| | |  | DAC & Headphone Amp | Home » » NuForce Icon-2 Integrated Desktop Amplifier with 24bit/96kHZ USB DAC and high performance headphone amplifier | | | | | | | Description: | | "The heart of your digital world". Operating from a technology platform that has won NuForce numerous awards and rave reviews, NuForce's Second-Generation Icon is an audiophile-quality integrated desktop audio amplifier featuring two 24-watt outputs, a 3.5mm stereo input for connecting to an iPod or similar portable device, a USB port for operation with a PC or Mac, and standard RCA inputs for employing the Icon as the heart of a conventional audio system. For the headphone enthusiast, the Icon also features a high-performance headphone output. Of particular interest to the computer user, the Icon's line-out functions as a PC or MAC USB-to-analog audio converter. This feature also operates as the connection to a subwoofer. | | | Features: | |
• 24bit/96kHz USB DAC
• Output Power: 24W x 2 (4 Ohm), 18W x 2 (8 Ohm)
• Peak Power: 30W x 2 (4 Ohm)
• Inputs: 1 RCA, 1 3.5mm Stereo, 1 USB
• Outputs: 1 Line out, 1 headphone output, speaker outputs
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 6.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 4.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 13.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 11.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.7 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Amazing little all in one device!Dec 29, 2010
By A. Fuller
"honestabe"
I received the Icon-2 as a Christmas present and I couldn't be happier. It serves 3 different purposes very well. As a desktop amplifier, it powers most fairly efficient bookshelves to decent db levels with clarity and punch. I have it powering a pair of Triangle Comete bookshelf speakers and the little Icon makes them sing. It really is amazing how such a tiny little thing can create so much power! The DAC sounds incredible - from mp3's to high resolution flac files, everything just sounds clearer, punchier, and more dynamic. Also, the headphone amplifier does an impressive job with my Sennheiser hd600. If this device cost 500 bucks, I'd still be amazed at the performance. That it does all this for 350 is just downright mind boggling.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Very useful and very good soundNov 14, 2011
By Joey L
I bought this based on a few internet reviews. I bought it to convert iTunes files done in lossless format into a small room system with NHT3 speakers from an iMac (and as a driver for an old set of Stax headphones). I was so happy with them as the driver for my computer system I just left it there and I will have to buy another one for the Stax. It is clean, very quiet, barely warm and can drive these speakers to medium volumes. It sounds neutral to me and you can fiddle with the equalizer in iTunes anyway if desired. And the amazing thing for me, really, is how it does so with such a small footprint. It must be very efficient. Be warned, it will not get party level loud.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great product and great companyApr 09, 2011
By Mark Mclaughlin
"please google "mcstrat""
When I got my Icon-2, the AC Adaptor was faulty. Ugh. Buying from a small company through Amazon.com is not when you want a problem like this. But, I emailed Nuforce and they decided instantly to ship me a whole new Icon 2, no questions asked. GREAT responsiveness.
I just got the second one and it is AWESOME. I ran some old Santana songs that were loaded onto iTunes from a CD many years ago through the Icon-2. The difference is immediate. Songs that sounded like one lead singer when I ran my iPod directly into my living room speakers are now clearly a very tight two-part harmony listening through the Icon-2.
Nuances like that which I have not heard in years are delighting me with every song.
I've been tweaking the darn equalizer inside the iPod trying to get decent sound for years. I just turned off the EQ and don't expect to ever need to use it again.
You do not need to be an audiophile or a musician with perfect pitch to hear the difference. Anybody who loves to really listen when they listen to music is going to hear the difference right away.
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