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post #16 of 20
5/3/11 at 12:28am
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I keep hearing a lot of great things about the Nuforce Icon-2 as well as the E7/E9 combo. Is there anyone who has both of these or has experience with both and can make a recommendation? There's a part of me that would go E7/E9 if only because then I have a bonus portable AMP but I know I'd use it very, very infrequently so the Icon-2 is still sort of leading because it can power my speakers and my headphones, which I would do on a daily basis.

 

So the question comes down to sound quality.

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post #17 of 20
5/3/11 at 12:34am
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Originally Posted by DougofTheAbaci View Post

I keep hearing a lot of great things about the Nuforce Icon-2 as well as the E7/E9 combo. Is there anyone who has both of these or has experience with both and can make a recommendation? There's a part of me that would go E7/E9 if only because then I have a bonus portable AMP but I know I'd use it very, very infrequently so the Icon-2 is still sort of leading because it can power my speakers and my headphones, which I would do on a daily basis.

 

So the question comes down to sound quality.


Are they active or passive speakers?  The E9 has a line out for active speakers and a Pre-amp out for passive speakers

 

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post #18 of 20
5/3/11 at 11:35am
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Active. They are these lovely beauties:

http://www.acoustic-energy.co.uk/Default.aspx?pagename=Aego-M-loudspeaker

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post #19 of 20
5/3/11 at 5:16pm

Those are nice, never seen them before.  Buy yea, the E9 has a line out that I have hooked up to my active speakers, these ones:

http://www.klipsch.com/na-en/products/promedia-2-1-overview/

and the line-out is very clean, a noticeable improvement from when I used my e7.  You won't need any pre-amping capabilities from a headphone amp if you have active speakers


Edited by scannon18 - 5/3/11 at 5:22pm
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post #20 of 20
5/3/11 at 5:23pm
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It's odd you should mention those, they are the other set of speakers I was considering when I bought my Aego M's. I ended up going with these because I'd owned a set back in London and loved them so very much.

 

You can get them over here in the US it's just extremely hard and they tend to run at about $50–$80 more than they would in the UK.

 

I'll definitely see what the comparison between the E9/E7 and the Icon-2 are in terms of reviews.

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