dCS Lina Headphone Amplifier – Reference Headphone Amplifier

The dCS Lina Headphone Amplifier lets you experience the full impact of your headphones and your music – from custom IEMs to flagship over-ears. With its ultra-low output impedance, it confidently drives a huge range of designs and adapts to their unique requirements for optimal performance.

Innovative Engineering for Uncompromising Sound

The Lina Headphone Amplifier is dCS’s first-ever standalone amplifier, built on decades of experience at the cutting edge of audio design and engineering. Drawing on our award-winning Bartók Headphone DAC, Lina takes headphone amplification to new heights as a dedicated, high-end component for the most discerning listeners.

Through creative innovation and extensive real-world testing, the dCS team has combined proven techniques with new ideas to deliver outstanding performance, efficiency, and neutrality. The result: an amplifier that offers incredible control, power, and dynamics – with total transparency and zero coloration.

A Novel Super Class AB Output Stage

At its core, the Lina Amplifier features a unique Super Class AB output stage, uniting the fidelity and low distortion of Class A with the efficiency and cool running of Class B. An advanced DC servo system with innovative error correction maintains an exceptionally clean signal path and optimal conditions in all modes – without the typical crossover distortion found in standard AB designs.

Ultimate Flexibility for Any Setup

The Lina Headphone Amplifier offers a comprehensive array of balanced and unbalanced inputs (buffered and unbuffered), making it the perfect addition to virtually any high-end headfi system – regardless of source or output impedance. Pair it with our Lina Network DAC for the ultimate headfi experience, or use it standalone with your favorite sources.

Choice Without Compromise

Different headphones demand different voltage and current. The Lina Amplifier is engineered to drive widely varying loads and delivers top-tier results with a huge range of headphones – from demanding planar magnetics to sensitive IEMs. Adjustable gain, extremely low noise floor and huge dynamic range ensure both power and silence, with no hiss or distortion.

Perfect Neutrality – Pure Transparency

Like all dCS products, the Lina Headphone Amplifier is meticulously engineered for maximum transparency. It brings out the best in your headphones while honoring their unique character – be it neutral, warm, bright or cool. Developed and tested with a wide range of headphones, Lina lets you experience music exactly as the designer or manufacturer intended.

Ambitious Engineering, Exceptional Build

Lina is a true ground-up design – from internal layout and circuitry to the precision-milled aluminum case, selected for its outstanding acoustic and electromagnetic properties. Every detail is crafted for ultimate performance, reliability and longevity – for what may be the finest headphone amplifier in its class.