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Jun 7, 2016 at 9:16 AM Post #5,176 of 75,523
fairx said:
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?
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The Cygnus' sound signature will be "duller" when compared to the Tomahawks. Soundstaging is also slightly less (in terms of width). Details on the other hand, Cygnus will win hands down (to me at least). I find the Mids of the Cygnus to be more natural as well. 
 
Jun 7, 2016 at 9:22 AM Post #5,177 of 75,523
On a side note:

 

 
Tomahawks reporting for burn-in joining the ranks of:

 

 
Lastly, I really feel good when I see that all my earbuds are free from dust.....(maybe I am just paranoid about dust getting into the drivers, thus the zip-lock packets.

Feels good

 
Jun 7, 2016 at 10:56 AM Post #5,178 of 75,523
Oh? A burning journal? I'm pretty sure my hawk settle down after around 20-30 hours. How's your findings?
 
Jun 7, 2016 at 11:50 AM Post #5,181 of 75,523
fairx said:
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?
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In my experience tomahawk doesn't scale with better source/amps at all. It sounded completely the same to me whether I used a phone or a nice tube amp...
 
Jun 7, 2016 at 2:00 PM Post #5,183 of 75,523
vapman said:
 
In my experience tomahawk doesn't scale with better source/amps at all. It sounded completely the same to me whether I used a phone or a nice tube amp...
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danneq said:
I'm a Tomahawk fan and I agree with you...
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I 100% agree as well.  They sound just as good to me from my phone to my fancy Amp/DAC setups.
 
Jun 7, 2016 at 2:14 PM Post #5,184 of 75,523
luedriver said:
   
 
where do you buy them?
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http://www.mouser.com/
http://www.digikey.com/
 
http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/resistors/through-hole-resistors/66690
 
I will use these when my 3.5mm adapters show up... http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/stackpole-electronics-inc/RSMF3JT390R/RSMF3JT390RCT-ND/2021892
 
Jun 7, 2016 at 2:42 PM Post #5,185 of 75,523
vapman said:
 :D
I bought the plain H180 and was going to recable myself...
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That's a bit extreme...

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and yet I can't help but to lust for a direct cranial line-in...
 
Jun 7, 2016 at 2:48 PM Post #5,186 of 75,523
Anyone know  if these are similar/equivalent to SeaHf 320ohm?
 
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/2016-Go-Pro-FAAEAL-300ohm-In-Ear-Earbuds-High-Impedance-300ohms-Flat-Head-Plug-Earburd-Alloy/519064_32671274875.html
 
I was also thinking about getting a Ting Light but I am waiting to hear back from De'mun about shipping costs of a Edimun to USA
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I know Bloodypenguin has a Ting Light but anyone else here got one?
 
 

 
Jun 7, 2016 at 5:43 PM Post #5,188 of 75,523
bloodypenguin said:
I 100% agree as well.  They sound just as good to me from my phone to my fancy Amp/DAC setups.
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vapman said:
In my experience tomahawk doesn't scale with better source/amps at all. It sounded completely the same to me whether I used a phone or a nice tube amp...
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I'm not sure about amp myself but I hear differently from various phone internal dac. For instance on my iPhone it sound lean and brittle compared to my Samsung. Sounded even better from Q1 dac / amp (low gain) which I used not to like when paired with my other iem. I loaned tomahawk to friend and he think the same too. The bad thing is I already sold my Q1 to him lol.
 
Jun 7, 2016 at 10:41 PM Post #5,190 of 75,523
vapman said:
@AudioNewbi3
Where can you buy the DIY dual driver?

I am gonna buy the Edimun as soon as the De'mun guy writes me back with a final shipping quote and then i'll probably take it easy on buds for a while. :)
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DIY Handmade PHEB01 24ohm Hi-Fi DDM Dual Diaphragm Matrix Dynamic Audiophile Earphone Earbuds
http://s.aliexpress.com/ErqqEzyi
 
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