The Lina series of components uses technology seen before in hi-end audio. The Lina Network DAC is quintessentially dCS in that it delivers an overwhelmingly emotional and musical experience with absolute tonal accuracy. We recommend you experience the DAC with the optional Lina Master Clock so you can realize the maximum possible performance. This 2 box combination provides a truly immersive listening experience that is at home in intimate or full size systems.
If you are already a headphone enthusiast or want to add headphones to any existing system then we implore you to audition the Lina Headphone Amplifier. It’s powerful, solid state design drives even the most demanding headphones while maintaining complete neutrality. The Audio Salon and our customers recognize it as the finest headphone amplifier available.
The heart of any music system, the dCS Lina Network 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 the renowned dCS RingDAC™ and Digital Processing Platform
Fundamental to Lina’s design is a powerful 12-layer flex-rigid circuit board housing over 2,000 individual surface mount components on both sides. Using technology from our APEX Ring DAC it’s as powerful, flexible and upgradeable as any other dCS DAC. Designed by dCS engineers, this extraordinary piece of technology allows the combination of all Lina’s core finctions and features on to a single circuit. This not only saves space, it also allows dCS to deliver an incredibly clean signal path, which we all know is essential for great audio.
dCS are the experts in clocking. The Lina Master Clock uses dual crystal oscillators to deliver a precise and stable clocking reference. Use with the Lina Network DAC or Bartók DACs, it enhances all aspects of sound for an even more immersive listening experience
Allows the Lina Network DAC to be locked to a master reference signal for enhanced audio performance
Minimizes jitter and irregularities that can cause distortion
Delivers increased resolution and dynamic expression
The Lina Headphone Amplifier powerful solid state amplifier is designed to drive even the most demanding headphones to their full potential
Drives a vast range of headphones, including IEMs and planars
Complements virtually any headfi setup
Unique design offers exceptional sonic and measured performance
Developed and tested with a variety of headphones, it is an amplifier that preserves and celebrates the sound of your chosen equipment, so you can experience your headphones exactly as the designer or manufacturer intended.
Making of Lina
dCS Lina wins an EISA award
The dCS Lina series has been recognized with an award from the Expert Imaging and Sound Association—a global network of experts from magazines and websites covering Hi-Fi, home theatre, and a wide range of consumer electronics
"Pairing the Bartók APEX with the Lina Master Clock unlocks an even more musical experience, allowing users to confidently claim they own one of the top digital music sources available today"
"Tonally the performance is completely on point – it simply sounds exactly right.”
"Images in the soundspace were more conspicuously crystalline, and the space around them was emptier…"
"Designed and built with the utmost care, it offers an experience that overturns habits and reticence about the digital transition. It's an investment for life."
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The Lina Network DAC – dCS Digital to Analogue Conversion for Head-Fi
The Lina Master Clock
The Lina Headphone Amplifier
