SMSL: what they publish

In this database11 sources
Figures from their own material25 of 33
Share76%

This page does not review anything SMSL 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.

The three figures that decide a match

ProductInto 32ΩOutput impedanceOutput noise
SMSL HO1001.5 W<0.1 Ω1.3 µV
SMSL C2001.3 Wnot publishednot published
SMSL SH-93.0 W<0.1 Ω1.5 µV
SMSL H3005.0 W<0.1 Ωnot published
SMSL HO2003.0 W<0.1 Ω1.0 µV
SMSL H2002.0 W<0.1 Ωnot published
SMSL DO4003.0 W<0.1 Ωnot published
SMSL SP4003.0 W<0.1 Ω1.9 µV
SMSL H400 MK22.5 W<0.1 Ωnot published
SMSL SH-X5.5 W<0.1 Ωnot published
SMSL VMV P2 MK22.0 W<0.1 Ωnot 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.

SMSL publishes a power figure at a stated load on 11 of 11, output impedance on 10, a noise figure on 4. Of the 44 power figures this site displays for them at 32, 150, 300 and 600 Ω: 27 printed by SMSL at that exact load, 17 worked out by holding output voltage steady across loads.

What the paperwork adds up to

Most of what this site says about SMSL 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.