Geshelli Archel Pro vs Little Dot MK II

Both are desktop amplifiers, $200 against $176. 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 Geshelli Archel Pro reaches 100 dB on 567 of the 567 models here, the Little Dot MK II on 560.

Every published figure, next to each other

SpecificationGeshelli Archel ProLittle Dot MK II
Power into 32Ω1.8 W100 mW
Power into 150Ω500 mW214 mW
Power into 300Ω250 mW300 mW
Power into 600Ω125 mW150 mW
Output impedance0.1 Ω unverifiednot published
Output noise1.5 µV unverifiednot published
Price$200$176
Headphones it reaches 100 dB on
out of 567
567560

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.

The headphones that tell them apart

7 headphones reach 100 dB on the Geshelli Archel Pro but not on the Little Dot MK II — Moondrop COSMO, Moondrop PARA, Moondrop PARA 2, 4 more.

560 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.

Both pages in full

Each has a page of its own with a full headphone list and the provenance of every figure — worth opening here, because Geshelli Archel Pro has published no electrical specification at all and everything above comes from independent measurement: Geshelli Archel Pro and Little Dot MK II. Or put either against your own headphones in the source comparison tool.