dCS Lina Stack

dCS LINA Head-Fi Reimagined Schedule a Private Demo > 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 incredible sound from all digital recordings, it offers the ultimate sonic experience for head-fi connoisseurs. A Bold Vision Lina began with a desire to create the definitive system for headphone playback - one that reveals the full potential of your chosen headphones, and the full breadth of detail and emotion in your music. Drawing on dCS's extensive experience developing pioneering audio products and technologies - including the multi award-winning dCS Vivaldi, Rossini and Bartók - dCS set out to engineer a brand new series that embodies their singular approach to sound reproduction, while reflecting the unique needs and demands of headphone listeners. KEY 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 from all digital recordings - whatever the source, genre or audio format Network DAC supports streaming via Roon, Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz, TIDAL, Internet Radio and Apple AirPlay Multi-stage DXD oversampling design with optional DSD upsampling; user-selectable DSP and DSD filters Auto clocking system improves ease of use and minimizes jitterMulti-stage power regulation and twin mains transformers isolate analogue, digital and clock circuitryFirmware-upgradeable for future functionality and performance upgradesFeatures a full MQA™ decoder. This MQA™ implementation is unique, as it is the first opportunity to enable a DAC which, by providing exact rendering to beyond 16x (768 kHz), matches the desired temporal response with very low modulation noise