Comfort and performance
The Linear D is the perfect complement to streamers and CD players. It recognises digital signals, automatically selects the optimal input and needs no input selector. The Sabre DAC from ESS on the quad-layer circuit board, which has been optimised against HF interference, offers both digital S/PDIF and Toslink inputs.
Low-loss mica capacitors on the mainboard and in the converter analogue filter as well as ultra fast amplifier stages on the converter board guarantee reference quality. Owing to three settings the Linear D adapts to the most diverse headphone-source combinations, and with one analogue and two digital inputs it also delivers a breathtakingly expressive performance as a preamp on active loudspeakers.
The Linear D makes people happy who want to enjoy music in an intense and pristine way and brings together those who share musical enjoyment: two parallel outputs on the discrete class A solid-state output stages powerfully feed two headphones of equal impedance without compromising the listening experience. SSC absorber feet decouple the Linear D from its base and provide calmness. So the Linear D sounds even more sculptural now: with lush, yet never ostentatious lows, delicate resolution and zero-gravity elegance over the entire frequency range.
Turn the massive, damped potentiometer of the Linear D. Rediscover your analogue and digital musical treasures!
Technical Data
The impressing technical details of the Linear D.
Linear D
Analogue section
Input impedance
47 kOhms
Maximum gain
0 dB, 10 dB, 18 dB, 20 dBselectable via DIP switches
Frequency response
10 Hz (-0.3 dB) to 35 kHz (-1 dB)
Signal to noise ratio
> 95 dB at gain 0 dB
THD
< 0.001 % at 6 mW/300 Ohms
Channel separation
> 80 dB at 10 kHz
Output power
400 mW/60 Ohms200 mW/300 Ohms
Output impedance
Line Out 50 OhmsHeadphones Out 5 Ohms
Connectors audio
Neutrik headphone jacks with gold plated contacts1 x switching Line Out1 x non switching Line Outgold plated RCA sockets with teflon insulation
Power consumption
15 W through internal, regulated power supply
Special feature
vibration-absorbing SSC feet
Outer dimensions W x D x H
280 mm x 110 mm x 44 mm (11 x 4.3 x 2 in.)
Weight
1.5 kg (3.3 lbs.) net
Digital-analogue converter
Digital inputs
1 x Toslink (automatically prioritised)1 x RCA 75 ohms
Sampling Rates
32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 192 kHz
Resolution
24 bits
Chipset
ESS Sabre K2M
Analogue filter
Silver Mica capacitators
Max. output level DAC
1 V eff.
Special feature
The analogue input is automatically activated, when no digital signal is recognised