Portable DAC compatible w/ iPhone or iPod


Hello, I'm a spinning enthusiast who loves to jam to some motivational music at my local LA Fitness spin classes. The instructors do the best they can outputting their playlists from the phone mini-jack split into a stereo RCA interconnect that connects into the gym's reasonably powerful amp & speakers.
Often the sound quality is just awful. No punch to the Metallica or Michael Jackson or whatever music they choose.
It would sound so much more forceful but less fatiguing at the same time if the instructor's phone or iPod could be docked in a way that the data will upload raw to the portable DAC.
I've been looking for a versatile DAC that can be easy to use & hookup to their system quickly. I've seen the one company in California that makes triangular portable DAC's, but I don't recall their name right now. Basically I'm looking to mount up my phone & still get good sound
masi61

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Hi Folks, interesting thread.  I already own a NuForce ido.  For those folks who are connecting their NuFuorce to external DACs, can you specify which ones you're using and why you prefer them to the built-in DAC on the NuForce?  Thanks in advance to everyone who responds.
I've been using a Nuforce Icon ido for the last few years and it's a nice product at an attractive price point. I pair it with my iPhone 5S and my library includes tracks in ALAC and FLAC formats.

For those of you that are using the Nuforce with external DACs, can you describe which external DAC you are using and why you prefer them to the built-in DAC on the nuForce.

I hope that this is an okay topic to bring up in this threat since it's relevant to the OP's question.