Fudu Verse 1 vs Li Zhi: which needs more amplifier?

The Tangzu Fudu Verse 1 is 16Ω at 106.0 dB (no reference unit printed); the Tangzu Li Zhi is 18Ω at 107.5 dB (no reference unit printed). 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 Fudu Verse 1 needs 1.5 dB more than the Li Zhi to reach the same loudness — 0.25 mW against 0.18 mW.

The numbers that decide it

SpecificationFudu Verse 1Li Zhi
Impedance16 Ω18 Ω
Sensitivity106.0 dB107.5 dB
Sensitivity (voltage)124.0 dB/V124.9 dB/V
Power for 100 dB0.25 mW0.18 mW
Voltage for 100 dB63 mV57 mV
Current for 100 dB4.0 mA3.1 mA
Highest source impedance
that leaves them alone (one-eighth rule)
2.00 Ω2.25 Ω
Sources that reach 100 dB
out of 280
280280

One caution before reading the rows. Tangzu Fudu Verse 1 and Tangzu Li Zhi 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.

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.

4 sources stay below the audible-hiss threshold with the Fudu Verse 1 but cross it with the Li Zhi (Lake People G103-S Mk II, RME Babyface Pro FS, Violectric V222, 1 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: Tangzu Fudu Verse 1 and Tangzu Li Zhi. Each figure on this page is labelled on those pages with where it came from, including the ones Tangzu never published — what that maker publishes, counted.