Both are portable amplifiers, $750 against $829. This page puts them side by side on the only three things a maker can be held to — power, output impedance and noise — and then asks the question that actually matters: which headphones do they treat differently?
The FiiO Q7 reaches 100 dB on 567 of the 567 models here, the Shanling H7 on 566.
| Specification | FiiO Q7 | Shanling H7 |
|---|---|---|
| Power into 32Ω | 550 mW | 450 mW |
| Power into 150Ω | 123 mW | 96 mW |
| Power into 300Ω | 65 mW | 48 mW |
| Power into 600Ω | 33 mW | 24 mW |
| Output impedance | 1.2 Ω | 1.0 Ω |
| Output noise | 2.8 µV | 1.5 µV |
| Price | $750 | $829 |
| Headphones it reaches 100 dB on out of 567 | 567 | 566 |
A figure marked not published is missing from the maker’s own material, which is not the same as being good or bad. Where one of these two publishes a number and the other does not, the comparison on that axis cannot be made at all — and saying so is more useful than guessing.
1 headphone reaches 100 dB on the FiiO Q7 but not on the Shanling H7 — Symphonium Titan.
23 headphones are left alone by the Shanling H7 under the one-eighth rule but coloured by the FiiO Q7 (64 Audio Ocean, 64 Audio U18s, 64 Audio U6t, 20 more).
14 headphones stay below the audible-hiss threshold on the Shanling H7 but cross it on the FiiO Q7 (64 Audio Fourte, Campfire Audio Andromeda 10, Campfire Audio Andromeda 2023, 11 more).
566 of the 567 models here reach 100 dB on both. That is a power count and nothing more; whether either source suits a given headphone also depends on the two lines above.
Each has a page of its own with every power figure traced to what the maker published and a full headphone list: FiiO Q7 and Shanling H7. Or put either against your own headphones in the source comparison tool.