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    Matrix Mini-i Pro Impressions?

     Hello,   What about Mac users? Weren't Matrix supposed to provide a firmware update for the Matrix mini-i pro (2014) enabling 32 bit and DSD 256 (like does the V2.24_driver for windows users)?
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    Matrix Mini-i Pro Impressions?

    Hello,   The first Mini-i (certainly the 2012) isn't very interesting as the usb input is only 44.1 and 48kHz compatible… Then there is the New Mini-i which is very fine apart it can't play DSD… Both of the above have two Analog Devices AD1955 Dacs.   Then there is the New Mini-i Pro which...
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    Matrix Mini-i Pro Impressions?

      Hello,   How disappointing… What kind of answer is that? I'm afraid Matrix takes us for a bunch of idiots.   - it seems obvious that, apart the firmware, there is no difference between the so-called two versions of the Matrix pro. - Of course there is a DSD/PCM conversion as Real DSD...
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    Matrix Mini-i Pro Impressions?

    Hello,   I really like my mini Pro, the design and the sound but there's one thing that really puzzles me :   According to what i've read on the subject, "real native DSD playback, cannot have a digital volume control… The reason is, digital volume control works by reducing the bit depth of...
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    Matrix Mini-i Pro Impressions?

    Hello,   I'm not a specialist so I may be wrong, but I checked the XMOS 6U6C5 (usb interface) datasheet and it's a f 32-bit multicore microcontroller. So i doubt Matrix changed the chip. It seems to be a simple matter of programing.   As the volume control is implemented into the digital...
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    Matrix Mini-i Pro Impressions?

    Hi,   Yes I agree, it's a pity…  We all know the Sabre is 32 bit compatible, a firmware update should do the trick. I also own the very nice iFi iDSD Nano and they provided a free Xmos firmware update to their customers :  Quad-Speed DSD (DSD256, 11.2/12.4MHz)…   Matrix really should follow...
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