‘Could blow Sony’s Pro IEMs out of the water’: Sivga’s new wired earphones look gorgeous and are packed with drivers to turn buyers’ heads

Affordable audiophile brand Sivga has just unveiled new in-ear monitors
Lyrebird uses four drivers for versatile sound
Sony’s recently released Pro rivals now have stiff competition

Sivga, a Chinese head-fi brand that has impressed us in the past with wooden design headphones including the Sivga Robin and Sivga Oriole, has a new pair of wired earphones that you’ll want to hear.

The Sivga Lyrebird are its new in-ear monitors (IEMs) and they’ve just been released for $149 / £149 (approx AU$300). This isn’t the cheapest price we’ve ever seen on this type of wired offering (Sivga itself has also released cheaper, more EarPods-like earphones called the M260), but since audiophile-adjacent IEMs can sometimes cost thousands, it’s still reasonably affordable.

Not sure what IEMs are? They are wired earphones, but aimed at professionals or audiophiles with a focus on detailed and natural sound. They often house an intricate array of drivers within their main shell – so they’re often more expensive than your average wired buds as a result.

And you can’t change this lyre bird

The buds of the Sivga Lyrebird.

(Image credit: Sivga)

Sivga has packed its Lyrebirds with four drivers (the Sonys have a single 5mm). This is to offer a wide soundstage, while allowing each driver to focus on a specific part of the frequency spectrum.

For the low end there is a 10mm polymer composite dynamic driver and it is joined by a balanced armature driver for vocals, microplane for treble and 9.2mm piezoelectric ceramic driver for the higher frequencies.

The earphones are connected using a 120 cm cable, which has silver and gold-plated copper plugs and ends in a 4.4 mm jack plug.

Sivga has continued its wooden design aesthetic with the Lyrebird, as you can see in the pictures. The ear pieces are handmade and coated with resin to ensure they are durable.

The announcement of Sivga Lyrebirds coincides with CanJam London, which brings plenty of other audio announcements. So before the day is over, we can see many other IEMs to enjoy.