{"id":159349,"date":"2023-03-30T10:18:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T09:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=159349"},"modified":"2023-10-18T06:07:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:07:58","slug":"matrix-element-x2-pure-new-streamer-with-dac-and-preamp-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/matrix-element-x2-pure-new-streamer-with-dac-and-preamp-function\/","title":{"rendered":"Matrix Element X2 Pure: New streamer with DAC and preamp function"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<div data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<p>For its tenth anniversary,\u00a0Matrix Audio has released a new\u00a0Element X2 Pure\u00a0digital streamer\u00a0that can also work as a digital-to-analog converter and preamplifier.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/39_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/>The DAC block in the model is built on two top-end\u00a0ES9039PRO\u00a0chips from\u00a0ESS Saber\u00a0, each of which is responsible for its own channel.\u00a0The pre-amplifier provides +10 dB\u00a0signal amplification\u00a0, two analog outputs are provided for connection to a power amplifier or active speaker systems &#8211; unbalanced on RCA and balanced on XLR.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<div data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/40_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/>The analog and digital parts of the device are completely isolated from each other both in terms of power supply and physically with the help of a thick aluminum screen.\u00a0It is most convenient to control the streamer using the proprietary mobile application\u00a0MA Remote App\u00a0, however, the remote control is also included in the package.\u00a0For the physical connection of external signal sources, the rear panel has two coaxial and two optical digital inputs, an analog RCA input, two HDMI ports, one of which supports ARC, a USB-C port.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/41_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-inpage2 inpage-banner\" data-v-653f57cb=\"\" data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<div id=\"adfox_160819351990185606_13468659\" data-v-653f57cb=\"\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"adfox_160819354584955791_13468659\" data-v-653f57cb=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<div data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<p>Network connectivity is provided by an Ethernet port and a Wi-Fi adapter.\u00a0The built-in Crystek CCHD950\u00a0clock generator is responsible for jitter suppression in Async mode\u00a0, in Sync mode this function is transferred to the connected external device.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/42_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/>The Matrix Element X2 Pure\u00a0Digital Streamer\u00a0is available to order for\u00a0$4,499\u00a0.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For its tenth anniversary,\u00a0Matrix Audio has released a new\u00a0Element X2 Pure\u00a0digital streamer\u00a0that can also work as a digital-to-analog converter and preamplifier. The DAC block in the model is built on two top-end\u00a0ES9039PRO\u00a0chips from\u00a0ESS Saber\u00a0, each of which is responsible for its own channel.\u00a0The pre-amplifier provides +10 dB\u00a0signal amplification\u00a0, two analog outputs are provided for connection [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/matrix-element-x2-pure-new-streamer-with-dac-and-preamp-function\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":159350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-159349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}