NORA vs ORIGIN (Lost Manor): which needs more amplifier?

The Tanchjim NORA is 16Ω at 107.0 dB/mW; the Tanchjim ORIGIN (Lost Manor) is 16Ω at 106.0 dB/mW. This page is only about what they ask of an amplifier — not how they sound, which no specification on either sheet can tell you.

The ORIGIN (Lost Manor) needs 1.0 dB more than the NORA to reach the same loudness — 0.25 mW against 0.20 mW.

The numbers that decide it

SpecificationNORAORIGIN (Lost Manor)
Impedance16 Ω16 Ω
Sensitivity107.0 dB/mW106.0 dB/mW
Sensitivity (voltage)125.0 dB/V124.0 dB/V
Power for 100 dB0.20 mW0.25 mW
Voltage for 100 dB57 mV63 mV
Current for 100 dB3.5 mA4.0 mA
Highest source impedance
that leaves them alone (one-eighth rule)
2.00 Ω2.00 Ω
Sources that reach 100 dB
out of 280
280280

Where the two part company

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.

4 sources stay below the audible-hiss threshold with the ORIGIN (Lost Manor) but cross it with the NORA (Lake People G103-S Mk II, RME Babyface Pro FS, Violectric V222, 1 more).

280 of the 280 sources here reach 100 dB on both. That count is about power only — the output-impedance and hiss lines above are separate questions, and a source can pass this one and fail those.

Both pages in full

Each model has a page of its own with the full source list, the hiss estimate and the provenance of every figure above: Tanchjim NORA and Tanchjim ORIGIN (Lost Manor). Every figure on this page comes from what Tanchjim published, or is derived from it — what that maker publishes, counted.