Sneaky Music DS combines the convenience of a network music player with Linn's experience, expertise and commitment to high quality music reproduction. With on-board volume control and a built-in power amplifier, add Sneaky DS to your home network and connect your loudspeakers to enjoy the best quality reproduction of your music available from a network music player.
Sneaky Music DS supports all popular digital music formats and plays all high quality audio sample rates and bit depths natively. Sneaky DS has a customdesigned up-sampling engine which reduces noise and signal distortion, ensuring you get the best possible reproduction of your music files.
• Date of introduction March 2008
• Type Network music player
• Dimensions (H) 44.5 mm x (W) 345 mm x (D) 274 mm (H) 1.8 inches x (W) 13.6 inches x (D) 10.8 inches (can be positioned horizontally or vertically)
• Weight 2.7 kg / 6 lb
• Mains supply voltage 100 – 120 V ac (±10%) 50 – 60 Hz (auto ranging) 200 – 240 V ac (±10%) 50 – 60 Hz
• Fuse 250 V, T1.6 A (not user replaceable)
• Power consumption standby 10 W operational 14 W maximum continuous 120 W
• Supported file types FLAC, ALAC, WAV, MP3, WMA (except lossless), AIFF, AAC, OGG
• Audio sample rates 7.35 k, 8 k, 11.025 k, 12 k, 14.7 k, 16 k, 22.05 k, 24 k, 29.4 k, 32 k, 44.1 k, 48 k, 88.2 k, 96 k, 176.4 k, 192 k
• Word depths 16 – 24 bits
• Ethernet interface 100Base-T RJ45
• Control protocol Compatible with UPnP™ media servers, UPnP™ AV 1.0 control points
• Local control RS232 x 2 RJ11 Remote controllable (handset not supplied)
• Connector types optical digital output TOSLINK coaxial digital output RCA phono line outputs RCA phono speaker outputs Inverted safety 4 mm BFA sockets
• Output impedance line outputs 300 Ω speaker outputs 0.06 Ω
• Output voltage line outputs 2.8 V peak, 2 V rms (0 dBFS) speaker outputs 15 V peak, 10 V rms (0 dBFS, 16.6 dB gain, vol. 79)
• Output offset line outputs < 2 mV speaker outputs < 3 mV
• Signal to noise ratio line outputs Better than -120 dB • Channel balance Better than +/- 0.2 dB
• Channel separation line outputs Better than -120 dB speaker outputs Better than -100 dB • Gain range -80 dB to +20 dB
• Gain resolution 1 dB
• Unity gain volume 0 dB = volume 80
• Dynamic range 120 dB
• Damping factor 67
• Signal level for clipping 415 mV rms (0 dBFS, +16.6 dB gain, vol. 79)
• Harmonic distortion < 0.03% at 1 kHz at 10 W
• Load tolerance Unconditionally stable into all loudspeaker loads
• Frequency response pre-amp 2.5 Hz – 170 kHz (-3 dB) power amp 2.5 Hz – 48 kHz (-3 dB) • Speaker output voltage 15 V peak
• Speaker output power 20 W into 4 W
Linn Sneaky Music DS
- Plays digital music over a standard Ethernet network
- On-board volume control and power amplification (20W)
- Streams internet radio, podcasts and 'listen again' broadcasts
- Decodes FLAC, WAV, ALAC, MP3, WMA, AIFF, AAC and OGG audio formats with up to 24-bit 192 kHz native sample rate
- Compatible with UPnP™ media servers and UPnP™ AV 1.0 control points • Linn Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS)
- Can be positioned either horizontally or vertically, or wall-mounted