Designed for listeners who want the convenience of digital playback combined with a deeply natural and immersive listening experience. It delivers the same range of features as the award-winning Lina Network DAC, along with some additional benefits, including a physical volume dial, IR Remote Control, support for hi-res streaming via QQ Music, and the option to connect to CD/SACD Transports for silver disc playback.

A full featured network player, Lina DAC X supports hi-res streaming from all major platforms including TIDAL, Qobuz, Spotify and QQ Music, as well as music management software such as Roon, Audirvana and JPLAY. It also features a range of physical inputs to support playback from numerous sources, including TVs (via TOSLINK), computers, CD transports and servers. The DAC X can be connected to any amplifier, including directly to power amplifiers or active speakers, to create a complete music playback system.

Its flexible architecture provides huge scope for future upgrades, allowing us to enhance performance and add new features over time. This is a core part of the dCS experience, with listeners receiving free of charge product upgrades through simple internet updates. Sonically, it offers exceptional clarity and detail retrieval, bringing listeners a profoundly natural and deeply musical sound. This is made possible with unique dCS technologies including the Ring DAC – our bespoke Digital-to-Analogue conversion system – and Digital Processing Platform.

The DAC X is encased in a full-width chassis machined from solid billet aluminium, which serves to further enhance performance, and uses flex-rigid circuitry for optimal audio quality and reliability.

Its understated aesthetic complements all manner of spaces and setups, from family living areas to dedicated listening rooms, whilst its superb build quality and meticulous craftsmanship reflects our uncompromising attention to detail. As with all dCS products, Lina DAC X is hand-assembled and tested at our Cambridgeshire headquarters, so we can ensure it is built to exacting standards and performs to the highest specifications.

Lina DAC X provides a new addition to a product range that has won numerous awards worldwide for its sound, design and performance. The DAC X builds on our vision with Lina to create a versatile range of separates that can be used alone or together – allowing listeners to build the system and setup that best suits their needs.

It will provide a fantastic addition to any high-end music system, allowing listeners to experience audio like never before, and immerse themselves in outstanding sound for years to come…

-High-performance network music player delivers hi-res audio from a range of digital sources, including Roon, TIDAL, Qobuz, Deezer, Spotify & more

-Works with dCS Mosaic app [available on iOS & Android], which allows listeners to browse and access music from multiple sources, control system settings and playback through a single interface, and receive performance upgrades via free of charge updates

-Supports Spotify Connect, TIDAL Connect, Roon, Audirvana and JPLAY, allowing listeners to play music direct from their favourite app or interface

-Utilises renowned dCS technologies – including the Ring DAC & Digital Processing Platform – to deliver sound with exceptional clarity and fidelity

-Features cutting edge flex-rigid circuitry and solid billet aluminium chassis for optimal audio performance and reliability

Dimensions and Weight

• Height: 122mm (4.80″)
• Width: 444mm (17.48″)
• Depth: 356mm (14.02″) – allow extra depth for cable connectors
• Weight: 14kg (30.86lbs)

Analogue Outputs

• 1 stereo balanced pair on 2× 3-pin male XLR connectors (pin 2 = hot, pin 3 = cold)
  • Electronically balanced and floating
  • Signal balance ratio at 1kHz better than 40dB
  • Output impedance: 3Ω
  • Maximum load: 600Ω (10kΩ – 100kΩ load recommended)
• 1 stereo unbalanced pair on 2× RCA Phono connectors
  • Output impedance: 52Ω
  • Maximum load: 600Ω (10kΩ – 100kΩ load recommended)
• Adjustable output levels: 0.2V, 0.6V, 2V, or 6V rms for full-scale input, set in menu

Performance

• L-R Crosstalk: Better than –115dB0, 20Hz-20kHz
• Residual Noise (6V output setting):
  • 16-bit data: Better than –96dB0, 20Hz-20kHz unweighted
  • 24-bit data: Better than –113dB0, 20Hz-20kHz unweighted

Digital Processing

• Multi-stage DXD oversampling with switchable DSD Upsampling (1-bit 2.822 or 3.07MS/s)
• DSDx2 Upsampling (1-bit 5.644 or 6.14MS/s)

Digital Inputs

• 2× AES/EBU on 3-pin XLR (44.1-192kS/s)
  • Can be used as Dual AES pair (1+2), supporting sample rates up to 384kS/s
• 1× S/PDIF BNC Coax (44.1-192kS/s)
• 1× S/PDIF on RCA (44.1-192kS/s)
• 1× Toslink (44.1-96kS/s)
• 1× USB Type B (44.1-384kS/s PCM and DSD, DSDx2 in Asynchronous Mode)
• 1× USB Type A for mass storage devices (navigated using Mosaic)

Frequency Response (set to filter 1)

• 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

Supported Formats and Streaming

• Audio formats: 44.1-384kS/s up to 24 bits, DSD/64, DSD/128, Native DSD + DoP (input dependent)
• File formats: FLAC, WAV, AIFF, MQA
• Streaming platforms: UPnP, Internet Radio, Qobuz, Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, Roon Ready, QQ Music

Power Requirements

• Voltage: 90-127V / 220-240V, 50/60Hz
• Power consumption: 30W