Please Post Your Icon related setup here

rustydoglim · « **on:** 10 Feb 2009, 11:43 am »

Well, as a start, Icon + S-1 + W-1 system is awesome!

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

face · « **Reply #1 on:** 12 Feb 2009, 01:35 pm »

Laptop w/ AISO drivers and lossless files + Icon + Audio Technica ATH-A700, sounds fantastic.

luxmann · « **Reply #2 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

)-bleden 1874A CAT6 cable-S1 on thick apiton wood block is superb!

My boy broke both tweaters of Monitor Audio Radius90(they were also good sound),but S1 is very tough

You will change LAN cable if you want more air,detail and clarity.It's worth of change.
sorry for my English.

Toka · « **Reply #3 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!

lazpete · « **Reply #4 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.

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xuxu · « **Reply #5 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.

Picker · « **Reply #6 on:** 13 Jun 2009, 02:37 am »

badgerdms · « **Reply #7 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.

claus · « **Reply #8 on:** 10 Aug 2009, 04:17 pm »

shifted to high-end setup.

aidE · « **Reply #9 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!

Hangaround · « **Reply #10 on:** 22 Dec 2009, 06:24 am »

Logitech Duet -> Icon -> Weiss DAC2(sounds like an overkill aa) -> PS Audo GCC100 -> Von Schweikert VR-4Jr.

Hangaround · « **Reply #11 on:** 22 Dec 2009, 06:30 am »

Also bi-amp Icon driving the Von Schweikert VR-4Jr

. Icons running on batteries

Background is quiter and music is more details

Hangaround · « **Reply #12 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.

Katronix · « **Reply #13 on:** 26 Feb 2010, 01:13 am »

2 icons w/nuforce speakers + nuforce sub

Incredible surround sound.

nongnet · « **Reply #14 on:** 27 Mar 2010, 04:36 am »

Bose AM5 + Icon Desktop

SOMagic · « **Reply #15 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/40/ZK/33hDt4O3/nuforce2.jpg
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bennettm · « **Reply #16 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.

vrankovic · « **Reply #17 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 12:23 pm »

NuForce icon desk,

SuperPro USB DAC + playstation 3 iomega pro hd + klipsch f1. great sound!

Sherlock · « **Reply #18 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.

brentrockwood · « **Reply #19 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.