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Title: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: rustydoglim on 10 Feb 2009, 11:43 am: Well, as a start, Icon + S-1 + W-1 system is awesome! :thumb:

A customer has wrote that Icon and Dali Lektor 1 sounded very good.
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: face on 12 Feb 2009, 01:35 pm: Laptop w/ AISO drivers and lossless files + Icon + Audio Technica ATH-A700, sounds fantastic.
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: luxmann on 15 Feb 2009, 02:29 pm: iMac on relaxa4(magnetic isolation system)-Dendac(a small USB DAC but very accurate)-belden 88760 Y-cable-Icon(w/ 42W PSU :lol:)-bleden 1874A CAT6 cable-S1 on thick apiton wood block is superb! :thumb:

My boy broke both tweaters of Monitor Audio Radius90(they were also good sound),but S1 is very tough :P
You will change LAN cable if you want more air,detail and clarity.It's worth of change.
sorry for my English.
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: Toka on 15 Feb 2009, 09:53 pm: iMac-> Icon (w/ 42W PSU) -> S-1 -> W-1. Sounds amazing!

Also have the Icon Mobile with both the NE-7M and NE-8's, but I only occasionally use those at home. Once I get a new laptop/phone they will be strictly for the road!
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: lazpete on 30 Mar 2009, 09:48 am: Got a replacement board today from Jason, and now I'm a happy Icon listener again :)

Bought myself a new pair of speakers last week, Canadian PSB Alpha B1, and the setup is just fantastic!
Highly recommended.

<img src="http://a03-b03.mypicturetown.com:80/P2PwebCmdController/cache/B%25_PL1goBGaqVU%26.p6ofIw0L%25%26P7JWc_gNMy.2uS17F8C7xlayFsNkvpVmVSfE7/item.JPG?rot=1" title="" alt="" width="318"height="480">
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: xuxu on 2 Apr 2009, 04:16 am: Quote from: nuforce-jason on 10 Feb 2009, 11:43 am
Well, as a start, Icon + S-1 + W-1 system is awesome! :thumb:

A customer has wrote that Icon and Dali Lektor 1 sounded very good.

Right now I am using the Icon connected to my laptop's USB port. It's playing my itunes library over Pinnacle AC 500 bookshelf speakers. Sometimes I plug in my Grado 300i headphones. When I want more power, I have the line out going to a Sonance 260 power amplifier, which feeds another pair of Pinnacle AC 500s.
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: Picker on 13 Jun 2009, 02:37 am: (http://rob.com/lancair/2008.08/s1-speakers-8482.jpg)
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: badgerdms on 30 Jul 2009, 07:27 pm: Icon, S-1 & W-1 all in red color being driven by a stock Mac Mini (new version) pushing out Apple Lossless files. Need to raise the speakers up a bit, but other than that pretty flawless. I've also been using the Icon with both my Senheiser HD-600s and my Grado SR-200s. On opposite ends of the impedance scale but both work pretty well. I've also tried the Nuforce UF-30s, but they really don't stand up to the more expensive sets of headphones so I might sell those.
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: claus on 10 Aug 2009, 04:17 pm: shifted to high-end setup.
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: aidE on 13 Dec 2009, 10:35 pm: Maybe one of the very first uDACs in Sweden? I know there are one more, cause i orderd two. :). Enjoy!

(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p31/data-danne/Home/Nuforce/DSC_0098.jpg)

(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p31/data-danne/Home/Nuforce/DSC_0116.jpg)

(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p31/data-danne/Home/Nuforce/DSC_0125.jpg)
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: Hangaround on 22 Dec 2009, 06:24 am: Logitech Duet -> Icon -> Weiss DAC2(sounds like an overkill aa) -> PS Audo GCC100 -> Von Schweikert VR-4Jr.

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=24781)

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=24782)
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: Hangaround on 22 Dec 2009, 06:30 am: Also bi-amp Icon driving the Von Schweikert VR-4Jr :duh:. Icons running on batteries :drool: Background is quiter and music is more details :lol:

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=24783)(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=24784)
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: Hangaround on 22 Dec 2009, 06:35 am: Logitech Duet -> Icon -> Weiss DAC2(sounds like an overkill ) -> PS Audo GCC100 -> Von Schweikert VR-4Jr.

