Matrix Quattro DAC: Unboxing and initial impressions - Page 8

Hi Zsubbo,

I've been a happy Quattro owner for just over a year now. Could I ask what sort of equipment will you be pairing it up with? Also what type of music would you be enjoying through this unit? I'd be glad to offer you what my impressions of the Quattro are.

Thanks for the replies!,  I've read every impression about the quattro dac witch I could find on-line, but I'm still unsure of it.

I want to use the DAC from USB, I'd like to have a reasonably  good headphone-amp integrated in it (something close to the O2). Currently I have the O2 as headphone amp, witch I'll change for the wire bal-bal, or other supposedly flat sounding headphone-amp, like the Gilmore light or something from vioelectric. The headphones I'm using are: Grado sr225 , Sennheiser HD600 and Akg K1000.

Here http://www.last.fm/user/Zsubbo are the musics I'm listening to, mostly rock, punk, metal and some other genres, few of my records are good quality, so I use the K1000s rarely.

PS.:I'll look into this concero dac, seems interesting.

Umm...I managed to obtain a Quattro from the Head-fi sales forums but I don't know how to change the voltages to work in a 230-240V environment. I got it off a US member who was using it with US voltages. I know it does work with AUS voltages since several audio stores down here sell them. Just don't know how to do it. Could someone help me?

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Originally Posted by victorcc 

You only need to remove the fuse cover (very close to the power socket), turn it 90 degrees and insert it again. If you check closer you will see a small arrow pointing to the selected voltage.

 

Cheers

Ah, so all I need to do is to set the arrow next to the 230-240V and turn it so that the arrow on the outside of the fuse cover meets the arrow next to the voltage I want?

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Originally Posted by Suopermanni 

 

Ah, so all I need to do is to set the arrow next to the 230-240V and turn it so that the arrow on the outside of the fuse cover meets the arrow next to the voltage I want?

Yes, that is right.

Hmm...okay, in that case, I may have a busted fuse or something worse. It does not light up or turn on at all. What type of fuse do I need, assuming that's what's wrong?

My Matrix Quatro DAC came from factory with a 1A 250V fuse but the specifications say 0,5A 250V. If you want to be 100% sure wait for more feedback. If not, you can buy the 1A that I was using for a few months and I had no issue at all.

I just bought a 05A 250V fuse and a power adapter for the DAC...it still doesn't work.

I'm guessing I've been sent a dead product...

Yes, I've tried several but the unit doesn't seem to respond.

Unfortunately no, the original owner (whose address I still have) has not replied to my repeated PMs or Currawong's PMs. He had not provided me the original receipt. Without that I cannot get RMA from Matrix. I live in Australia and as far as I can tell, no local warranty place exists here.