NuForce Icon HDP Headphone Amp/DAC/Preamp

Tom Martin has posted a review of the NuForce Icon HDP Headphone Amp/DAC/Preamp ($449) at Playback Magazine. His conclusions:

As always, we should remind our gentle readers of the standard caveat that value is a function of your budget and your needs. That said, it is hard to imagine a logic that would find the Icon HDP anything but an excellent value, assuming you need both a headphone amp and DAC. Generally, you could easily pay the $449 asking price for either the DAC (with 24/192 capability, no less) or for the headphone amp, but here you get both in one well-priced package, and they are individually quite good.

In the end, purchasing decisions will have more to do with the sonic character of the HDP than with what you get for your cash, since there is no question that the Icon HDP delivers lots of functionality for the money. The HDP will suit some listening preferences and some headphones better than others.

You can read the full review here.