Perhaps this would suggest the possibility of further DSP options in the future? this seems to be something that is highly valued by the Headphone community
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Definitely. Lina is one serious beast within!
Clearly parallels the Vivaldi stack in being years ahead of anything else in the dedicated HeadFi space. No doubt 10 years from now HeadFiers will be wishing they had bought Lina when it was first launched 
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Maybe. That whole electrostatic thing complicates matters. 
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Very true, but from just an amplification standpoint though - I have the same ‘issue’ with my Bartok/Stax - not a DSP (i.e. dCS forte) perspective that Urbanluthiar was alluding to.
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Completely agree. The processing power advantage Lina brings to the table is significant. And since that is all “in the DAC,” well . . …
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If the Lina is getting this level of technology, the replacement for the Vivaldi (whenever that happens) could be quite formidable 
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If you’re thinking the Lina would no longer be the only product using its own firmware track (and this track would therefore become the starting point for all future dCS DACs), I would agree… All things come to those who wait!
Great stuff!!
I’m definitely waiting. Couldn’t spring for a Bartock all at once why I went Lina route
Do be patient though, it took 4 years on the Bartok for v2.0 
By the way, turns out Lina isn’t the first at dCS with the Artix-7, XMOS combination; 
4-years of owning the Bartók and I only just realised it too actually uses the same Artix-7 chip on the Control Board underneath the soon to be Apex-upgraded Ring DAC Board which has it’s own pair of Spartan-3s.
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To put things in perspective, my Chord mojo2 with its “lossless DSP” uses an ARTIX XC7A15T - a chip with far fewer logic cells
Rossini has the Artix-7 too:
This is a freeze from a YouTube video of the Rossini 2.0 Player:
The 2 stacked PCBs:
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That’s a lot of processing power across those 3 fgpas. Hopefully good news for future updates…
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The potential for future Lina DAC updates is also why I confidently bought into this system, dCS reputation notwithstanding. It’s inspiring to see the level of tech contributing to this audio beauty’s guts. I hope updates come more frequently and even sooner than with Bartok. I love the sound I get now but would love a few more filter options, particularly emphasizing spatial cues, imaging, and transients. Oh, and higher PCM and DSD rate options would be great too. Right now, the DSD options seem to invoke a bit too much jitter and blunt the impact and detail of the bass too much.
The one thing driving me bonkers at the moment is the filter-switching issue. I know they’re working hard at it, but it can take some of the joy out of a listening session. Truthfully, the fix (and hopefully some additional features) can’t come soon enough!
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Hi there, welcome to the dCS community 
I assume by “DSD option” you mean the DSD Upsampling… Do you have a specific example - album/track - where you found this issue of “…a bit too much jitter”, and was it in comparison to not invoking DSD Upsampling? 
I was looking at my Network today and noticed the Lina shows Naim mu-so. Is this common in the Bartock, Rossini and Vivaldi also?
Chris, what App is that? It’s clearly got some “wires crossed”.
The Lina’s Ethernet interface will show up as “Texas Instruments” as the Ethernet Hardware address assignment is based on the Texas Instruments Sitara ARM Chip’s built-in MAC on the S800 streaming board within the Lina. It’s the same on the Vivlaid, Rossini, and Batok - they all use the same S800 streaming board.
They have nothing to do with Naim.
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I’ve got a Ubiquiti network.
Very possible it’s misidentifying then
Thanks!!
Either misidentifying, or possibly cached results that haven’t been properly updated; the Naim might have been allocated with that same IP address at some point in the past.
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Not in my house. Lol. All Pass Labs and Mac
Dunno. I’ll try clearing the cache and see what happens. Not that big a deal. I was just curious