COSMO vs Void: which needs more amplifier?

The Moondrop COSMO is 15Ω at 81.8 dB/mW; the Moondrop Void is 64Ω at 98.1 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 COSMO needs 16.3 dB more than the Void to reach the same loudness — 66 mW against 1.5 mW.

The numbers that decide it

SpecificationCOSMOVoid
Impedance15 Ω64 Ω
Sensitivity81.8 dB/mW98.1 dB/mW
Sensitivity (voltage)100.0 dB/V110.0 dB/V
Power for 100 dB66 mW1.5 mW
Voltage for 100 dB1.00 V0.31 V
Current for 100 dB66.4 mA4.9 mA
Highest source impedance
that leaves them alone (one-eighth rule)
1.88 Ω8.00 Ω
Sources that reach 100 dB
out of 280
188280

Where the two part company

92 of the 280 sources have the power for the Void but not for the COSMO — Apple USB-C dongle (US), Apple USB-C dongle (EU), Generic CX31993 dongles, 89 more.

4 sources are low enough in output impedance for the Void under the one-eighth rule but not for the COSMO (Astell&Kern HC3, Shanling H5, RME Fireface UFX II, 1 more).

188 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: Moondrop COSMO and Moondrop Void. Every figure on this page comes from what Moondrop published, or is derived from it — what that maker publishes, counted.