[starcat]

Is this one recommended as HP amp for the AKG K701? They are pretty current hungry...

 

[grokit]

IEMs all the way through HD6xx work out well with the Mini-i but not quite the 701s, they need more juice. Other low-impedance cans like AT, Grado and Ultrasones will work fine though. I'm really impressed with the way it handles IEMs with finesse but I listened to it with HD600s quite a bit as well.

 

[mrfloopy]

Great news, just what I was asking for way back at post #321!
 
jtam, could we please see some more photos of the new remote, plus photos of the new 2011 mini-i?
 
Any thoughts on adding a SPDIF processor loop too?
 
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The new 2011 Matrix mini-i has a remote control...

 

 

[jtam]

Great news, just what I was asking for way back at post #321!
 
jtam, could we please see some more photos of the new remote, plus photos of the new 2011 mini-i?
 
Any thoughts on adding a SPDIF processor loop too?
 


 

I am out of town for the annual meeting with Matrix now. I will upload more details when I am back in town.

What's an SPDIF processor loop?

 

[melie]

I'm pretty new to this hobby and I'm searching for a new DAC. I'm currently deciding between the Matrix Mini-I, the Matrix Cube and the Yulong U100.
Does anyone have any experience with the others to compare them?
The DAC would be mainly used with M-Audio BX5A Deluxe monitors so the headphone amp isn't that important to me.
Also, is the difference between a balanced XLR and a non balanced RCA to TRS that big? I mean, do you really hear a noticable difference between the two?
 
Thx!

 

[grokit]

I wonder if it's possible to easily retrofit an older Mini-i to use the new remote.

 

[Hellenback]

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I'm pretty new to this hobby and I'm searching for a new DAC. I'm currently deciding between the Matrix Mini-I, the Matrix Cube and the Yulong U100.
Does anyone have any experience with the others to compare them?
The DAC would be mainly used with M-Audio BX5A Deluxe monitors so the headphone amp isn't that important to me.
Also, is the difference between a balanced XLR and a non balanced RCA to TRS that big? I mean, do you really hear a noticable difference between the two?
 
Thx!

 
If you have a balanced amp the sound quality difference is substantial IMO. Thre noise floor is dead black...no hum, no hiss just silence (music on pause and MKVII+ cranked all the way up). The music seems to have more impact, definition and soundstage.
 
 

 

[gwikse]

Me too.
 
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I wonder if it's possible to easily retrofit an older Mini-i to use the new remote.

 

 

[Ph1lerAudi0]

Come on JTAM. Bring back the Blue and Black labels with REMOTE!
 
PA

 

[jtam]

Give us a couple months to work on that. Very difficult to purchase high end caps now... We will redesign the whole upgrade pack even a new PCB and transformer.
 
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Come on JTAM. Bring back the Blue and Black labels with REMOTE!
 
PA

 

 

[jtam]

Bad news...not easy. Good idea is to sell the old mini-i and get a new one.
 
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I wonder if it's possible to easily retrofit an older Mini-i to use the new remote.

 

 

[Gmatrixuser]

We have to have a kit for retrofit the old mini-i with remote contol
 
 
 
Dear JTAM,
 
I own a Matrix mini-i ordered from you last Year. It works perfect! 
 
My only mod is to add an OSCON cap 10V - 10myF direct to the TCXO (+3.3V).
 
I enjoy to listen to the very best sound quality via Netbook, modyfied battery powered Hiface, big old but perfect modded Luxman power amp 5M21 and German Görlich / Electro voice  Lautspeakers!
 
However JTAM,
 
we really have to have a remote control !
 
Please offer a kit / some parts to change (even with soldering works DIY) to enable all mini-i user to mod their V1 to remote control !
 
I hope to hear some positive news from you in this regard!
 
Alfred
 
 

 

[livewire]

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Is this one recommended as HP amp for the AKG K701? They are pretty current hungry...

I dont think so.
I have the Matrix and the K702s.
The Matrix mini-i does not drive them too well, surely not to their full potential.
Now the Matrix m-stage headphone amplifier does the job of driving the K702s very nicley.
They are a match made in heaven. But it is an amplifier only, not a DAC.
I got a solution! Get both.

 

 

[mrfloopy]

An SPDIF processor loop routes the selected digital input to the "loop output", and then the "loop input" back into the DAC.  I'd use it to pass the incoming  signal through a DEQ2496 digital equalizer, for example.  It's like the tape loop on a standard integrated amplifier.  The NAD M2 digital amplifier has a processor loop for just this purpose. 
 
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I am out of town for the annual meeting with Matrix now. I will upload more details when I am back in town.

What's an SPDIF processor loop?

 

 

[wsz0304]

yes, it will been sell need 30 days.