NuForce Icon iDo Amp Adds Audiophile Grade Audio To iPod, iPhone & iPad

NuForce has released a new amp called the Icon iDo that promises to improve your iPod, iPad and iPhone's compressed audio quality to CD quality sound by bypassing Apple's own built-in DAC (digital-to-analog-converter) by connecting to your Dock Connector port via USB to deliver audiophile grade audio playback with low-jitter. All that sounds great until you find out that you need to plug the Icon iDo to an external power supply to power it up. Not so portable now is it? But with that extra power, the Icon iDo amp can power up those juice-hungry headphones of yours without a sweat. It can also be plugged into your home stereo system with its RCA and digital Coaxial outputs. NuForce's Icon iDo amp features an LED volume indicator gauge on the front with a smooth volume knob and an aluminum enclosure. Available in 4 colors for $249.

Plug Your iPod Into This Mini Amplifier

This Mini Amplifier might not be a Marshall, its got small speakers and a mini amp disguised inside a pretty neat looking amplifier box with bass and treble adjustment knobs. I highly doubt that the knobs even work, let alone expect any good sound quality out of this little thing. The Mini Amplifier can be powered using 4 AA batteries or a USB cable. While it's not a charging dock, it does have some sort of dock looking stand that will fit an iPod Classic. Connection is made using a 3.5mm audio cable allowing various other music players to be used. A mere working novelty item that you can get for $26.

Thanks for the tip, Kenneth!