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Lina DAC X Streaming Music Player
$15,500.00 USDFeatures
Full-width aluminum chassis design with physical volume dial and IR remote control
Hi-res streaming support for TIDAL, Qobuz, Spotify, QQ Music, and Roon Ready
Extensive digital input options including AES/EBU, S/PDIF, Toslink, and USB
Balanced (XLR) and unbalanced (RCA) outputs with adjustable voltage levels
Multi-stage upsampling with switchable DSD options for optimal sound quality
Flex-rigid PCB design ensures clean signal path and optimal audio performance
Compatible with Moon Audio's audiophile-grade Dragon Cables for system optimization
What's in the Box?
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Lina DAC X Streaming Music Player
$15,500.00
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.
Features
- Premium network music player with Ring DAC technology for natural, immersive sound
- Full-width aluminum chassis design with physical volume dial and IR remote control
- Hi-res streaming support for TIDAL, Qobuz, Spotify, QQ Music, and Roon Ready
- Extensive digital input options including AES/EBU, S/PDIF, Toslink, and USB
- Balanced (XLR) and unbalanced (RCA) outputs with adjustable voltage levels
- Multi-stage upsampling with switchable DSD options for optimal sound quality
- Flex-rigid PCB design ensures clean signal path and optimal audio performance
- Compatible with Moon Audio's audiophile-grade Dragon Cables for system optimization
What's in the Box?
- dCS Lina DAC X unit
- Power cable
- 2x XLR cables (0.5m)
- Ethernet cable
- Power Link cable
- IR remote control
- Welcome letter
- Safety & Compliance guide
- Display cleaning cloth
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Physical Specifications | |
| Product Dimensions | 122mm / 4.80" (H) x 444mm / 17.48" (W) x 356mm / 14.02" (D) Allow extra depth for cable connectors |
| Weight | 14 kg / 30.86 lbs |
| Finish | Black or silver painted machined aluminium with crystal LED display |
| Technical Specifications | |
| Electronics Platform | StreamUnlimited Stream800 |
| Automatic Mains Voltage Switching | Yes |
| Software Updates | Downloaded via dCS Mosaic Control app |
| Local Control | dCS Mosaic Control app for unit config and playback RS232 interface (via 3rd party automation) Optional dCS Universal Remote available |
| Residual Noise | Better than –113 dB0, 20 Hz - 20 kHz unweighted (6V output setting) |
| Spurious Responses | Better than –105 dB0, 20 Hz – 20 kHz |
| L-R Crosstalk | Better than –115 dB0, 20 Hz – 20 kHz |
| Audio Specifications | |
| Digital-to-Analogue Conversion | dCS Ring DAC and Digital Processing Platform on flex-rigid PCB |
| Upsampling | Multi-stage DXD with switchable DSD (DSD, DSDx2) |
| Filters | PCM Mode: Up to 6 filters per sample rate (trade-off between image rejection and transient response) DSD Mode: 4 filters + Filter 5 for improved transient response |
| Crossfeed Settings | Standard crossfeed dCS Expanse 1 (E1) dCS Expanse 2 (E2) |
| MQA | Full decoding and rendering of MQA data from Network and USB2 inputs Final rendering of unfolded MQA data only from other inputs |
| Connectivity Specifications | |
| Digital Inputs | 2 x AES/EBU on 3-pin XLR, 44.1–192 kS/s (dual AES up to 384 kS/s) 1 x S/PDIF BNC Coax, 44.1–192 kS/s 1 x S/PDIF RCA, 44.1–192 kS/s 1 x Toslink Optical, 44.1–96 kS/s 1 x USB Type B, 44.1–384 kS/s PCM and DSD, DSDx2 Async Mode 1 x USB Type A for mass storage devices |
| Word Clock I/O | 2 x Word Clock Inputs on 75 Ω BNC connectors (TTL sensitive) 1 x Word Clock Output on 1 x BNC connector (TTL compatible, output in Master mode) |
