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TANCHJIM Space Portable Headphone Adapter Review
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The Space doesn't have the potential to be nearly as dangerous as a plastic spatula or synthetic material used in a clothing item for a child. The worst case for the Space, is basically counterfeit capacitors and lead paint. That's not the end of the world. Literally one meal cooked with a toxic spatula, you can send your body into a type of shock that you never return to baseline from. If chemicals weren't toxic to people, material sciences would be so much cheaper and easier. If you didn't have to consider hormones and carcinogens and mutagens, materials would be SO much cheaper and easier!
We have laws and oversight here. Over there? They have rules to follow, but this black sticky compound costs $3000 per tonne to get rid of at a facility, if someone "smart" and "ignorant" somehow "discovers" they can add a plasticizer to it and it remains (visually) stable over the weekend, maybe they're going to incorporate it 10%/90% into the picture frames they're making on line 3.
It could truly be a "happy accident" that someone uninformed discovers when he accidentally spilled one chemical on another, or it could be someone with severely low empathy and advanced knowledge of inorganic chemistry knowing exactly what's up and not caring: the result is the same - toxic picture frames which gradually become less and less stable over time. Eventually the picture frames will leak out black goop, maybe 10mL of it, it'll concentrate in a line at the bottom of the frame on the night table. The guy will go to clean it, pick up the picture frame, the goop will touch his finger. He'll try to rinse it off but it's very viscous and has unusual properties compared to things he's seen before. He washes his hands after, takes 20 minutes though. He doesn't think about it for the next 3 years.
3 years later after 30 months of trying to get pregnant with his wife, they're finally at their first ultrasound: 6 months in (they do it different in the northsouth). Tech rubs goo on her belly, turns the screen on, "ooh that's cold" mom-to-be says.
"I have some bad news..." said the technician. "I can't diagnose because, I'm not a doctor..."
"What is it?! Tell us!!"
"Your baby, you see the chest here?
"Where's baby's head?"
"Unfortunately... this is probably a rare genetic birth defect. Baby doesn't have a head."
Chaos and sadness ensuses....
They met late, it took so long to get pregnant. They're definitely not going to be able to have a kid. She was on IVF for the second time already and he... he probably doesn't make a single healthy sperm.
All from a mutagen!
VientoB
Addicted to Fun and Learning
Dear god. Ok back on topic
Reads and sounds like you have overcome whatever mental and physical challenges you suffer from
Neither of those stories were about me - they were hypothetical, for illustrative purposes.
Too many people don't know just how common some preeeetty toxic byproducts are in manufacturing. In places where regulations are lax (or places the government has declared itself an enemy of the place the products are being shipped........), whichever the motive (saving money, saving time, inflicting ), those toxins can end up in products.
Maybe a toxin can be incorporated into plastic... If that plastic is a fork and is used to eat very hot food, that could be bad. If it's plastic and is used to make the basket of a cheap woofer to be used in a mini audio system, that's not as bad... But it is bad later on, when that item is sent to a landfill, or worse - recycled into beverage or food containers!!
I agree, VientoB! Back to the topic of the excellent Tanchjim Space, hopefully those two posts inform or informed people to be more careful with the things they buy, and as a result they don't get some weird disease or hormonal imbalance or something before they even hit midlife!
I got the Kiwi Ears - Allegro Mini for a friend recently - it's a bit cheaper and one less CS43131, but more the shape and design for his use case:
Pretty cool! Also has a balanced out. I think it peaks at 2V though (not a problem, his 'phones are under 50 ohms)
Great news! Looking forward to the Space II with DSP.
"For SPACE, a SPACE Pro will be launched within the next two months. It will feature the same DAC and amp, with the highlight being a high-power amp that delivers strong driving force, but it will not support DSP. On the other hand, SPACE II will have a similar appearance to SPACE, support DSP, but will not include an amp."
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"For SPACE, a SPACE Pro will be launched within the next two months. It will feature the same DAC and amp, with the highlight being a high-power amp that delivers strong driving force, but it will not support DSP. On the other hand, SPACE II will have a similar appearance to SPACE, support DSP, but will not include an amp."
TANCHJIM STARGATE II Officially Launched!
High-Performance Portable DAC & AMP for HiFi Audio Anywhere! Hello everyone! We’re excited to introduce the TANCHJIM STARGATE II—a high-performance, ultra-portable DAC & AMP designed to upgrade your mobile device to HiFi sound quality instantly! ✨ Key Features: High-Resolution Audio...
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That's me!
I see no practical use for a dongle DAC that has no amplifier.That's me!
Must be a translation issue. The CS43131 is a DAC+amp integrated in a chip, and with limited output power. Cirrus Logic offers the standalone DAC-only CS43198 so that designers can add their own amp later, which Tanchjim did with the Luna.
So if you want:
PEQ + 43131 in a small 3.5mm dongle = Tanchjim Stargate II
PEQ + 43131 in a 3.5 / 4.4 mm dongle = Tanchjim Space II
Maybe in a few years:
PEQ + 43198 + powerful amp in a 3.5 / 4.4 mm dongle = Tanchjim Luna II (unannounced, I am speculating).
So if you want:
PEQ + 43131 in a small 3.5mm dongle = Tanchjim Stargate II
PEQ + 43131 in a 3.5 / 4.4 mm dongle = Tanchjim Space II
Maybe in a few years:
PEQ + 43198 + powerful amp in a 3.5 / 4.4 mm dongle = Tanchjim Luna II (unannounced, I am speculating).
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So they are following the path of JM20 -> JM20 Max -> JM20 ProGreat news! Looking forward to the Space II with DSP.
"For SPACE, a SPACE Pro will be launched within the next two months. It will feature the same DAC and amp, with the highlight being a high-power amp that delivers strong driving force, but it will not support DSP. On the other hand, SPACE II will have a similar appearance to SPACE, support DSP, but will not include an amp."
TANCHJIM STARGATE II Officially Launched!
High-Performance Portable DAC & AMP for HiFi Audio Anywhere! Hello everyone! We’re excited to introduce the TANCHJIM STARGATE II—a high-performance, ultra-portable DAC & AMP designed to upgrade your mobile device to HiFi sound quality instantly! ✨ Key Features: High-Resolution Audio...
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