2025-03-20, 04:14 AM
(2025-01-18, 02:12 AM)hildebrind Wrote: I apologize if this is a dumb question, but how do I know how much impedance to get in headphones? Do we know if the tangara can drive something with >100 ohms and still sound good?
I ask because the DT770 250 ohm variant is on sale
(2025-01-20, 12:09 AM)jacqueline Wrote: Yeah! A pair of DT770 @ 250ohms is our primary wired headphones. They work very good with Tangara, and with most other devices.
The effect of headphone impedance on audio quality is generally a bit overstated IMO, but we tried to design Tangara's output stage such that unusually high impedances don't cause any issues with frequency response. You may want to watch out for the sensitivity of some higher-end headphones (e.g. fancy planars), but in general Tangara also has enough output power that these don't tend to be *too* problematic.
I'm testing with my 600 ohm Beyerdynamic T1 and Tangara does great! I have the volume a bit louder than with my IEMs, but not by as much as I thought. Having the volume at 70 is plenty loud.
I'm sure it depends on the construction of the headphones and not just the impedance.
