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Product Feature
- Designed and hand-assembled in the United Kingdom
- Purpose-built for headphone playback
- Engineered for the purest expression and the finest possible sound
- Solid-state Headphone Amplifier ensures optimal performance with a vast range of headphones, from IEMs through to reference-level over ears
- dCS Ring DAC™ and Digital Processing Platform guarantee exceptional sound, whatever your chosen source, genre or audio format
- Network DAC supports streaming via Roon, Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz, TIDAL, Internet Radio and Apple AirPlay
- Lina Master Clock delivers a precise and stable reference signal, for enhanced sound quality when streaming and listening via USB
- A modular three-stack design allows you to configure your system to suit your space, arranging units vertically or side by side
- Flexible, FPGA-based architecture ensures a long product lifespan, with new features and enhancements delivered via simple software updates
Specifications
| Lina Network DAC Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions / Weight | 121.5mm (H) x 220mm (W) x 339mm (D) 7.4kg |
| Shipping Dimensions / Weight | 320mm (H) x 360mm (W) x 530mm (D) / 10.3kg |
| Finish | Black machined aluminium with crystal LED display |
| Analogue Outputs | • 1 x stereo pair 3 pin balanced XLR • 1 x stereo pair unbalanced RCA |
| Network Interface | RJ-45 connector |
| Filters | • PCM mode|| 2 filters + MQA • DSD mode|| 4 progressive filters |
| Word Clock | • 2 x Word Clock inputs on 75 Ω BNC connectors • Will lock to 44.1-192kHz |
| Clock Type | Grade 1 Master Clock, with oven-controlled crystal oscillators |
| Included with your Lina Streaming DAC | • 1 x mains cable • 2 x XLR [0.5m] • 1 x Ethernet cable [2m] • 1 x Power Link cable [0.5m] |
| Lina Master Clock Specifications | |
| Clock Type | Grade 1 Master Clock, with oven-controlled crystal oscillators |
| Product Dimensions / Weight | 121.5mm (H) x 220mm (W) x 339mm (D) / 7kg |
| Shipping Dimensions / Weight | TBC |
| Word Clock Outputs | • 2 x independently buffered TTL-compatible output on 75Ω BNC connectors • Output 1|| fixed at 44.1kHz • Output 2|| fixed at 48kHzFinish||Black machined aluminium |
| Clock Accuracy | Better than +/-1 ppm when shipped over an ambient temperature range of +5°C to +45°C |
| Power Link (synchronising on/off state with other products) | 2 x RJ45 |
| Power | • 90-120v & 220-240v, 50/60Hz nominal • Consumption 10W |
| Startup Time | Typically 10 minutes to rated accuracy |
| Included with your Lina Master Clock:1 x Mains cable [2m] | 1 x Power Link cable [0.5m]||2 x BNC [0.5m] |
| Lina Headphone Amplifier Specifications | |
| Product Dimensions / Weight | 121.5mm (H) x 220mm (W) x 356mm (D) / 7.5kg |
| Shipping Dimensions / Weight | 320mm (H) x 360mm (W) x 530mm (D) / 9kg |
| Finish | Black machined aluminium |
| Power Link (synchronising on/off state with other products) | 2 x RJ45 |
| Electronics | • Pure analogue design • Automatic voltage switching |
| Analogue Inputs | • 1 x stereo pair unbalanced RCA, input impedance 48kΩ • 1 x stereo pair unbuffered balanced XLR, input impedance 16kΩ • 1 x stereo pair buffered balanced XLR, input impedance 96kΩ |
| Power | 90-120v & 230-240v, 50/60Hz nominal |
| Frequency Response | 1Hz-100kHz better than +0/-3dB |
| THD+N | <0.005% @ 1kHz 6V rms balanced output into 30Ω (80kHz bandwidth) |
| Channel Separation | Balanced input to balanced output into 30Ω. Better than 100dB @ 1kHz. Better than 80dB, 20Hz–20kHz. |
| Signal to Noise Ratio | 110dB 20Hz-20kHz A-weighted (referenced to 6V rms balanced input and output) |
| Headphone Outputs | • 1 x dual 3-pin balanced XLR, right and left channel • 1 x single 4-pin balanced XLR • 1 x single ¼” (6.35mm) headphone jack |
| Power Output | • 2x Balanced 2W into 30Ω • 2x Balanced 0.48W into 300Ω • 2x Unbalanced 1.6W into 30Ω • 2x Unbalanced 0.2W into 300Ω |
| Included with your Lina Headphone Amplifier:1 x mains cable [2m] | 1 x Power Link cable [0.5m] |
Lina System
With a dedicated Network DAC, Headphone Amplifier and Master Clock, Lina is the first dCS system purpose built for headphone listening. Designed to drive a vast range of headphones, and deliver spectacular sound, it offers the ultimate sonic escape for music and headfi connoisseurs.
