dCS Lina DAC X

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 Varèse 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

Main specifications

Dimensions
122mm / 4.80" (H) x 444mm / 17.48" (W) x 356mm / 14.02" (D).
Allow extra depth for cable connectors.

Weight
14KG / 30.86lbs

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.

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)

Streaming
UPnP, Internet Radio, Qobuz, Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, Roon Ready, QQ Music

Full specifications PDF