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vong
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Hey guys,

 

I'm after a dac and amp combo and need some recommendations. They need to have RCA outputs for speakers and my budget is $400.

I was looking at the Fiio E17 and E09K combo, would they be a good set?

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Because Australia's prices are high... Also I've already spent a lot speakers and headphones.

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http://www.noisymotel.com/

 

e10 $75 delivered,  they are also a distributor for the o2/odac but I don't think that has line out.

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Yeah I was looking at the o2/odac combo and you can see why my budget is $400.

 

This looks ideal but I can't find many reviews on each of them.

http://www.noisymotel.com/product.asp?ProductID=78

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do you need a power amp?  the headphone amp and dac I can understand but the power amp?

 

Whoops didn't realise the dac was also an amp. Anyways I want with a Nuforce Icon HDP as I found one on sale. Thanks for your input though.

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Whoops didn't realise the dac was also an amp. Anyways I want with a Nuforce Icon HDP as I found one on sale. Thanks for your input though.

N0 Problem, let us know what you think of it when you get it.  We don't have too many first hand reviews of the nu force stuff.

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N0 Problem, let us know what you think of it when you get it.  We don't have too many first hand reviews of the nu force stuff.

 

I'd like to give a review but I'm an absolute novice at audio gear and there's really nothing to compare it to. I was initially looking at the cambridge audio dacmagic plus and someone said for the price the nuforce is much better. RRP is $700au, found an ex display for $330.

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I'd like to give a review but I'm an absolute novice at audio gear and there's really nothing to compare it to. I was initially looking at the cambridge audio dacmagic plus and someone said for the price the nuforce is much better. RRP is $700au, found an ex display for $330.

I don't know anything about nuforce.  but I do have reservations about anything that costs more than $400. I can't see anything in engineering or materials that would push the cost of a dac/amp up that much,

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