Titan vs Zenith: which needs more amplifier?

The Symphonium Titan is 3.0Ω at 79.8 dB/mW; the Symphonium Zenith is 6.1Ω at 85.9 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 Titan needs 6.1 dB more than the Zenith to reach the same loudness — 105 mW against 26 mW.

The numbers that decide it

SpecificationTitanZenith
Impedance3.0 Ω6.1 Ω
Sensitivity79.8 dB/mW85.9 dB/mW
Sensitivity (voltage)105.0 dB/V108.0 dB/V
Power for 100 dB105 mW26 mW
Voltage for 100 dB0.56 V0.40 V
Current for 100 dB186.8 mA64.9 mA
Highest source impedance
that leaves them alone (one-eighth rule)
0.38 Ω0.76 Ω
Sources that reach 100 dB
out of 280
85197

Where the two part company

112 of the 280 sources have the power for the Zenith but not for the Titan — FiiO SnowSky Tiny B, FiiO KA11, Tanchjim Stargate II, 109 more.

30 sources are low enough in output impedance for the Zenith under the one-eighth rule but not for the Titan (JadeAudio JA11, FiiO SnowSky Tiny A, FiiO KA11, 27 more).

85 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: Symphonium Titan and Symphonium Zenith. Every figure on this page comes from what Symphonium published, or is derived from it — what that maker publishes, counted.