Moondrop: what they publish

In this database36 headphones and 3 sources
Figures from their own material41 of 45
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This page does not review anything Moondrop 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
Aria32 Ω107.1 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Aria 233 Ω107.2 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Aria Snow Edition32 Ω104.1 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Armature Art 125 Ω98.0 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Armature Art 245.8 Ω96.6 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Blessing 222 Ω100.4 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Blessing 2 Dusk22 Ω106.0 dB/mWNot published
Blessing 314.8 Ω101.7 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Blessing 3 Dusk14.5 Ω100.6 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Chu II18 Ω101.6 dB/mWConverted from per volt
COSMO15 Ω81.8 dB/mWConverted from per volt
DARKSABER22 Ω111.4 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Dusk (2024)14.5 Ω100.6 dB/mWConverted from per volt
HARMON19 Ω96.8 dB/mWConverted from per volt
HORIZON32 Ω94.1 dB/mWConverted from per volt
ILLUSTRIOUS25 Ω108.0 dB/mWConverted from per volt
JOKER68 Ω94.3 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Kadenz35 Ω107.4 dB/mWConverted from per volt
KATO32 Ω108.1 dB/mWConverted from per volt
LAN II30 Ω102.8 dB/mWConverted from per volt
May30 Ω104.8 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Meteor18.5 Ω102.7 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Old Fashioned32 Ω94.1 dB/mWConverted from per volt
PARA8 Ω80.0 dB/mWConverted from per volt
PARA 29 Ω85.5 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Psyche17.5 Ω97.4 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Quarks16 Ω98.0 dB/mWConverted from per volt
RAYS30 Ω104.8 dB/mWConverted from per volt
S816 Ω104.0 dB/mWConverted from per volt
SKYLAND60 Ω83.8 dB/mWConverted from per volt
SOLIS II10 Ω101.0 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Starfield II15 Ω103.8 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Stellaris36 Ω102.6 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Variations15.2 Ω99.8 dB/mWConverted from per volt
VENUS18 Ω82.6 dB/mWConverted from per volt
Void64 Ω98.1 dB/mWConverted from per volt

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.

  • Converted from per volt — 35: the maker prints a figure per volt, converted here with dB/mW = dB/V − 10·log10(1000/Z)
  • Not published — 1: no sensitivity figure in anything the maker published

The three figures that decide a match

ProductInto 32ΩOutput impedanceOutput noise
Moondrop Dawn Pro125 mW0.3 Ω1.5 µV
Moondrop Moonriver 2 Ti280 mWnot published1.5 µV
Moondrop DISCDREAM2 ULTRA112 mWnot publishednot published

Power decides whether it gets loud enough, output impedance decides whether it tilts the response of a multi-driver in-ear, and the noise figure decides whether you hear hiss with sensitive ones. All three fit on one line of a spec sheet; most of the industry prints one of them.

Moondrop publishes a power figure at a stated load on 3 of 3, output impedance on 1, a noise figure on 2. Of the 12 power figures this site displays for them at 32, 150, 300 and 600 Ω: 3 printed by Moondrop at that exact load, 9 worked out by holding output voltage steady across loads.

What the paperwork adds up to

Almost everything this site says about Moondrop came from them. That is not the normal case and it is worth saying out loud.

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.