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Lina Upsampling DAC/Network Streamer

The dCS Lina Network DAC is a digital-to-analogue converter and network streaming source with digital volume control, enabling operation without a separate preamplifier. It uses the proprietary dCS Ring DAC™ and Digital Processing Platform, a flex-rigid circuit board containing over 2,000 components, multi-stage DXD oversampling, switchable DSD and DSDx2 upsampling, and dCS Expanse headphone optimisation. Connectivity includes AES/EBU, coaxial and optical S/PDIF, asynchronous USB Type B with PCM/DSD support, USB Type A mass storage, balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA analogue outputs, plus UPnP, RoonReady, Qobuz, Deezer, TIDAL, Spotify, Internet Radio and Apple AirPlay 2 streaming.