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 first-ever high-resolution digital converters.
 
A custodian of sound
Offering technical precision, transparency and musicality in equal measure, Lina reproduces each aspect of a recording - from the subtlest of sonic details to the sense of rhythm, movement and harmonic flow - with absolute integrity. Whatever your chosen track, it delivers a performance that feels vividly detailed, effortlessly natural, emotionally compelling and always faithful to the music.  Put simply, it brings a new level of realism and purity to headphone playback. 
 
High performance, small footprint 
Lina uses state-of-the-art circuitry, electronics and digital processing to deliver a huge range of features in a compact and elegant format. Its unique flexible circuit board lets dCS provide all of the functions you’d expect from a dCS system in a much smaller footprint, without compromising on sound or performance. dCS's smallest product series yet, it is designed for use in a wide range of environments, from shared offices to home studios, bedrooms and smaller living spaces. 
 
Tailor made 
Every element of Lina’s design - from its touch screen UI to its tactile painted coating, understated aesthetic, and slimline, modular form - has been carefully considered and developed with headphone listeners in mind. This ‘purpose-built’ ethos extends not just to external features, but to internal circuitry, components and software. Unique in its design, sound and capabilities, it combines dCS's renowned playback technologies with a wealth of innovations developed exclusively for the head-fi community.
 
Designed for you 
Lina provides the freedom to listen however you choose, without compromise. Together, its Network Streaming DAC, Headphone Amplifier and Clock provide a complete digital audio system that confidently handles each aspect of the playback process. With its wide range of inputs and outputs, powerful streaming platform, and flexible settings, it delivers a stunning experience, whatever your listening preferences, equipment or musical tastes.