The Moondrop Dusk (2024) is 14.5Ω at 100.6 dB/mW; the Moondrop Quarks is 16Ω at 98.0 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 Quarks needs 2.6 dB more than the Dusk (2024) to reach the same loudness — 1.6 mW against 0.87 mW.
| Specification | Dusk (2024) | Quarks |
|---|---|---|
| Impedance | 14.5 Ω | 16 Ω |
| Sensitivity | 100.6 dB/mW | 98.0 dB/mW |
| Sensitivity (voltage) | 119.0 dB/V | 116.0 dB/V |
| Power for 100 dB | 0.87 mW | 1.6 mW |
| Voltage for 100 dB | 0.11 V | 0.16 V |
| Current for 100 dB | 7.8 mA | 10.0 mA |
| Highest source impedance that leaves them alone (one-eighth rule) | 1.81 Ω | 2.00 Ω |
| Sources that reach 100 dB out of 280 | 280 | 280 |
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.
3 sources are low enough in output impedance for the Quarks under the one-eighth rule but not for the Dusk (2024) (Astell&Kern HC3, RME Fireface UFX II, RME Fireface UFX III).
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.
Each model has a page of its own with the full source list, the hiss estimate and the provenance of every figure above: Moondrop Dusk (2024) and Moondrop Quarks. Every figure on this page comes from what Moondrop published, or is derived from it — what that maker publishes, counted.