Both are portable players, $1149 against $1200. 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 iBasso DX270 reaches 100 dB on 566 of the 567 models here, the Lotoo PAW 6000 on 565.
| Specification | iBasso DX270 | Lotoo PAW 6000 |
|---|---|---|
| Power into 32Ω | 416 mW | 300 mW |
| Power into 150Ω | 89 mW | 64 mW |
| Power into 300Ω | 44 mW | 32 mW |
| Power into 600Ω | 22 mW | 16 mW |
| Output impedance | 0.5 Ω | not published |
| Output noise | not published | 0.975 µV |
| Price | $1149 | $1200 |
| Headphones it reaches 100 dB on out of 567 | 566 | 565 |
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 iBasso DX270 but not on the Lotoo PAW 6000 — Moondrop PARA.
565 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: iBasso DX270 and Lotoo PAW 6000. Or put either against your own headphones in the source comparison tool.