NuForce Icon uDAC

[7keys]

I'm thinking of buying the NuForce Icon uDAC.
I have a pair of M-audio AV40's and an audigy2, would the uDAC make much of a differance in sound quality.

Anyone use this product?

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[Sir Barton]

For music listening, the uDAC will most definitely sound better than the A2...no question. Ive owned quite a few external DACs, both very low budget and mid-fi, and Ive never had a soundcard that sounded better than one. The closest I had was my Audiotrak Prodigy HD2, and that was even far beyond the A2 in terms of sound quality. Hell, for 2 channel music listening, it was even much better than my X-Fi.

[KonaKona]

Oh oh I do! Not sure why you are calling it a uDAC though, I like to just call it a DAC. Anyway,

You'll probably get a nice boost in SQ from the DAC. I've found that when using it just as an amp, it sounds a bit bright, but it's better when being used as a DAC. Just find a place where it won't come unplugged easily. ;)

[7keys]

Thanks guys! I think I'll give it a try then.
This product makes good headphone amp, right?

[KonaKona]

Thanks guys! I think I'll give it a try then.
This product makes good headphone amp, right?

Yes, in fact it it'd probably be better of driving headphones then being used just as a DAC. None the less it'll do a fine job at both.

[BobbyBubblehead]

to get the best out of a dac using the PC as a transport.

Foobar2000 and WASAPI plug in.

[MadMan007]

Oh oh I do! Not sure why you are calling it a uDAC though, I like to just call it a DAC. Anyway,

You'll probably get a nice boost in SQ from the DAC. I've found that when using it just as an amp, it sounds a bit bright, but it's better when being used as a DAC. Just find a place where it won't come unplugged easily. ;)

He's calling it the uDAC because that's what it's called ;)

[KonaKona]

He's calling it the uDAC because that's what it's called ;)

Well I call mine a @!#?@!? from time to time, does that count as well?

That's a q-bert joke, by the way...

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[7keys]

Just find a place where it won't come unplugged easily. ;)

Does this product have a problem with unplugging easily?

[KonaKona]

Does this product have a problem with unplugging easily?

Somewhat, but you would have the same problem with any other DAC that you plug in through usb b. The bigger problem is that a lot of programs need to at least be restarted if you unplug a DAC while they are running, or at least in XP.

If you just have a nice spot for it you'll be fine. If you don't have any space anywhere because your room is a gigantic mess (See: me) then you might have problems from time to time.

[7keys]

Does this come with drivers, software? I cant find anything about what the interface looks like.

[KonaKona]

No, it auto detects in windows. You just plug it in and it works. :)

[7keys]

:)