NuForce Icon HD

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Boxed Weight: 0.6 Kg
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Product Information

The Nuforce Icon HD incorporates a full-speed USB DAC and a headphone-amplifier circuit. The Icon HD is designed for users who want the Icon HDP's world-class USB DAC and headphone-amp performance without having a need for the Icon HDP's flexibilities. As the heart of the music enthusiast's desktop system, the NuForce HD operates in harmony with the NuForce Icon Amp/30 as a small yet impactful audio system.

Note: The Icon HDP employs the same DAC as the high-end CDP-8. The following design features contributed to the stellar performance of the Icon HD:

•  Components along the signal path are minimized.
• The 24/96 USB interface outputs a I2S signal to a high-quality DAC.
• The digital circuit occupies a separate daughter board.
• The DAC chip consists of four internal 24/192kHz DACs that provide a fully differential and balanced output. The differential signal's DC offset operates without a need for decoupling caps.
• Digital and analog voltages each have separately isolated internal power regulations.

Features

• USB 2.0 Full Speed compliant and 1.1 supported, 8-96kHz/16-24-bit
• Audiophile-grade DA converter
• Low-distortion, high-current headphone amplifier
• High-quality analog volume control

Subwoofer connection - a RCA male to two RCA female AudioQuest adapter can be used to provide extra connection to subwoofer.

Specifications

• USB DAC: USB 1.0 and 1.1 up to 44.1kHz/16-bit, USB 2.0 Full-Speed up to 96kHz/24-bit
• RCA Output: 2.6Vrms (cuts off when headphone is inserted)
• Headphone Output: 6.3mm headphone output jack drives headphones up to 600-Ohm (96 mW@600-Ohm)
• THD+N: 0.001% @ 1kHz
• Dynamic Range, SNR > 100dB
• Power Requirement: 15V, 1.6A, 100-240VAC (Worldwide AC)
• Dimension: 6" x 4 1/2" x 1"
• Weight: 1 lb

Headphone power spec: 

• 288mW rms @ 30 Ohm
• 210mW rms @ 120 Ohm
• 152mW rms @ 300 Ohm
• 123mW rms @ 500 Ohm
• 96mW rms @ 600 Ohm
• 59mW rms @ 1200 Ohm
• 43mW rms @ 1700 Ohm
• 35mW rms @ 2000 Ohm