Template:INFO:SPOTIFY CONNECT

Spotify Connect can now be used on Linn products using firmware Davaar59 (Aug 2017) or later firmware. (That is, if your {{{1}}} has had a software update after Aug 2017 then you can use Spotify connect)

This allows you to select and play your Spotify music on your Linn DS/DSM players and use the internal volume control on the Linn DS/DSM.

To connect your Spotify account to the {{{1}}}:

1. On your control device, iPad/Android/PC/MAC etc, connect to the same computer network as your Linn DS/DSM
2. Start your Spotify app, (if it is already open then close the App, wait a few seconds, and open the App)
3. Now check the Spotify Speakers icon to find your Linn DS. (In some cases you may have to power cycle your {{{1}}} before this is seen)
4. Select your Linn product, and you can now play to the {{{1}}} from the Spotify account and control the {{{1}}} volume.

This is web controlled and if your {{{1}}} has already been paired with your Spotify account you will be able to control even if you are not on the same ethernet network.(So be careful that if you accidentally select the {{{1}}} as a Spotify speaker and put the volume up high, and you are not at home)

Check FAQ Spotify Connect for more information.

Spotify Lossless (Linn statement, September 2025)

Linn intends to support Spotify Lossless. This needs significant firmware changes, also involving third parties, so there is no fixed date for it yet.

• Not every Linn player will be able to support Spotify Lossless. Linn network players launched before the Selekt DSM (2018) can't be updated for it because of hardware limits, but they will continue to support Spotify Connect at standard quality. See which Linn players were launched before and after 2018.
• A Linn player that supports Spotify Lossless will be able to share it with any other Linn player using Songcast.

Using a WiiM streamer for Spotify Lossless, Amazon Music and other services

At present, you can get Spotify Lossless on a Linn DSM, or Amazon Music on older Linn players that don't support it directly, by connecting a WiiM media streamer to the Linn DSM's optical input.

A WiiM can also add other services Linn players don't support, such as Chromecast and Tidal Connect. Not every WiiM model supports every service, so check on WiiM Support first.

Music plays at the quality of your Linn DSM: the WiiM sends the digital audio to the Linn DSM, whose DAC converts it using its own audio clock, which removes any jitter from the WiiM's clock.

Note: this only works with a Linn DSM, which has digital inputs. A Linn DS has no digital inputs, so it can't be connected to a WiiM.

Setting up the WiiM

Connect a Toslink optical cable from the WiiM's SPDIF OUT (optical) socket to a Toslink digital input on your Linn DSM. Then, in the WiiM app:

1. Go to Devices, select your WiiM, and tap the settings cog (bottom right) to open the WiiM setup page.
2. In the Sound menu, under Audio Settings:
   • Turn Fixed Volume Output on. The Linn DSM then controls the volume.
   • Set Optical Output Resolution to:
     • Sample rate 192 kHz and Bit depth 24-bit for newer Linn players, or
     • Sample rate 96 kHz and Bit depth 24-bit for earlier Linn players.
3. Under Audio Output, select Optical Out.

Spotify Lossless is 44.1 kHz, but the higher sample rate setting means other streaming services can play at their full quality.

Playing Spotify through the WiiM

1. On the Linn DSM, select the Toslink input that the WiiM is connected to.
2. In the Spotify app, tap the Spotify Connect (devices) icon and select your WiiM (or the name you gave it).
3. In your Spotify settings, check that Audio streaming quality is set to Lossless (up to 1 GB per hour).
4. Play your Spotify music.

Playing Amazon Music through the WiiM

1. On the Linn DSM, select the Toslink input that the WiiM is connected to.
2. In the WiiM app, go to the Browse tab and select Amazon Music under Music Services.
3. Sign in with your Amazon Music account.
4. In the Amazon Music settings, turn on Amazon Music HD/UHD.
5. Play your Amazon Music.