[brasewel]

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So I ordered the mini-i Sunday and got a e-mail 12:17am Wednesday asking what color I wanted. I thought for a minute... Even though I kinda have a silver/black theme I thought it would be cool to go all black for the mini-i simply because I never see any pictures of it on the net... Pix shall be taken and you shall enjoy

 
 
To anyone who ordered the mini-i, how long did it take to get it?

It took 2-3 weeks to arrive for me.
 

 

[Ph1lerAudi0]

There's a dedicated, more detailed quattro thread here;
 
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/559794/matrix-quattro-dac-amp#post_7562271
 
PA

 

[jtam]

 
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Looking at the picture shown above with the HD650, that to me is clearly a custom cable. Something like this:
http://www.diyhifisupply.com/node/575
 
They could make aftermarket balanced cables available for popular headphones with dual entry modular designs like HD600/HD650, HD800, and maybe one for custom IEMs. If the quality was nice and the price reasonable, I think people would go for that. They could also make adapters available for people who already have balanced headphones that use XLR.

 

 
Yeah, I just assume a balanced amp is going to be a more ambitious design.
 
That's a good point about the DAC. You wouldn't otherwise be able to use it for movies, SACD, or DVD-A. I'm definately a fan of analog ins in these cases.

 

 

[pwrusr]

Looks like it's black/silver? I thought by "black" the faceplate would be all black

 
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I have the black model. This is what it looks like;
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/Matrix-mini-i-24-192-Balanced-USB-DAC-Head-AMP-Remote-/120713452743?_trksid=p4340.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D15%26pmod%3D350235725907%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D873637698485614604
 
PA
 


 

 
 
Hmm, if that's the case I don't think I'd mind that much... Still I was kinda looking forward to a all black mini-i

 
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So it seems that the silver-bodied model is the new one, I bought mine 1.5 years ago and it looks exactly like that. But the faceplates are the same, black/silver.

 
 

 

[pwrusr]

Cool, thanks for the info. I finally got a tracking number on the page so I can track it every few minutes to see if it's changed

 
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It took 2-3 weeks to arrive for me.
 

 
 

 

[lcam]

Does anyone has a problem with loud pops sound thru speakers when turn ON or OFF the Matrix mini DAC?

 

[ultramic]

 
 
Sorry for the novice question, but in regards to the XLR/Balanced output levels, the manual states it is 0v - 4v adjustable. What does this exactly mean as I'm only use to seeing one figure eg. 2v.
 
Cheers, 

 

[jtam]

0~4V is equivalent to -2V~+2V?
 
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Sorry for the novice question, but in regards to the XLR/Balanced output levels, the manual states it is 0v - 4v adjustable. What does this exactly mean as I'm only use to seeing one figure eg. 2v.
 
Cheers, 

 

 

[grokit]

I think it's 2v when using the fixed output, and the 0 - 4v would be variable output but that doesn't really make sense because it doesn't go any louder so jtam is probably correct in that regard, thanks for weighing in!

 

[project86]

4V is pretty common on balanced outputs, where unbalanced is usually 2V. So I bet it means just what it says. Just a guess though.

 

[grokit]

I'm using XLRs to my headamp and the fixed volume goes no louder than the attenuated volume.

 

[Sotiris]

i would like to ask , when u connet to xlr sto selfpowered speakers , which componets are used?
 
DAC-->OPA 2134-->XLR
 
or DAC-->XLR
 
or someting else?

 

[radik golovkov]

Hi Sotiris,
The Matrix Mini-i circuit looks something like this: DAC-->OPA 2134(for I/V)-->OPA275(for Output Buffer)-->XLR

 

[boirefish]

Hmm. I've managed to buy myself this:
 
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220816839191&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_3076wt_1139
 
to connect my toshiba optical (which is shared as 3.5mm headphone jack) to my matrix mini. It's registering on the mini as "2-toslink 48kHz" with volume below, except I hear nothing when I plug the headphones in. the USB connect is also plugged in, and when I switch to that interface everything works. Is something wrong? Please help
 

 

[grokit]

I take it that you have the digital output selected as system default?