{"id":165591,"date":"2023-07-17T10:38:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T09:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=165591"},"modified":"2023-07-18T09:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T08:48:56","slug":"matrix-audio-mini-i-pro-4-new-multifunctional-streamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/matrix-audio-mini-i-pro-4-new-multifunctional-streamer\/","title":{"rendered":"Matrix Audio mini-i Pro 4: New multifunctional streamer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matrix\u00a0Audio\u00a0has released a new model of\u00a0the mini-i Pro 4\u00a0streamer that has received Roon certification.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to the third version, the speed of the central processor has actually quadrupled.\u00a0Now this role is played by Quad Cortex-A55 with a frequency of 2 GHz.\u00a0The ES9039Q2M\u00a0converter from\u00a0ESS Technology\u00a0is used as a digital-to-analog converter\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/103_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The color touch screen of the device has increased by almost 3.5 inches.\u00a0In addition to the control app and touch screen, the mini-i Pro 4 can be operated using the RM5 remote control included in the package.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/104_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Switching options have been expanded with the addition of an HDMI input with Audio Return Channel (HDMI-ARC) support.\u00a0In addition to the already mentioned HDMI connector, the device has coaxial, optical and USB inputs.\u00a0They support PCM768\/DSD512 and MQA.\u00a0There is also an analog input &#8211; for connecting, for example, a record player.\u00a0Variable analog outputs are balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/105_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To connect headphones, an unbalanced\u00a06.35 mm\u00a0and a balanced\u00a0Pentaconn 4.4 mm\u00a0are provided .\u00a0At the latter, the power can reach almost\u00a01 W\u00a0at a load of 300 ohms.\u00a0Connection to the home and worldwide network is carried out via gigabit Ethernet or dual-band Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/106_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matrix\u00a0Audio\u00a0has released a new model of\u00a0the mini-i Pro 4\u00a0streamer that has received Roon certification. Compared to the third version, the speed of the central processor has actually quadrupled.\u00a0Now this role is played by Quad Cortex-A55 with a frequency of 2 GHz.\u00a0The ES9039Q2M\u00a0converter from\u00a0ESS Technology\u00a0is used as a digital-to-analog converter\u00a0. The color touch screen of the [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/matrix-audio-mini-i-pro-4-new-multifunctional-streamer\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":165592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-165591","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":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165591","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=165591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}