS LVDS port, which allow element i to connect to USB interface with femtosecond clocks.

Internal or External Power Supply

Element I is powered by an external power supply. Audiophiles can upgrade their external linear power supply according to their requirements and explore the potential of Element I. Even so, the power conditioning section in element i is never compromised. Each circuit unit still uses multi-channel low-ripple LDO independently, as the basis of good sound performance.

Features

Hi-Res Streaming Audio resolution of 24bit 384kHz

MA Remote App

AirPlay & DLNA

DAC ESS ES9028Pro

Stamp galvanized steel inner-shell

External shell is made of 4mm aluminum

Specifications

TECHNICAL

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, 45MHz (Native)

USB Audio

PCM 16-24Bit /44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz

DSD 2.8MHz, 5.6MHz (DoP)

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

LINE OUTPUT

XLR

SNR: >-127dB

THD+N: <0.00025%@1k，<0.00027%@20Hz-20kHz

Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.05 -3dB@150kHz

Channel Crosstalk: >-143dB Amplitude: 4.0VRMS@0dB

RCA

SNR: >-120dB

THD+N: <0.00040%@1k，<0.00045%@20Hz-20kHz

Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.05 -3dB@100kHz

Channel Crosstalk: >-114dB Amplitude: 2.0VRMS@0dB

HEADPHONE OUTPUT

Single Ended

SNR: >-111dB@2VRMS

THD+N: <0.0006%@1VRMS

Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz ±0.1 -3dB@47kHz

Output Impedance: <0.6Ω Output Power: 1320mW@33Ω，248mW@300Ω，124mW@600Ω，1%THD

Gain: +12dB

NETWORK

LAN

10BASE-T/100BASE-TX

WLAN 2.4GHz/5GHz, IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac standard

MA PLAYER

Format Supported MP3 , WMA , WAV , AIF, AIFC, AIFF, AAC, FLAC, OGG, APE, ALAC, M4A, DSF, DFF

PCM Sampling Rate

PCM 16/24/32Bit 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz

DSD Sampling Rate DSD 2.8MHz, 5.6MHz, 11.2MHz

POWER

Power Voltage DC12V ≥1.67A

Power Supply Port Outer diameter 5.5mm; inner diameter 2.1mm (+ for inner, - for outer)

Stand-by Power Consumption <1W

Sleep Power Consumption <5W

Max Power Consumption <20W

OTHERS

USB Storage Device element i can use the 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 or memory cards.

Weight 1.5kg

Dimension 240×220×55mm (L×W×H, including protruding parts)