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cygnus with its low resistance is probably going to be easier to drive than these higher impedance buds, but cygnus is harder to amp for that reason too. depends on your needs & wants
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That's why i use impedance adapter with cygnus and Ting
What's your preferred adapter?
I was thinking about building some with 3.5mm female-female connectors.
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That's why i use impedance adapter with cygnus and Ting
What's your preferred adapter?
I was thinking about building some with 3.5mm female-female connectors.
I use DUNU 75/150 Ohms adapter with Ting and Cygnus, but not with Zen or Dark horse earbuds.
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Thanks for the info!
I will probably just grab a lot of resistors as they cost literally pennies each, and I can get a big pack of these for a couple dollars, make myself all the impedance adapters I want for easier amp use
I will probably just grab a lot of resistors as they cost literally pennies each, and I can get a big pack of these for a couple dollars, make myself all the impedance adapters I want for easier amp use
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Well, ordered Edimun, I want to try them 
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Well, ordered Edimun, I want to try them
I bought the plain H180 and was going to recable myself...
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The fit is definitely better than the Tomahawks. GSG BBS uses Yuin/Cygnus housing, which is smaller compared to the standard MX500 and the Tomahawks housing.
As for drivebility, I can't say for sure because I am either using them with my Xduo X3 alone or with some other Taobao Amp.
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Thanks for the info!
I will probably just grab a lot of resistors as they cost literally pennies each, and I can get a big pack of these for a couple dollars, make myself all the impedance adapters I want for easier amp use
where do you buy them?
In the end I might grab the Cygnus because of low impedance. No amp no high Z earbud.
Do you reckon Cygnus will be better upgrade or more side upgrade with better build / fit compared to hawks?
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In the end I might grab the Cygnus because of low impedance. No amp no high Z earbud.
Do you reckon Cygnus will be better upgrade or more side upgrade with better build / fit compared to hawks?
What is it you don`t like about the Tomahawk that makes you want to upgrade? If you like the brighter sound, the Cygnus may be a "downgrade" to you. Also, the Cygnus is more sensitive than the Tomahawk and pretty much any other bud I`ve tested except for the Baldoor E100.
Haha nothing actually. Tomahawk easily the best sounding of anything besides customs that I ever auditioned recently. It's just I'm pretty astonished by what earbud can offer. It open my eyes to how good sound it produces for small price. It made me wonder if I'm missing something up in the line.
But if theres anything I would complain is the fit. But I can live with it. Minor pain in ear after 2-3 hour is actually good measure that I shouldn't be listening for too long anyway.
There's also news that Cygnus might not always be available since they're limited NOS driver. I should grab one just for the sake of it.
My current iem is Soundmagic e80 and even that is brighter and sibilant prone Hawks just right to my ear. Perhaps I wish hawks mid could be a little bit sweeter? I have a hunch that hawks very scalable with source upgrade. I will look into auditioning a couple of dap in a few weeks
BTW Cygnus are bit tame in the upper department?
