Abyss: what they publish

In this database5 headphones
Figures from their own material4 of 5
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This page does not review anything Abyss makes. It counts one thing: how much of what this database says about their products came out of their own documents, and how much had to be worked out or left blank.

Where each sensitivity figure came from

ModelImpedanceSensitivitySource of the figure
AB-1266 Phi CC42 Ω88.0 dB/mWNot published
AB-1266 Phi TC50 Ω88.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
Diana MR30 Ω93.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
Diana Phi32 Ω91.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
Diana V242 Ω91.0 dB/mWPublished per mW

Impedance is almost always printed. Sensitivity is the one that goes wrong, because a decibel figure means two very different things depending on whether it is per milliwatt or per volt — about five decibels apart at 300 Ω and eighteen at 16 Ω. The conversion is here.

  • Published per mW — 4: the maker prints a decibel figure per milliwatt, which is what the database stores
  • Not published — 1: no sensitivity figure in anything the maker published

What the paperwork adds up to

Most of what this site says about Abyss came from them, with the rest derived and labelled as derived.

The rule used here is the same for every maker and is described on the manufacturer index. Every figure behind it can be opened on the product page it came from, with the document it came from linked.