Looking for an amp

Mr. Brightside · 25 Sep 2009 at 14:39

I'm looking for an amp with all of the following:

Uses 12V DC power
Class T speaker amp
Built in headphone amp
1x USB input (i.e. integrated DAC)
1x RCA input
Minimum power 15WPC and don't really want anything much more than that.

I can find amps which have all of the above but no USB DAC (in fact I already have one), and plenty that have all of the above but no headphone amp.

Does anyone know of an amp with all of the above?

Thanks,
Mr. Brightside

whitecrook · 25 Sep 2009 at 18:48

build one. and a dac. (or buy them) and put them in the same box. et voila.

Mr. Brightside · 25 Sep 2009 at 18:51

I was going to do just that, about a year or so ago. I think the reason I never got around to it was that I just don't have the time (or, I have other priorities). Hence wanting to buy one.

whitecrook · 25 Sep 2009 at 22:33

well. I think if you look at the charlize / monica and other offerings from diyparadise you may find something... Putting it all in a box should take an evening.

divuk83 · 26 Sep 2009 at 18:27

Covers most of the bases, not sure I would buy one though.

http://www.russandrews.com/product....&customer_id=PAA2613098809015ISMJOEPVWCIGBTHX

Dave

Mr. Brightside · 26 Sep 2009 at 18:33

Doesn't have a headphone amp. Thanks for the suggestion though.

davidcotton · 27 Sep 2009 at 20:43

Nuforce Icon any good?

Mr. Brightside · 27 Sep 2009 at 22:36

Just had a look into it and read a couple of reviews. So far it seems like the best contender. The RJ45 speaker output would be a little annoying though. Other minor niggle is, I'd prefer something designed to be sat horizontally (yes, I'm picky). Do you have one?

davidcotton · 28 Sep 2009 at 22:30

Nope, just came across it whilst doing research into small amp/speaker combos for the office system. In the end I went with a set of audioengine a2's. Nice enough but don't really cut it with rock music due to size. Now looking at a small (cyrus maybe)amp and speaker combo.

Cheers.