dCS Lina Network DAC | Standalone Desktop DAC

Decades of DAC Refinement Come Together in the dCS Lina DAC

• dCS Ring DAC technology with ultra-black background
• Elevate any headphone or two channel system
• Network streaming with the dCS Mosaic platform - supports Hi-Res streaming via Roon, Spotify, TIDAL, UPnP, and more!
• Now available in Black and Silver finishes

The Complete dCS Experience in a New Form Factor

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, dCS has taken core playback technologies, including the dCS Ring DAC™ and Digital Processing Platform, and added new innovations developed for headphone listeners. These include their first ever touch-screen display, a streamlined user interface for easier navigation, and a powerful flex-rigid circuit board which allows for the delivery of all the features you’d expect from a dCS DAC but in a much smaller chassis.

Flexible Circuit Board in a Solid Chassis

Inside all Lina DACs is a part rigid, part flexible folding circuit board that contains over 2,000 electronic components. This feature is unique to the Lina Network DAC and it allows us to:

• Deliver the full range of dCS DAC technologies – including our Ring DAC™ system, Digital Processing Platform, clocking system and integrated streamer – in a more compact footprint, without compromising on sound or performance
• Reduce the number of individual circuits inside the product for a cleaner signal path and better performance     

Creating the flex-rigid PCB meant we could utilise every millimetre of available space in the DAC’s chassis – a feat that in turn, meant we could deliver the same range of critical components in a more compact design.

The Lina Network DAC is housed in a chassis cut from a solid aluminium billet. This feature is an integral part of the product and one that serves to further enhance performance.

Creating a chassis from a single piece of metal – rather than several pieces bolted together – is an unusual approach which allows us to ensure that all electronic components within the DAC perform to the best of their abilities.  

Stunning Results

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 and clear playback, expansive soundstage, and tonal neutrality, it provides a deeply natural, highly detailed, and profoundly musical sound that encapsulates dCS' singular approach to audio.

Add unique headphone optimization 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.