Photographed & Measured: Moondrop Illumination

January 22, 2021March 12, 2022 Jürgen Kraus (Calgary, Canada)

The Moondrop Illumination is a single dynamic-driver earphone in the premium segment that is optically characterized by its gold coating. At an impedance of 25 Ω and a sensitivity of 124 dB/mW, the Moondrop Illumination is driven easily with any phone – but benefits greatly from a healthy source.

I received the Illumination from Moondrop on loan upon my request. Thank you very much to Chengdu. My full review:

Moondrop Illumination Review – Good And Bad…But Not Ugly

SPECIFICATIONS

Drivers: 11 mm dynamic
Impedance: 25 Ω @ 1 kHz
Sensitivity: 124 dB/Nrms @ 1kHz
Frequency Range: 20 – 20,000 Hz (IEC60318-4); 10-50000Hz (1/4Inch Free field Mic)
Cable/Connector: OCC copper with SPC shielding + replaceable plug; 0.78 mm, 2 pin
Tested at: $799
Product Page: https://www.moondroplab.com/illumination
Purchase Link: Moondrop Official Store

Get the Illumination at Moondrop Official Store

Author

Jürgen Kraus (Calgary, Canada)
Head-Fier since 2016. He has been known as “Otto Motor” to Head-Fiers, as “Dr. Schweinsgruber” to audiobudget.com users and Youtubers, and as “Brause” to Super Best Audio Friends and the Headphone Community. - For the purpose of confusion, he decided to pose under his real name Jürgen Kraus (“JK”) from now on. - This is a hobby. In “real” life, Jürgen is a professional geologist operating his own petroleum-exploration consulting company Franconia Geoscience Ltd. based in Calgary, Canada. He holds German and Canadian passports. Jürgen had a classical music education from childhood through high school in Germany and he has been following popular music developments since the late 1970s. His understanding of arts and crafts was influenced by Bauhaus pragmatism: “less is more” and “form follows function”.
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