[WhiteCrow]

http://www.amazon.com/NuForce-Icon-uDAC-2-Black-Headphone/dp/B003Y5FRNS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299278983&sr=8-1
 
I was told this is a great DAC, and I will mainly be using this as a dac as I already have an amp. The Icon2 looks promising but its  a stereo amp would this work as a headphone amp? Any suggestions? I need to have the ..Spidif? plugs and a USB plug so I can use it with my TV and game console and a dac for my computer.
 
The Icon HP looks good as well but it has no Cable input on it only USB.
 
 
 

 

[WhiteCrow]

Other options I have found.
 
http://www.aloaudio.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_4_115&products_id=197 
 
http://www.aloaudio.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_4_115&products_id=599
 
http://www.aloaudio.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_4_115&products_id=501
 
 
 

 

[WhiteCrow]

Anyone have any experiance with these? I hear the uDAC is a great little dac/amp.
 

 

[SalsaPodio]

I like this
 
http://www.mav-audio.com/base/product/tube_magic_d1

 

[WhiteCrow]

alittle above  the mentions price. :/
 

 

[turimbar1]

the udac2 is an excellent DAC but it cannot properly power the more power-hungry headphones, as I found with my orthos. my hd555s sound wonderful with it though, so they can power any iem and any portable headphone just fine. I do not have any real amp, so getting the udac was not such a good idea, seeing that the amp needed to power my orthos would have been around 200.

 

[Graphicism]

Zero amp/DAC with upgraded opamps will be as good or better than any of the new plastic fantastic amps out now, it goes for around $100~ish on the forums. I wouldn't spend more than that until you're ready to make a big leap into the op-amp-less DACs.

 

[WhiteCrow]

I already have an amp I'm really just looking for a DAC, The uDAC has no optical out which blows since I was planning to use it with my ps3 considering the ps3's dac is terrible.
 
http://www.aloaudio.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_4_115&products_id=197
 
anyone have any experience with this?