[TedGamble]

My Tomahawk arrived today. When I opened the box and took out that tiny black box, my initial thought was, "I paid $295 for something this small?"

Then, I plugged the Senn CX300's in and put on Boston's Third Stage album.

All I can say is HOLY FREAKIN' COW!!!!!!! Tears came to my eyes as the phenomal richness thundered inside of my head. I'm waiting on the arrival of my ALO Jena Cryo Dock, so for now I'm only using the standard audio out jack. It's hard to imagine that it will get even better than this, but according to all that I've read hear, with the ALO dock and some burn-in, the best is yet to come.

HOLY FREAKIN' COW!!!!
Ray, you done good... You done real freakin' good.

Thank you.

 

[Morph201]

Bahahahahaha!!!!

And just think.... that's with CX300s! *sigh*

 

[RasmusseN]

sounds cool, I can't wait till I get the Micro Stack

 

[Toonie]

Congrats on the purchase! I couldn't believe the size either when I got mine and I already had a Hornet which is pretty small itself. Pictures just don't seem to convey exacly how small these things are.

I also think it sounds great and liked it enough that I felt ok letting go of my Hornet. So far I've been very happy with it combined with my nano, cryo micro and UM2s. I'm sure you will be very happy with the cryo and should notice a nice improvement switching to the line out.

Anyway, enjoy!

 

[Freed]

Man, you spent ~$400 on an amp and IC for cx300? Nice. Just hurry and upgrade your phones dude.

 

[Morph201]

pretty much, an ALO Bling Bling\E500 (eBay)\and GoVibe v5s would have been marginally better in sound @ a similiar price!

 

[Romanee]

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Originally Posted by Morph201 /img/forum/go_quote.gif pretty much, an ALO Bling Bling\E500 (eBay)\and GoVibe v5s would have been marginally better in sound @ a similiar price!

No problem. Now he can get the E500s and have super sound (or whatever cans, big or small, his li'l heart and weeping wallet can bear).

Sorry 'bout yer wallet, indeed. I can hear the vacuum sucking at those tiny dark corners.

You'll be posting before-and-aft pics in Jahn's closing-in-on-200-page thread in notimeatall......

 

[Morph201]

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Originally Posted by Romanee /img/forum/go_quote.gif No problem. Now he can get the E500s and have super sound (or whatever cans, big or small, his li'l heart and weeping wallet can bear). Sorry 'bout yer wallet, indeed. I can hear the vacuum sucking at those tiny dark corners. You'll be posting before-and-aft pics in Jahn's closing-in-on-200-page thread in notimeatall......

I was aware of that.. my statement was more or less saying you could have maximized the sound immediately, and then added a more "higher end" amp to further increase the subtle changes.... carriage before the horse logic..

 

[KrooLism]

A bit off topic - is the Tomahawk powerful enough to power the ER4S with its 100ohm impedence?

 

[Freed]

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Originally Posted by KrooLism /img/forum/go_quote.gif A bit off topic - is the Tomahawk powerful enough to power the ER4S with its 100ohm impedence?

From what I've read, people are using their Tomahawks to drive Senn 600/650s and Grados, all which are greater than 100oms.

 

[TedGamble]

Quote:

Just hurry and upgrade your phones dude

Patience grasshoppah... Purchases at this level need additional funding. One step at a time.

 

[Romanee]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freed /img/forum/go_quote.gif From what I've read, people are using their Tomahawks to drive Senn 600/650s and Grados, all which are greater than 100oms.

In addition to HD600, HD650 -- I use it every day at work with the DT880-250/2005. In fact, with the HD650 I thought I was listening at Hi-Gain around 12:00-1:30 volume, and later noticed it was at Lo-Gain.

Sounds great with all 3, but especially the DT880.

Actually -- I only heard the HDs fairly early in "burn in". After full "burn in" (450 hours or so) I'll try HD650, HD600, K701, DT880, K501, PXC300, ES2 IEMs, Vsonic IEMs -- and post notes, and comparisons with my M-modded-Hornet.

 

[*645-k701]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Romanee /img/forum/go_quote.gif In addition to HD600, HD650 -- I use it every day at work with the DT880-250/2005. In fact, with the HD650 I thought I was listening at Hi-Gain around 12:00-1:30 volume, and later noticed it was at Lo-Gain. Sounds great with all 3, but especially the DT880. Actually -- I only heard the HDs fairly early in "burn in". After full "burn in" (450 hours or so) I'll try HD650, HD600, K701, DT880, K501, PXC300, ES2 IEMs, Vsonic IEMs -- and post notes, and comparisons with my M-modded-Hornet.

You "NEED" to get this comparison out Romanee...=)

itching to read it..

 

[Edwood]

Quote:

Originally Posted by KrooLism /img/forum/go_quote.gif A bit off topic - is the Tomahawk powerful enough to power the ER4S with its 100ohm impedence?

Yup.

-Ed

 

[Romanee]

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Originally Posted by *645-k701 /img/forum/go_quote.gif You "NEED" to get this comparison out Romanee...=) itching to read it..

Hey big T!!

My TH is still not quite ready -- but I posted a few brief (chuckle) interim notes in the "Hornet or Tomahawk?" thread:

Brief Interim TH teaser notes...

After the TH is optimized, then I still have to find time to do concentrated, comparative listening.

.....work … wife … family … occasional snack+nap … Sigh. (vintage whine

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