Para vs Audeze EL8 Open-Back
The EL8 Open-Back's sensitivity is 102 dB against the Para's 101 dB, its impedance 30Ω against 8Ω, its high-frequency extension 50 kHz against 53 kHz, and its low-frequency extension 10 Hz against 15 Hz.
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The Moondrop Para is a wired, open-back, over-ear headphone using 100 mm planar-magnetic drivers with Moondrop’s FDT (Full Drive Technology) diaphragm design. It has a detachable dual-entry cable, with 3.5 mm connectors at the earcups, and is supplied with interchangeable earpads. The manufacturer specifies an impedance of 8 Ω and a sensitivity of 101 dB/Vrms at 1 kHz.
Driver and acoustic performance characteristics
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The closest alternatives on specs, description and the systems they turn up in, with the specs they share set side by side.
The EL8 Open-Back's sensitivity is 102 dB against the Para's 101 dB, its impedance 30Ω against 8Ω, its high-frequency extension 50 kHz against 53 kHz, and its low-frequency extension 10 Hz against 15 Hz.
The EL8 Closed-Back's sensitivity is 100 dB against the Para's 101 dB, its impedance 30Ω against 8Ω, its high-frequency extension 50 kHz against 53 kHz, and its low-frequency extension 10 Hz against 15 Hz.
The LCD-2's impedance is 70Ω against the Para's 8Ω, its high-frequency extension 50 kHz against 53 kHz, and its low-frequency extension 10 Hz against 15 Hz. Both share sensitivity (101 dB).
Both turn up in the same documented systems.
The i5's sensitivity is 98 dB against the Para's 101 dB, its impedance 28Ω against 8Ω, its high-frequency extension 50 kHz against 53 kHz, and its low-frequency extension 10 Hz against 15 Hz.
Both turn up in the same documented systems.
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