Promising new portable headphone amp (Mobile Icon) from NuForce - Page 7

I am gonna say (before my full review is done) that based on how it sounds vs my D2 Boa and Meier Headsix, with the more forward mids the Nuforce is closer to the 2MOVE that I borrowed from Skylab months ago than it is to the D2 Boa (Headsix is forward like 2MOVE but not as open or spacious as 2MOVE or Nuforce).

I can see myself using the Nuforce more than the D2 Boa, and I haven't used the Headsix for months since I put my Predator with my 3G Nano instead of the Headsix or Tomahawk. I have mostly been using the Nuforce with NE-7M, Westone 3 and ATH-ESW10 on my Macbook for the past 9 days, and they all sound good with the Nuforce.

This Japanese site has a nice set of pictures, including the circuit board of Icon Mobile:

スパイラル物置: NuForce Icon Mobile

Ouch, why did they need to pull up that capacitor.. fragile

It ain't gonna fit back in the case like that...

The capacitor is pulled out for picture-taking

Well I'm waiting on my paypal to transfer funds into my bank account so I can pick up an icon mobile, but it looks like by the time I get my money into my account(paypal estimates saturday), they may be sold out. (only 1 unit left in stock on their site) Oh well a little bit of patience goes a long way right?

My Icon Mobile just came in the mail today and it's a lot smaller and slimmer than I expected.

If your looking at Amazon, The "1 Availlable" only means that there is one seller who has it. It's not necessarily the number in stock

Amazon.com: Used and New: NuForce Icon Mobile headphone amplifier and USB DAC (silver color)

Don't forget, these don't sound so great the first 6 hours of burn-in, but get better and sound good by 24 hours, and from that point on till between 120-200 hours when it is pretty much done.

Silver Icon Mobile has sold out. We might have a few for sale on Dec 15. The GOOD NEWS is that by Dec 19, we will have RED (Ferrari Red, different from Icon red), BLUE (same as Icon blue), SILVER and BLACK Icon Mobile available. We will start to take pre-order on Dec 15. Even if you choose standard shipping, we'll ship all USA orders during the week of Dec 19 by US Post Office 2 day priority mail.

When do we get to see pictures of the new colors? The 15th as well?

Good find. Given the price of the IM, the board looks clean.

the icon mobile looks good but the sound is always the major issue. anyone has tried the icon mobile with sf5pro or akg530? do they go along well?

i am planning to get a dac+amp for these two. ipod classic and my pc will be my sources. usually i use the sf5pro+ipod for outdoor and the akg530+pc for home use.

Since we're on the subject, how about the ATrios? This little fella is shaping up to be most intruiging. and tempting.. haha

Do you have any pictures of the different colored amps yet?