The Story
Lina Network DAC
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dCS Ring DAC⢠system and Digital Processing Platform ensure audio is reproduced with absolute integrity, for a highly detailed, musical and deeply natural sound
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dCS Mosaic platform supports hi-res streaming via Roon, Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz, TIDAL, Internet Radio and Apple AirPlay
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Patented dCS Expanse technology offers enhanced headphone optimisation, for a more natural and immersive experience when listening to a wide range of stereo recordings
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Touch screen UI with customisable menu allows listeners to easily control playback and adjust system settings
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Flexible firmware provides unlimited scope for future upgrades, with new features and enhancements delivered via simple software updates
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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
About the Lina DAC
The Lina Network Streaming DAC is both a continuation and a new beginning. Its design combines renowned dCS technologies and all of the benefits listeners have come to expect from a dCS DAC with a wealth of new innovations, including an all-new mechanical design, plus new technologies developed specifically for headphone listening. It is a complete reimagining of form and function, created with the same relentless focus and ambition as our world-renowned Bartók, Rossini and Vivaldi DACs.
The DAC utilises proprietary dCS playback technologies, including the famous dCS Ring DAC⢠and our endlessly flexible Digital Processing Platform, to deliver a deeply natural, highly detailed, and profoundly musical sound. With its wide dynamic range, crisp, clear playback, expansive soundstage, and tonal neutrality, it delivers a highly revealing and compelling performance that uncovers the true depth and essence of a recording.
Its powerful flex-rigid circuit board enables us to deliver a huge range of features in a compact chassis (our smallest yet). The result is a supremely capable product that caters to a wide range of settings, including rooms where space is at a premium.
Add unique headphone optimisation technology, a high-performance streaming platform, and digital volume control enabling use in systems without a preamp, and you have a hugely versatile source that delivers a spectacular performance in a vast range of setups. Designed to inspire, inform and entertain, it will give you a whole new perspective on the artists and recordings you love.
Specifications
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Product Dimensions / Weight
121.5mm (H) x 220mm (W) x 339mm (D) 7.4kg
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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.
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L-R Crosstalk
Better than ā115dB0, 20Hz-20kHz
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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).
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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)
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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 ā96dB0, 20Hz-20kHz unweighted
⢠24-bit data: Better than ā113dB0, 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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Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.

Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.

Details & Craftsmanship
Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.
Description
Lina Network DAC
-
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
About the Lina DAC
The Lina Network Streaming DAC is both a continuation and a new beginning. Its design combines renowned dCS technologies and all of the benefits listeners have come to expect from a dCS DAC with a wealth of new innovations, including an all-new mechanical design, plus new technologies developed specifically for headphone listening. It is a complete reimagining of form and function, created with the same relentless focus and ambition as our world-renowned Bartók, Rossini and Vivaldi DACs.
The DAC utilises proprietary dCS playback technologies, including the famous dCS Ring DAC⢠and our endlessly flexible Digital Processing Platform, to deliver a deeply natural, highly detailed, and profoundly musical sound. With its wide dynamic range, crisp, clear playback, expansive soundstage, and tonal neutrality, it delivers a highly revealing and compelling performance that uncovers the true depth and essence of a recording.
Its powerful flex-rigid circuit board enables us to deliver a huge range of features in a compact chassis (our smallest yet). The result is a supremely capable product that caters to a wide range of settings, including rooms where space is at a premium.
Add unique headphone optimisation technology, a high-performance streaming platform, and digital volume control enabling use in systems without a preamp, and you have a hugely versatile source that delivers a spectacular performance in a vast range of setups. Designed to inspire, inform and entertain, it will give you a whole new perspective on the artists and recordings you love.
Specifications
-
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 ā115dB0, 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).
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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)
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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 ā96dB0, 20Hz-20kHz unweighted
⢠24-bit data: Better than ā113dB0, 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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