Aspire 1 vs Volur: which needs more amplifier?

The 64 Audio Aspire 1 is 11Ω at 104.0 dB/mW; the 64 Audio Volur is 6.3Ω at 103.0 dB/mW. This page is only about what they ask of an amplifier — not how they sound, which no specification on either sheet can tell you.

The Volur needs 1.0 dB more than the Aspire 1 to reach the same loudness — 0.50 mW against 0.40 mW.

The numbers that decide it

SpecificationAspire 1Volur
Impedance11 Ω6.3 Ω
Sensitivity104.0 dB/mW103.0 dB/mW
Sensitivity (voltage)123.6 dB/V125.0 dB/V
Power for 100 dB0.40 mW0.50 mW
Voltage for 100 dB66 mV56 mV
Current for 100 dB6.0 mA8.9 mA
Highest source impedance
that leaves them alone (one-eighth rule)
1.38 Ω0.79 Ω
Sources that reach 100 dB
out of 280
280280

Where the two part company

Every source in the database that drives one of them drives the other. On power, the choice between these two changes nothing about what amplifier you need.

41 sources are low enough in output impedance for the Aspire 1 under the one-eighth rule but not for the Volur (FiiO SnowSky Tiny B, FiiO KA15, FiiO BTR15, 38 more).

4 sources stay below the audible-hiss threshold with the Aspire 1 but cross it with the Volur (Lake People G103-S Mk II, RME Babyface Pro FS, Violectric V222, 1 more).

280 of the 280 sources here reach 100 dB on both. That count is about power only — the output-impedance and hiss lines above are separate questions, and a source can pass this one and fail those.

Both pages in full

Each model has a page of its own with the full source list, the hiss estimate and the provenance of every figure above: 64 Audio Aspire 1 and 64 Audio Volur. Every figure on this page comes from what 64 Audio published, or is derived from it — what that maker publishes, counted.