Features
• Solid state Headphone Amplifier ensures optimal performance with a vast range of headphones, from IEMs through to reference-level over ears
• dCS Ring DAC™ and Digital Processing Platform guarantee exceptional sound, whatever your chosen source, genre or audio format
• Network DAC supports streaming via Roon, Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz, TIDAL, Internet Radio and Apple AirPlay
• Lina Master Clock delivers precise and stable reference signal, for enhanced sound quality when streaming and listening via USB
• Modular three stack design allows you to configure your system to suit your space, arranging units vertically or side by side
• Flexible, FPGA-based architecture ensures long product lifespan, with new features and enhancements delivered via simple software updates
A bold vision
Lina began with a desire to create the definitive system for headphone playback: a system that reveals the full potential of your chosen headphones, plus the full breadth of detail, artistry and emotion in your music. Drawing on our extensive experience of developing pioneering audio products and technologies, including the multi award-winning dCS Vivaldi, Rossini and Bartók Headphone DAC, we set out to engineer a new product series that embodies our singular approach to sound reproduction, while reflecting the unique needs and demands of headphone listeners.
Rooted in heritage
Lina is a product made possible through three decades of relentless innovation - a tireless pursuit to advance the standard of sound reproduction, and bring people closer to the music they love. Informed by 35 years of continuous development, it combines state-of-the-art hardware and software with a technical lineage that can be traced back to the advent of digital audio, and the creation of the world’s first ever high-resolution digital converters.
A custodian of sound
Offering technical precision, transparency and musicality in equal measure, Lina reproduces each aspect of a recording, from the subtlest of sonic details, to the sense of rhythm, movement and harmonic flow, with absolute integrity. Whatever your chosen track, it delivers a performance that feels vividly detailed, effortlessly natural and emotionally compelling. Always faithful to your music, it brings a new level of realism and purity to headphone playback.
Designed for you
Lina provides the freedom to listen however you choose, without compromise. Together, its Network Streaming DAC, Headphone Amplifier and Master Clock provide a complete digital audio system that confidently handles each aspect of the playback process. With its wide range of inputs and outputs, powerful streaming platform, and flexible settings, it delivers a stunning experience, whatever your listening preferences, equipment or musical tastes.
High performance, small footprint
Lina uses state of the art circuitry, electronics and digital processing to deliver a huge range of features in a compact and elegant format. Its unique flexible circuit board allows us to provide all of the functions you’d expect from a dCS system in a much smaller footprint, without compromising on sound or performance. Our smallest product series yet, it is designed for use in a wide range of environments, from shared offices to home studios, bedrooms and smaller living spaces.
Tailor made
Every element of Lina’s design - from its touch screen UI to its tactile painted coating, understated aesthetic, and slimline, modular form - has been carefully considered and developed with headphone listeners in mind. This ‘purpose built’ ethos extends not just to external features, but internal circuitry, components and software. Unique in its design, sound and capabilities, it combines our renowned playback technologies with a wealth of innovations developed exclusively for the headfi community.
Backed with a 5-year dCS warranty
Delivery Information
As a company our primary goal is to provide a seamless service that results in customer satisfaction. We aim to deliver within 3 working days. Unfortunately, there may be occasions where this time frame may not be met due to unforeseen circumstances; in this instance, we deliver product/s as soon as we can. All delivery charges are included within the prices quoted, unless otherwise specified.
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