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The heart of your Lina system, dCS's powerful network streaming DAC delivers extraordinary sound from any digital source. Compatible with all digital audio formats; supports hi-res streaming from Roon, TIDAL, Qobuz, Spotify, Deezer, AirPlay & more. Features renowned dCS Ring DAC TM and Digital Processing Platform.

The Lina Network DAC is both a continuation and a new beginning. Its design combines renowned dCS technologies with new innovations developed for headphone listeners - resulting in a bold new interpretation of the dCS experience, and a complete reimagining of form and function.

With the Lina Network Streaming DAC, we’ve taken our core playback technologies, including the dCS Ring DAC™ and Digital Processing Platform, and added new innovations developed for headphone listeners. These include our first ever touch-screen display, a streamlined user interface for easier navigation, and a powerful flex-rigid circuit board, which allows us to deliver all of the features you’d expect from a dCS DAC in a much smaller chassis.

The result is a powerful, supremely capable product designed for use in a wide range of environments, from living rooms to studios and workspaces. With its wide dynamic range, crisp, clear playback, expansive soundstage, and tonal neutrality, it provides a deeply natural, highly detailed, and profoundly musical sound that encapsulates our singular approach to audio.

Add unique headphone optimization technology, an elegant and tactile design, and a high-performance streaming platform, and you have a hugely versatile source that delivers spectacular sound, however you choose to listen. Designed to inspire, inform and entertain, it will give you a whole new perspective on the artists and recordings you love.

Features

• dCS Ring DAC system and Digital Processing Platform ensure audio is reproduced with absolute integrity, for a highly detailed, musical and deeply natural sound
• Oven-controlled oscillators ensure a consistent and stable performance, even under changing conditions. Minimizes the risk of jitter and delivers a notable increase in sound quality when streaming or listening via USB.
• dCS Mosaic platform supports hi-res streaming via Roon, TIDAL, Qobuz, Spotify, Deezer, Internet Radio and Apple AirPlay
• Flexible firmware provides unlimited scope for future upgrades, with new features and enhancements delivered via simple software updates
• Patented dCS Expanse technology offers enhanced headphone optimization, for a more natural and immersive experience when listening to a wide range of stereo recordings
• Touch screen UI with customizable menu allows listeners to easily control playback and adjust system settings
• All-new electronic and mechanical design delivers a vast range of features in a compact and elegant format

Specifications

• Product Dimensions / Weight: 4.78in (H) x 8.66in (W) x 13.3in (D); 16.3lb (121.5mm (H) x 220mm (W) x 339mm (D); 7.4kg)
  
• Finish: Black machined aluminium with crystal LED display
  
• Electronics: dCS Ring DAC and Digital Processing Platform on flex ridged PCB; Stream Unlimited S800; Automatic voltage switching
  
• Digital Inputs:
• 2 x AES/EBU on 3 pin XLR 44.1-384kS/s
• 1 x S/PDIF BNC Coax 44.1-192kS/s
• 1 x S/PDIF on RCA 44.1-192kS/s
• 1 x Toslink 44.1-96kS/s
• 1 x USB Type B 44.1-384kS/s, PCM and DSD, DSDx2 in Async Mode
• 1 x USB Type A connector for mass storage devices (navigated using Mosaic)
• Analog Outputs:
• 1 x stereo pair 3 pin balanced XLR
• 1 x stereo pair unbalanced RCA
• Network Interface: RJ-45 Connector
• Streaming Compatibility (supports the following platforms and services):
• UPnP
• Qobuz
• Deezer
• Tidal
• Internet Radio
• Spotify
• Apple AirPlay 2 (support at 44.1 or 48kS/s)
• RoonReady
• Sample Frequencies & Formats (supports the following audio formats and sample rates):
  
• 44.1-384kHz
• DSD 64, 128
• Native DSD + DoP (input dependent)
• FLAC, WAV, AIFF, MQA
• Upsampling: Multi-stage DXD oversampling with switchable DSD
  
• Word Clock: 2 x Word Clock inputs on 75 ohm BNC connectors; will lock to 44.1-192kHz
  
• Filters: PCM mode: 2 filters + MQA; DSD mode: 4 progressive filters
  
• Crossfeed Settings: Standard crossfeed; dCS Enhanced crossfeed (E1); dCS Enhanced crossfeed (E2)
  
• Power:
• IEC inlet & power switch on rear panel
• 90-120v & 220-240v, 50/60Hz nominal
• Automatic voltage switching
• Power synchronised with other dCS control link products (RJ45)
  
• Frequency Response (set to filter 1):
• Fs = 44.1 or 48kS/s +/-0.1dB, 10Hz-20kHz
• Fs = 88.2 or 96kS/s +/-0.1dB, 10Hz-20kHz -3dB @ >38kHz
• Fs = 176.4 or 192kS/s +/-0.1dB, 10Hz-20kHz -3dB @ >67kHz
• Fs = 352.8 or 384kS/s +/-0.1dB, 10Hz-20kHz -3dB @ >100kHz
• DSD64 +/-0.1dB, 10Hz-20kHz -3dB @ >90kHz
• DSD128 +/-0.1dB, 10Hz-20kHz -3dB @ >100kHz
• Residual Noise (6v output setting):
• 16-bit data: Better than –96dB0, 20Hz-20kHz unweighted
• 24-bit data: Better than –113dB0, 20Hz-20kHz unweighted
  
• Spurious Responses: Better than –105dB0, 20Hz-20kHz
• Analogue Outputs: 1 x stereo pair 3 pin balanced XLR, 1 x stereo pair unbalanced RCA
• L-R Crosstalk: Better than –115dB0, 20Hz-20kHz
• Included with Lina DAC: 1 x mains cable; 2 x XLR (0.5m); 1 x Ethernet cable (2m); 1 x Power Link cable (0.5m)