Opps... Typo. It should read as:
Logitech Duet -> Icon and Weiss DAC2(sounds like an overkill ) -> PS Audo GCC100 -> Von Schweikert VR-4Jr.
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: Katronix on 26 Feb 2010, 01:13 am: (http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=27188)

2 icons w/nuforce speakers + nuforce sub

Incredible surround sound.
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: nongnet on 27 Mar 2010, 04:36 am: (http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=28283)

Bose AM5 + Icon Desktop
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: SOMagic on 19 Apr 2010, 07:48 pm: NUFORCE ICON HDP + AMP driving B&W CDM9NT floorstand speakers

Toshiba M700 (Foobar2000) > via USB /Wasapi/ N. Icon HDP > N. Icon Amp > B&W CDM9NT

Music : Beethoven - 9th sym. 24/96, Groover Washington jr.- Winelight 24/96,
Jethro Tull - Stand Up 24/96, Helge Lien Trio - Hello Troll 24/96, Ben Webster - Soulville 24/96, SCO - Mozart - Jupiter symph. 24/96 etc.

Filling a room of 6.5 x 8.5 x 2.5 meters with music.

B&W CDM9NT - sensitivity 89dB spl, av.imp. 8ohm.

Icon Amp at 11 o'clock (normal listening level) at 12 (quite loud) at 1 (I never listen that loud) . Unbelievable bass, nice mids & highs .

This little amp rocks big time !

http://www.shrani.si/f/2E/wI/2rwptEm6/nuforce1.jpg (http://www.shrani.si/f/2E/wI/2rwptEm6/nuforce1.jpg)
http://www.shrani.si/f/40/ZK/33hDt4O3/nuforce2.jpg (http://www.shrani.si/f/40/ZK/33hDt4O3/nuforce2.jpg)
http://www.shrani.si/f/1/5P/18ftf2Bl/nuforce3.jpg (http://www.shrani.si/f/1/5P/18ftf2Bl/nuforce3.jpg)
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: bennettm on 30 Apr 2010, 03:29 am: I'll second the PSB Alpha B1s as an excellent choice of a small bookshelf speaker setup for the Icon! Haven't had any noise issues with these speakers after 10+ hours of listening.

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=29697)

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=29698)

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=29699)
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: vrankovic on 30 Apr 2010, 12:23 pm: NuForce icon desk, :D :D SuperPro USB DAC + playstation 3 iomega pro hd + klipsch f1. great sound! :D :D :eyebrows:
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: Sherlock on 7 May 2010, 04:10 am: I'm using an Icon in my computer system for gaming/multi-media. Input is from my sound card, speakers are Energy 'RC-Mini's with a Martin Logan Dynamo being run from the sub out on the Icon.

Sound is fantastic.
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: brentrockwood on 17 Jul 2010, 05:33 pm: I've got the Icon + S1 setup, and I added a tiny sub I had left over from an old 2.1 set, just set at low volume for a little extra bass reinforcement. These S1's do really need it, to my ears, but in a small room they don't need much and you can get away with something really cheap without compromising the sound as a whole. Also, they are extremely placement sensitive. It took me about a week or two to get the whole thing really dialed in. Sounds jaw-droppingly good now, though. :D

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=32885)
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: Chromisdesigns on 22 Aug 2010, 01:26 am: Icon + S-1 with upgraded power supply, M&K VX-7 subwoofer, driven via USB DAC in the Icon from Windows PC, both vbr AAC files ripped from CD in iTunes, and with Pandora One subscription. Sounds great!

Occasionally, I'll use the headphone port with Sennheiser HD600 cans.
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: canuck_stereo_guy on 19 Dec 2010, 03:49 pm: Hi everyone,

I use a Mac mini to serve my music files + the Nuforce HDP but in my Midi the HDP is not being recognized, & therefore I am limited to 44 hz.

Any ideas? Does the HDP have any drivers?

Thanks...
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: mooremg1 on 27 Jan 2011, 10:45 pm: Here's my all Nuforce setup. A 2010 Mac Mini with 27" Cinema Display is the music source. I spend hours a day working at this desk and I can listen without fatigue. I have an Icon HDP feeding NHT M00's at my work computer.

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=42029)
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: jimmy.kl on 18 Apr 2011, 04:41 am: Gidday. This was my setup until recently. I'm showing off the setting more than the system because I loved how it fitted in while sounding fantastic 8)

Original Icon with upgraded PSU and S-1 speakers. A Wharfedale subwoofer is hidden away out of view. Mac Mini providing tunes.

Am currently considering upgrading to some form of Nuforce DAC driving Quad 12L active speakers.

(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=45764)
Title: Re: Please Post Your Icon related setup here
Post by: Picker on 28 Dec 2012, 06:12 am: two years ago after some research

(http://rob.com/lancair/2012.12/photo.jpg)

I went back to a ProLogic 5.1 system with Martin Logan Motion 4 (http://www.martinlogan.com/motionSeries/models/compact-speakers.php). Today I'm back with a DDA-100 and a pair of ML Motion 15 (http://www.martinlogan.com/motionSeries/models/motion-15-30.php)

(http://rob.com/lancair/2012.12/lx16.jpg)