The Kinera Loki Divine Mark is 14Ω at 105.0 dB (no reference unit printed); the Kinera Sylvie is 16Ω at 107.0 dB (no reference unit printed). This page covers what they ask of an amplifier, not how they sound.
The Loki Divine Mark needs 2.0 dB more than the Sylvie to reach the same loudness — 0.32 mW against 0.20 mW.
| Specification | Loki Divine Mark | Sylvie |
|---|---|---|
| Impedance | 14 Ω | 16 Ω |
| Sensitivity | 105.0 dB | 107.0 dB |
| Sensitivity (voltage) | 123.5 dB/V | 125.0 dB/V |
| Power for 100 dB | 0.32 mW | 0.20 mW |
| Voltage for 100 dB | 67 mV | 57 mV |
| Current for 100 dB | 4.8 mA | 3.5 mA |
| Highest source impedance that leaves them alone (one-eighth rule) | 1.75 Ω | 2.00 Ω |
| Sources that reach 100 dB out of 280 | 280 | 280 |
One caution before reading the rows. Kinera Loki Divine Mark and Kinera Sylvie printed a decibel figure with no reference unit, so this page reads it as per milliwatt. If it is really per volt, each of them needs far more than the table says. Why the two readings differ by so much.
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.
4 sources are low enough in output impedance for the Sylvie under the one-eighth rule but not for the Loki Divine Mark (Schiit Vali 2+, Astell&Kern HC3, RME Fireface UFX II, 1 more).
5 sources stay below the audible-hiss threshold with the Loki Divine Mark but cross it with the Sylvie (Lake People G103-S Mk II, Schiit Valhalla 3, RME Babyface Pro FS, 2 more).
280 of the 280 sources here reach 100 dB on both.
The Loki Divine Mark is more demanding than 20% of the 567 non-electrostatic models in this database; the Sylvie than 14%.
| dB SPL | Loki Divine Mark power | Loki Divine Mark voltage | Sylvie power | Sylvie voltage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 3.2 µW | 7 mV | 2.0 µW | 6 mV |
| 85 | 0.01 mW | 12 mV | 6.3 µW | 10 mV |
| 90 | 0.03 mW | 21 mV | 0.02 mW | 18 mV |
| 95 | 0.10 mW | 37 mV | 0.06 mW | 32 mV |
| 100 | 0.32 mW | 67 mV | 0.20 mW | 57 mV |
| 105 | 1.0 mW | 0.12 V | 0.63 mW | 0.10 V |
| Source | Price | Headroom, Loki Divine Mark | Headroom, Sylvie | Output impedance | Noise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JadeAudio JA11 | $20 | 16.2 dB | 18.8 dB | 0.5 Ω | 1.7 µV |
| FiiO KA11 | $29 | 28.3 dB | 30.9 dB | 0.7 Ω | 1.7 µV |
| FiiO BTR13 | $59 | 25.2 dB | 27.8 dB | 0.6 Ω | 1.0 µV |
Of the 280 sources here, 280 reach 100 dB on both. 62 of them also publish an output impedance low enough for both under the one-eighth rule and a noise figure that stays below the audible-hiss threshold with both.
The cheapest of the 62 is the JadeAudio JA11, at $20. It leaves 16.2 dB of headroom on the Loki Divine Mark and 18.8 dB on the Sylvie, its output impedance is 0.5 Ω against a one-eighth limit of 1.75 Ω and 2.00 Ω, and its noise figure puts the hiss floor 12 dB and 10 dB below the 20 dB SPL this site treats as the point where a quiet room stops hiding it.
| Model | As printed | Tolerance | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loki Divine Mark | 20Hz - 50kHz ultra-wideband | not printed | not printed |
| Sylvie | 20Hz - 20kHz | not printed | not printed |
Kinera prints 20Hz - 50kHz ultra-wideband for the Loki Divine Mark and 20Hz - 20kHz for the Sylvie.
Loki Divine Mark: Kinera prints “ultra-wideband” inside the specification cell, next to the numbers and in place of the tolerance that would have said what the range means.
Neither range has a tolerance printed beside it, so a wider range on one sheet is not deeper bass or more treble.
Not a measurement; maker by maker.
Both have a page of their own. In full: Kinera Loki Divine Mark and Kinera Sylvie. Each figure on this page is labelled on those pages with where it came from, including the ones Kinera never published — what that maker publishes, counted.