The Matrix Audio Element M-2 Music Streamer is a compact yet fully featured hi-res network audio source designed to bring modern streaming and multimedia playback to traditional two-channel systems. Combining a music streamer, DAC, and balanced headphone amplifier, the Element M-2 plays local files, NAS libraries, and high-resolution online streaming services with exceptional clarity and control. Equipped with optical, coaxial, IIS-LVDS, USB Audio, and HDMI ARC inputs, it integrates seamlessly with TVs, computers, disc players, and digital transports. A 3.46-inch LCD touchscreen and the intuitive MA Remote App provide smooth control across iOS and Android, while support for Roon Ready, AirPlay 2, UPnP, Spotify Connect, TIDAL, and Qobuz ensures wide compatibility. The upgraded 4-channel fully balanced headphone amplifier with 4.4mm balanced output delivers powerful, low-noise performance for a wide range of headphones. Advanced femtosecond clocking, isolated power supplies, Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi, and HDMI ARC make the Element M-2 a refined, space-saving centerpiece for modern hi-fi and home entertainment systems.
Matrix Audio Element M-2 Music Streamer (Silver)
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The Matrix Audio Element M-2 Music Streamer is a compact yet fully featured hi-res network audio source designed to bring modern streaming and multimedia playback to traditional two-channel systems. Combining a music streamer, DAC, and balanced headphone amplifier, the Element M-2 plays local files, NAS libraries, and high-resolution online streaming services with exceptional clarity and control. Equipped with optical, coaxial, IIS-LVDS, USB Audio, and HDMI ARC inputs, it integrates seamlessly with TVs, computers, disc players, and digital transports. A 3.46-inch LCD touchscreen and the intuitive MA Remote App provide smooth control across iOS and Android, while support for Roon Ready, AirPlay 2, UPnP, Spotify Connect, TIDAL, and Qobuz ensures wide compatibility. The upgraded 4-channel fully balanced headphone amplifier with 4.4mm balanced output delivers powerful, low-noise performance for a wide range of headphones. Advanced femtosecond clocking, isolated power supplies, Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi, and HDMI ARC make the Element M-2 a refined, space-saving centerpiece for modern hi-fi and home entertainment systems.
- 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 centers, 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: We 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: We 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 aluminum and plastic makes the remote control comfortable to the touch.
- Early bird of TV Hi-Fi: We 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 center, and enjoy the music with a single touch.
- Hardware Platform
- CPUNXP i.MX 6Quad Cortex-A9D/A ChipES9028PRO
- 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, 5.6 MHz, 11.2 MHz, 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
- 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
- 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, 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
- 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
- DSD Sampling Rate: DSD 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
- DSD Sampling Rate: DSD 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
- Weight: 3.5 kg (7.71 pounds)
- Size
- Width: 280 mm (11.02 inches)
- Depth: 259 mm (10.20 inches)
- Height: 58 mm (2.28 inches)
- Accessory
- RM4 remote control x1
- Power cable x1
- Quick start guide x1
- Warranty card x1
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