Matrix Audio mini-i 4 Music Streamer and DAC

Sound quality is the essential of a DAC

Upgraded to the latest ES9039Q2M D/A chip from ESS, with carefully tuned audio circuits, high-quality audio components, and optimized circuit layout, it has a very high SNR and extremely low distortion, delivering excellent performance to various types of music.

Sounds great, easy to use

With a 3.46-inch LCD touch screen, making the operations easier. The high resolution display enriches the metadata of the playing tracks and device status, while the MA Remote App and RM5 remote control * provide a convenient human-computer interaction. You can enjoy a diverse selection of music sources and a more enjoyable music listening experience.

MA player

MA player is a high-quality digital audio/streaming playback control system developed by 「Matrix Audio」. With MA player, you can operate and control the mini-i 4 through smartphones or tablets within the local area network. In addition, MA player also integrates Roon Ready, DLNA/UPnP, AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect and TIDAL Connect, allows you to experience high-resolution streaming audio in your network.

MA Remote App

The MA Remote App is self-developed by 「Matrix Audio」 which is available for iPhone, iPad, or Android phones. With these devices, you can browse and play high resolution online audio from TIDAL, Qobuz, and HIGHRESAUDIO, listen to internet radio stations, adjust every hardware settings, check and install new firmware for your mini-i 4.

Sort out your local music, play them effortlessly

The mini-i 4 supports local music playback from USB storage devices and NAS. It indexes the storage and builds a music library based on these storage sources automatically. Music files will be categorized under “Library” in the MA Remote App, allowing you to easily find your desired music based on albums, tracks, artists, genres, composers, performers, ages, labels, etc. Simply browse and play your music collections.

Open the door to the high-res online streaming

mini-i 4 provides a rich selection of online streaming music resources for you. You can login accounts of TIDAL, Qobuz and HIGHRESAUDIO in MA Remote App, easily browse and play a vast amount of high-quality online streaming music, opening up an endless world of music for you.

Enjoy streaming music right away

mini-i 4 supports various network streaming protocols. In addition to Roon Ready and AirPlay, it also supports DLNA/UPnP, TIDAL Connect and Spotify Connect. It means you can transmit audio through different devices and platforms. Whether using Roon or wireless streaming through DLNA/UPnP and AirPlay, both you can achieve high-quality audio playback experience.

24×365, enjoy Internet radio programs

mini-i 4 supports Internet radio from vTuner and Radio Paradise. Simply connect the mini-i 4 to the Internet, open the MA Remote App, no matter the pop music, classical music or energetic atmosphere music or talk shows, it can meet your needs and let you fully explore diverse music.

High-quality USB DAC

mini-i 4 features a high-quality USB DAC. It allows you to choose the appropriate USB cable to connect to computers, smartphones or tablets and supports various audio formats and sampling rate specs up to 768kHz PCM, DSD512 and MQA audio.

Experience TV Hi-Fi

mini-i 4 has added an HDMI ARC input port, which allows the audio signal from the TV or projector to be transmitted to mini-i 4. You can enjoy clearer and more realistic audio while watching videos. The sampling rates are supported up to PCM 24 bit/192kHz. The power on/off, volume and playback linkage between mini-i 4 and the display device can be controlled through CEC, which brings a new TV Hi-Fi experience to you.

Broadly compatible S/PDIF input

mini-i 4 has S/PDIF optical and coaxial input interfaces, which can handle S/PDIF signals within the range of PCM 44.1-192kHz and DSD64 in DoP mode, providing users with a higher-quality audio decoding experience.

Jack of all trades

In addition to digital audio input and streaming audio playback, mini-i 4 also has one set of RCA analog input which offers three input gain levels. It allows you to adjust the input gain based on the front-end device and your preferences. Whether you want to connect traditional analog audio devices or enjoy modern high-res digital music, mini-i 4 will provide you with excellent audio performance and convenient operation.

Gigabit Ethernet

mini-i 4 is equipped with a Gigabit Ethernet connection to ensure the stability and sufficient transmission speed when playing high resolution audio files on the network, letting the audio files stream to your audio system smoothly. Get ready for a feast of music!