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DCS LINA NETWORK STREAMING DAC

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$22,000.00

Lina Network Streaming DAC

The heart of your Lina system, our 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 our renowned dCS Ring DAC TM and Digital Processing Platform

Lina represents a new frontier in music playback: powerful and supremely versatile, it delivers a captivating sound that is richly detailed, deeply musical, and always compelling. Its purpose built design allows it to excel in two-channel systems as well as more intimate headphone setups, while meticulous craftsmanship and world-renowned dCS technologies guarantee the finest levels of audio performance. Choose from a DAC, Headphone Amplifier and Master Clock – available together or as separates – and experience a spectacular performance, however you choose to listen

  • dCS Ring DAC™ system and Digital Processing Platform ensure audio is reproduced with absolute integrity, for a highly detailed, musical and deeply natural sound

  • dCS Mosaic platform supports hi-res streaming via Roon, Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz, TIDAL, Internet Radio and Apple AirPlay

  • Patented dCS Expanse technology offers enhanced headphone optimisation, for a more natural and immersive experience when listening to a wide range of stereo recordings

  • Touch screen UI with customisable menu allows listeners to easily control playback and adjust system settings

  • Flexible firmware provides unlimited scope for future upgrades, with new features and enhancements delivered via simple software updates

  • All-new electronic and mechanical design delivers a vast range of features in a compact and elegant format, while digital volume control function removes need for separate pre-amp

Product Dimensions / Weight

121.5mm (H) x 220mm (W) x 339mm (D) 7.4kg

Upsampling

  • 1 stereo balanced pair on 2x 3-pin male XLR connectors (pin 2 = hot, pin 3 = cold). These outputs are electronically balanced and floating, the signal balance ratio at 1 kHz is better than 40dB. Output impedance is 3Ω , maximum load is 600Ω (a 10kΩ – 100kΩ load is recommended)
  • 1 stereo unbalanced pair on 2x RCA Phono connectors. Output impedance is 52Ω, maximum load is 600Ω (a 10kΩ – 100kΩ load is recommended)

Output levels are 0.2V, 0.6V, 2V, or 6V rms for a full-scale input, set in the menu.

L-R Crosstalk

Better than –115dB0, 20Hz-20kHz

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
Upsampling

Multi-stage DXD oversampling with switchable DSD Upsampling (1-bit 2.822 or 3.07MS/s) and DSDx2 Upsampling (1-bit 5.644 or 6.14MS/s).

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)
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
Sample frequencies and formats

Supports the following audio formats
and sample rates:

  • 44.1-384kS/s up to 24 bits
  • DSD/64, DSD/128
  • Native DSD + DoP (input dependent)
  • FLAC, WAV, AIFF, MQA
Power Requirements

90-127V / 220-240V, 50/60Hz

Power consumption: 30W

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