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 optimisation 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. Key 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. • Patented dCS Expanse technology offers enhanced headphone optimisation, for a more natural and immersive experience when listening to a wide range of stereo recordings. • dCS Mosaic platform supports hi-res streaming via Roon, Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz, TIDAL, Internet Radio and Apple AirPlay • 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. Specification Product Dimensions / Weight121.5mm (H) x 220mm (W) x 339mm (D) 7.4kg Analogue Ouputs• 1 x stereo pair 3 pin balanced XLR• 1 x stereo pair unbalanced RCA L-R CrosstalkBetter than –115dB0, 20Hz-20kHz Streaming CompatibilitySupports the following platforms and services:• UPnP• Qobuz• Deezer• Tidal• Internet Radio• Spotify• Apple AirPlay 2 (support at 44.1 or 48kS/s)• RoonReady
