The Tangzu The King Wukong is 22Ω at 112.0 dB (no reference unit printed); the Tangzu Tianpeng is 9.8Ω at 104.0 dB (no reference unit printed). This page covers what they ask of an amplifier, not how they sound.
The Tianpeng needs 8.0 dB more than the The King Wukong to reach the same loudness — 0.40 mW against 0.06 mW.
| Specification | The King Wukong | Tianpeng |
|---|---|---|
| Impedance | 22 Ω | 9.8 Ω |
| Sensitivity | 112.0 dB | 104.0 dB |
| Sensitivity (voltage) | 128.6 dB/V | 124.1 dB/V |
| Power for 100 dB | 0.06 mW | 0.40 mW |
| Voltage for 100 dB | 37 mV | 62 mV |
| Current for 100 dB | 1.7 mA | 6.4 mA |
| Highest source impedance that leaves them alone (one-eighth rule) | 2.75 Ω | 1.23 Ω |
| Sources that reach 100 dB out of 280 | 280 | 280 |
One caution before reading the rows. Tangzu The King Wukong and Tangzu Tianpeng printed a decibel figure with no reference unit, so this page reads it as per milliwatt. If it is really per volt, each of them needs far more than the table says. Why the two readings differ by so much.
Every source in the database that drives one of them drives the other. On power, the choice between these two changes nothing about what amplifier you need.
8 sources are low enough in output impedance for the The King Wukong under the one-eighth rule but not for the Tianpeng (FiiO KA13, Schiit Vali 2+, Astell&Kern HC3, 5 more).
12 sources stay below the audible-hiss threshold with the Tianpeng but cross it with the The King Wukong (Lake People G103-S Mk II, Grace Design m900, FiiO M33 R2R, 9 more).
280 of the 280 sources here reach 100 dB on both.
The Tianpeng is more demanding than 17% of the 567 non-electrostatic models in this database; the The King Wukong than 5%.
| dB SPL | The King Wukong power | The King Wukong voltage | Tianpeng power | Tianpeng voltage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 0.6 µW | 4 mV | 4.0 µW | 6 mV |
| 85 | 2.0 µW | 7 mV | 0.01 mW | 11 mV |
| 90 | 6.3 µW | 12 mV | 0.04 mW | 20 mV |
| 95 | 0.02 mW | 21 mV | 0.13 mW | 35 mV |
| 100 | 0.06 mW | 37 mV | 0.40 mW | 62 mV |
| 105 | 0.20 mW | 66 mV | 1.3 mW | 0.11 V |
| Source | Price | Headroom, The King Wukong | Headroom, Tianpeng | Output impedance | Noise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JadeAudio JA11 | $20 | 25.1 dB | 13.6 dB | 0.5 Ω | 1.7 µV |
| FiiO KA11 | $29 | 35.4 dB | 25.8 dB | 0.7 Ω | 1.7 µV |
| FiiO BTR13 | $59 | 32.3 dB | 22.7 dB | 0.6 Ω | 1.0 µV |
Of the 280 sources here, 280 reach 100 dB on both. 49 of them also publish an output impedance low enough for both under the one-eighth rule and a noise figure that stays below the audible-hiss threshold with both.
The cheapest of the 49 is the JadeAudio JA11, at $20. It leaves 25.1 dB of headroom on the The King Wukong and 13.6 dB on the Tianpeng, its output impedance is 0.5 Ω against a one-eighth limit of 2.75 Ω and 1.23 Ω, and its noise figure puts the hiss floor 7 dB and 11 dB below the 20 dB SPL this site treats as the point where a quiet room stops hiding it.
| Model | As printed | Tolerance | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| The King Wukong | 20Hz-20kHz | not printed | not printed |
| Tianpeng | 20Hz-20kHz | not printed | not printed |
Tangzu prints the same thing for both the The King Wukong and the Tianpeng: 20Hz-20kHz.
Neither range has a tolerance printed beside it, so the matching numbers say little.
Not a measurement; maker by maker.
Both have a page of their own. In full: Tangzu The King Wukong and Tangzu Tianpeng. Each figure on this page is labelled on those pages with where it came from, including the ones Tangzu never published — what that maker publishes, counted.