2025-03-03, 05:32 AM
Hi! Sorry about your issue!
You might be quite surprised actually about the sensitivity of 'low end' headphones these days. In general AFAICT the industry trend here is using very sensitive but low quality speakers (or transducers or w/e... the bit that turns the AC signal into a noise you can hear!!), and relying on various tuning tricks to shift the frequency response into a sensible-looking curve. The spec you want to look for is some value in terms of SPL (in dB) per watt. SPL per volt is also fine if there's a nominal impedance listed for your headphones.
So far we've had a few folks reach out for support with an audible noise floor, and each time it's turned out that the Tangara itself has been operating fine (knock on wood). Happy to help you look into it further though! And of course soldering a couple of resistors into your mainboard will probably sort out your noise floor issues either way.
You might be quite surprised actually about the sensitivity of 'low end' headphones these days. In general AFAICT the industry trend here is using very sensitive but low quality speakers (or transducers or w/e... the bit that turns the AC signal into a noise you can hear!!), and relying on various tuning tricks to shift the frequency response into a sensible-looking curve. The spec you want to look for is some value in terms of SPL (in dB) per watt. SPL per volt is also fine if there's a nominal impedance listed for your headphones.
So far we've had a few folks reach out for support with an audible noise floor, and each time it's turned out that the Tangara itself has been operating fine (knock on wood). Happy to help you look into it further though! And of course soldering a couple of resistors into your mainboard will probably sort out your noise floor issues either way.
