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A Deeper Connection With Your Music
Lina DAC X is designed to reveal the full impact of your music. It presents all aspects of a recording - from individual sounds to the subtle timing and spatial cues that bring us a sense of space and depth - with remarkable clarity, for an exhilarating and immersive sonic experience.

Effortless Hi-Res Streaming & Playback
Lina DAC X reflects our vision to deliver incredible sound and a convenient, intuitive playback experience. It streams hi-res audio from all major platforms and plays files from various digital sources including computers, storage drives and CD Transports.

Award-Winning Performance
Lina DAC X is the latest addition to a product series that has won numerous awards worldwide for its sonic capabilities. It delivers all the qualities listeners have come to expect from dCS – including outstanding resolution and fidelity, meticulous craftsmanship, and a wide range of inputs and streaming options – to ensure an outstanding performance and seamless integration with existing audio equipment.

A flexible architecture that evolves
We enhance dCS products throughout their lifespan, delivering new features and upgrades via simple software updates. This is made possible through a flexible architecture that provides unlimited scope for upgrades, allowing listeners to benefit from our latest innovations as we develop them, and enjoy state-of-the-art performance for years to come…

Designed, hand-assembled & tested in the UK
Each Lina DAC X is hand-assembled and tested at our Cambridgeshire headquarters. We use custom built equipment to rigorously check performance across all possible configurations, and conduct numerous inspections to ensure each unit meets our strict build and test criteria.

Highlights

Built in streamer supports hi-res streaming from all major platforms - including Spotify, Qobuz, TIDAL & QQ Music

Extensive range of digital inputs supports playback from TVs (via TOSLINK), computers, servers, CD transports & more

Flexible output voltages and volume control allow connection to any type of amplifier, including directly to power amplifiers or active speakers

Flexible architecture provides unlimited scope for new features, upgrades and enhancements

Single flex-rigid PCB design – unique to dCS in audio, and also seen in the dCS Varčse Music System – ensures clean signal path and optimal performance

dCS Ring DAC™ preserves all aspects of musical signal - including low-level detail - whilst reducing noise and distortion to vanishing levels.
 


 

Specifications  
   
Digital Inputs - 2 x AES/EBU on 3 pin XLR 44.1-192kS/s Used as a Dual AES pair
  (1+2), supports sample rates up to 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
   Asynchronous Mode
- 1 x USB Type A connector for mass storage devices (navigated
   using Mosaic)
   
Analogue Outputs 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.

   
Streaming Supports the following platforms and services:
- UPnP
- Internet Radio
- Qobuz
- Spotify
- Deezer
- Tidal
- Roon Ready
- QQ Music
 
   
Sample freq.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
   
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)
Power Requirements 90-127V / 220-240V, 50/60Hz
Power consumption 30W
   
Frequency Response (F1) 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 16-bit data: Better than –96dB0, 20Hz-20kHz unweighted
24-bit data: Better than –113dB0, 20Hz-20kHz unweighted
   
L-R Crosstalk Better than –115dB0, 20Hz-20kHz
   
Finish Black or Silver
   
   
Dimensions: 122mm (H) x 444mm (W) x 356mm (D)
Allow extra depth for cable connectors.
   
Weight: 14 Kg

 

 

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