iFi GO link vs Kiwi Ears Allegro Pro

Both are dongles, $59 against $60. 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 iFi GO link reaches 100 dB on 556 of the 567 models here, the Kiwi Ears Allegro Pro on 554.

Every published figure, next to each other

SpecificationiFi GO linkKiwi Ears Allegro Pro
Power into 32Ω70 mW68 mW
Power into 150Ω20 mW15 mW
Power into 300Ω14 mW7.3 mW
Power into 600Ω7.0 mW3.6 mW
Output impedance0.4 Ωnot published
Output noisenot publishednot published
Price$59$60
Headphones it reaches 100 dB on
out of 567
556554

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

2 headphones reach 100 dB on the iFi GO link but not on the Kiwi Ears Allegro Pro — HiFiMAN HE-6se V2, HiFiMAN HE6 Remastered.

554 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 every power figure traced to what the maker published and a full headphone list: iFi GO link and Kiwi Ears Allegro Pro. Or put either against your own headphones in the source comparison tool.