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Alternative to Nuforce Icon 2

post #1 of 3
2/11/11 at 4:06pm
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Well in the next two weeks or so I am going to begin putting together a desktop hifi rig. With my main 2-channel setup in storage, this will be my primary source of music and I forsee duties being split 50/50 between speakers and headphones. Thus far I am leaning stronging toward a Nuforce Icon 2 and AudioEngine P4 combo. Any other suggestions for amp and speaker combos that I may be overlooking? I want to minimize clutter and like that the Icon 2 is combination headphone/speaker amp and DAC. Are there any other models that combine an all in one utility? Budget is rougly $600 and the headphones being used are Sennheiser HD600s. Thanks.

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post #2 of 3
2/11/11 at 5:03pm

Great stuff here: http://www.theaudioinsider.com/index.php?loudspeakers=swan-active-desktop-sound&cPath=21_24

 

and more here:

http://www.swanspeaker.com/products/products.aspx?cid=5

 

Brian

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post #3 of 3
4/14/11 at 5:37pm

I've been looking for alternatives as well and so far the only alternatives I've seen are these:

 

Travagan Red/Green:

http://www.head-fi.org/products/travagans-red-headphone-power-amplifier

 

Glow Audio One:

http://www.head-fi.org/products/glow-audio-one

 

I think for my purposes though, the NuForce Icon has the right feature set

 

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