Review by audiophilestyle.com: https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/reviews/a-dream-headphone-system-from-dcs-raal-requisite-and-shunyata-r1203/
Enjoy the full Lina experience with a Network Streaming DAC, Class AB Headphone Amplifier and Grade 1 Master Clock.
- Designed and hand-assembled in the United Kingdom
- Purpose-built for headphone playback
- Engineered for the purest expression and the finest possible sound
- Solid-state Headphone Amplifier ensures optimal performance with a vast range of headphones, from IEMs through to reference-level over ears
- dCS Ring DAC and Digital Processing Platform guarantee exceptional sound from all digital recordings - whatever the source, genre or audio format
- Network DAC supports streaming via Roon, Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz, TIDAL, Internet Radio and Apple AirPlay
- Lina Master Clock delivers precise and stable clocking reference, for enhanced synchronization and improved sound quality when streaming or listening via USB
- A modular three-stack design allows you to configure your system to suit your space, arranging units horizontally or vertically
- Flexible, FPGA-based architecture ensures a long product lifespan, with new features and enhancements delivered via simple software updates
With a dedicated Network DAC, Headphone Amplifier and Master Clock, Lina is the first dCS system purpose built for headphone listening. Designed to drive a vast range of headphones, and deliver incredible sound from all digital recordings, it offers the ultimate sonic experience for headfi connoisseurs.
A bold vision
Lina began with a desire to create the definitive system for headphone playback - one that reveals the full potential of your chosen headphones, and the full breadth of detail and emotion in your music. Drawing on their extensive experience developing pioneering audio products and technologies - including the multi-award-winning dCS Vivaldi, Rossini and Bartók - dCS set out to engineer a brand new series that embodies their singular approach to sound reproduction while reflecting the unique needs and demands of headphone listeners.
Rooted in heritage
Lina is a product made possible through three decades of relentless innovation - a tireless pursuit to advance the standard of sound reproduction, and bring people closer to the music they love. Informed by 35 years of continuous development, it combines state-of-the-art hardware and software with a technical lineage that can be traced back to the advent of digital audio and the creation of the world’s f