Andromeda 10 vs Andromeda 2023: which needs more amplifier?

The Campfire Audio Andromeda 10 is 8.5Ω at 111.6 dB/mW; the Campfire Audio Andromeda 2023 is 6.375Ω at 110.6 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 Andromeda 2023 needs 1.0 dB more than the Andromeda 10 to reach the same loudness — 0.09 mW against 0.07 mW.

The numbers that decide it

SpecificationAndromeda 10Andromeda 2023
Impedance8.5 Ω6.375 Ω
Sensitivity111.6 dB/mW110.6 dB/mW
Sensitivity (voltage)132.3 dB/V132.6 dB/V
Power for 100 dB0.07 mW0.09 mW
Voltage for 100 dB24 mV24 mV
Current for 100 dB2.9 mA3.7 mA
Highest source impedance
that leaves them alone (one-eighth rule)
1.06 Ω0.80 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.

37 sources are low enough in output impedance for the Andromeda 10 under the one-eighth rule but not for the Andromeda 2023 (FiiO SnowSky Tiny B, FiiO KA15, FiiO BTR15, 34 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: Campfire Audio Andromeda 10 and Campfire Audio Andromeda 2023. Every figure on this page comes from what Campfire Audio published, or is derived from it — what that maker publishes, counted.