TANCHJIM Space Portable Headphone Adapter Review

[milosz]

I would like to see some famous / arrogant audio reviewer(s) try to tell this from a $zillion DAC in a double blind shootout.

 

[hearone]

I would like to see some famous / arrogant audio reviewer(s) try to tell this from a $zillion DAC in a double blind shootout.

Yeah, your know their formula: Times better = cost of $zillion DAC divided by cost of lower cost DAC. At least they are consistent in their math. LOL

 

[androidbrick]

Same question, since I have the iPhone 14PM too. I found on Amazon Prime the Space Lite for $45 and will get it this week. The Space was weeks and shipped from China. Per the spec, lower power, 1 chip design and and lower specs, hopefully the specs will be honest like the reviewed Space.

Since1 chip and using SE, I assume it will be 1/2 the power of the Space SE output? I use Sennheiser HP. But heck, it's a hobby and my first dabble in mobile DACs at a low cost. Again, something I would never have considered without the good review for the regular Space. Thanks ASR!

Space Lite has 98mW@32Ω output power which is very good and the sound is on par with the big brother, an amazing dongle DAC for the price.

 

[Matias]

Despite people at ASR having "discovered" the Tanchjim Space now, on Aliexpress it has only a few dozen units sold summing all ads. While the Truthear Shio, which was released later, has 1452 units sold on Truthears official store alone. Goes to show how much the Shio is popular in comparison. Truthear is also a new company, but comparatively to Tanchjim, more known from its IEMs. Also the 20 usd cheaper price helps.

 

[unpluggged]

but comparatively to Tanchjim, more known from its IEMs

Tanchjim is also more known for their IEMs. And they also have a Zero model

 

[pseudoid]

double blind shootout

Really? Again? Haven't we all - already - been there, done that and got the t-shirt?

 

[mccririck]

When do people use to feed this thing? Phone? I take it it onto accepts a USB input?

 

[hearone]

When do people use to feed this thing? Phone? I take it it onto accepts a USB input?

Typically yes, but it just a USB input. For an iPhone your will need an USB adapter today. The strong rumors are that the upcoming iPhone 15 will be USB C.

 

[Alex.san]

When they seek you out, rest assured it either is a good performing device, or they are daft!

Somebody should try to pair this with a 7.2V LiPo, to see if the output power changes, if it does, WOW.

The OEM manufacturer of these devices has released a very interesting small DAC with a battery. According to Chinese users, it really delivers 330mW from a balanced output. I ordered one, will check on arrival.

 

[Ken Tajalli]

The OEM manufacturer of these devices has released a very interesting small DAC with a battery. According to Chinese users, it really delivers 330mW from a balanced output. I ordered one, will check on arrival.

See I told ya!
How much?

 

[Alex.san]

See I told ya!
How much?

Ordered here for $48

P.S. Updated with correct link

 

[abm0]

The OEM manufacturer of these devices has released a very interesting small DAC with a battery.

Wdym "OEM of these devices", do you have some information that JCally manufactures the Tanchjims?

According to Chinese users, it really delivers 330mW from a balanced output. I ordered one, will check on arrival.

Delivering the raw power wouldn't be something new, but at what THD+N is it being delivered? EPZ advertise 270 mW BAL out of their TP30, but how clean will that be? Same for Tempotec with their 280 mW out of the BHD Pro. You look at the specs, you're left scratching your head as Tempotec claim best-case THD+N to be 0.00012% which is beyond even what the pure CS chip has in its datasheet.

 

[bakker_be]

It's anecdotal but I can share my experience with dongles:
I used to purchase and swap/trade audio devices between 2019-2022 and dongles/ audio devices with type C connection somehow can be very inconsistent. Connection quality varies from device to device, I had a couple of dongles that sounded much quieter when plugged to an iPhone, and some dongles that weren't able to connect to certain brands of Android phone. Besides some dongles drain battery seemingly way quicker than they should, you might also encounter noise issues that are not easily identifiable. It's not just dongles but it's with some DACs that have type C connection too. I wonder if there's an untouched/unsolved compatibility issue?

It's really annoying because the most expensive dongle I've had my hands on at the time (Luxury & Precision W1) was also a bit buggy when I swapped phones to test. But I asked around here a couple times and even asked the audio shop and nobody seems to have a clear answer.

The reason for this seemingly erratic behavior of USB-C DAC's/dongles isn't the devices themselves, but the source device and its implementation of audio over USB-C. The USB-C standard allows either analog audio or digital audio. If the constructor of your device has chosen to implement analog audio in the USB-C connector, your DAC won't work, as there's no digital signal present :-(
More detail: https://www.androidauthority.com/usb-c-audio-guide-headphone-jack-943393/

 

[SloPoke]

Currently $76.49 on Amazon (US) Space Dac on Amazon

 

[Alex.san]

Wdym "OEM of these devices", do you have some information that JCally manufactures the Tanchjims?

What I meant was that JCally is the OEM manufacturer for many other brands. I have no confirmation that they make products for Tanchjim.

 

[Jimbob54]

What I meant was that JCally is the OEM manufacturer for many other brands. I have no confirmation that they make products for Tanchjim.

There was a bit of a stink when they said they were oem for moondrop moonriver 2 and made a design with a very similar case.

I don't think they were oem in that instance. I suspect oem for this DUT is tempotec who have the new sonata pro bhd (think that's it's name) with a similar window design. They made the famed hidizs s8 and their own sonata HD pro version.

 

[GaryH]

I would like to see some famous / arrogant audio reviewer(s) try to tell this from a $zillion DAC in a double blind shootout.

Not just reviewers...

 

[pseudoid]

Ordered here for $48
P.S. Updated with correct link

Did you arrange it to be tested by @amirm (if he is interested to do so)?

 

[mccririck]

Ordered here for $48

P.S. Updated with correct link

Ah I just ordered the Tanchjim Space then see this!

 

[mccririck]

There was a bit of a stink when they said they were oem for moondrop moonriver 2 and made a design with a very similar case.

I don't think they were oem in that instance. I suspect oem for this DUT is tempotec who have the new sonata pro bhd (think that's it's name) with a similar window design. They made the famed hidizs s8 and their own sonata HD pro version.

This?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005632023075.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.11.36f63eadRyJK3G&algo_pvid=e02f43a6-fe18-49ba-ae8d-4b2bce9ae475&algo_exp_id=e02f43a6-fe18-49ba-ae8d-4b2bce9ae475-5&pdp_npi=3%40dis%21GBP%2171.94%2171.94%21%21%2189.90%21%21%40211bf31716890994714057334d0820%21-1%21sea%21UK%21142988428&curPageLogUid=WIZLSExAddaw