Hey all … I know some of you have this unit… and I have yet to see any negative review on it… For those unaware - this is essentially a USB to I2S converter that seems to mate well with the DS. All reports give it a thumbs up… These reports have been in multiple threads - and I was hoping all cou…

Just to confirm matrix have confirmed external 5v psu is outside of spec and may not work. 7-9v is the spec.

I just looked on-line at in-akustik Exzellenz II High Speed HDMI. It appears that it is only available in a 3M length which doesn’t work for me. Length between 0.5M and 1.5M is a requirement. Too bad.

I have never tried an Inakustik HDMI cable. I went Wireworld Silver to Wireworld Platinum to Revelation Audio Labs. I stopped there. In USB I went all the way to Stealth Audio but I bought the $340 Inakustik USB and found it sounded splendid after yanking the big boy cable out. I use Inakustik Ethe…

Has anyone made a mod in the Matrix?

My 'new" Monoprice HDMI cable sounds OK, but it still does not have that combination of slam, tone and clarity that my original MP one has. Bass is very similar on both and headphone soundstage is close with the new cable midrange sounding only a slight bit more into the background. So I’ll leave i…

Has anyone compared the Denafrips Isis with the Matrix? Thanks, Louis

Hi guys, Is there a way to replace Bridge 2 card with Matrix linked to a NUC / ROCK and still have DS Sr. unfolding MQA to the fullest as ROON endpoint? Or once the b Bridge 2 is gone say goodbye to MQA via Roon?

I’m pretty sure Roon can do the unflold of MQA it’s in the settings. I use a Matrix and Roon plays MQA fine even though I don’t use it often.

Roon will only do the first MQA unfold. Once the Bridge is gone, the Directstream / Matrix combo will not do the complete MQA unfold. However, having gone the Matrix route and gotten rid of the bridge, I don’t miss the full MQA unfold as the DS sounds better with the Matrix than the Bridge despite t…

Really? Better than 24/192 full MQA?

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waymanchen11 March 30, 2021, 7:27pm 4920

The Denafrips Isis is not compatible through I2s with DS.
Check this out. Denafrips Iris

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