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When wearing a good pair of planar magnetic headphones, you may never want to take them off. With the P-II headphones from Sivga, you may never need to Read More
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Wow! Talk about a bargain! When I joined Massdrop some years ago (2014 IIRC) I remember the mindblowing discounts everywhere. Having been a bit of a hoarder back then, my eyes would flash at the sight of what they were selling and at what prices. I don't know what the deal is these days, but it completely lost any appeal for me. Stuff is rarely cheaper than retail prices, plus you have to wait for shipping. Do you hear Drop? You had an interesting, vibrant community formed and you blew it.
Drop needs to learn when NOT to advertise their huge discounts. I saw this $399 ($400) and thought:
Oh, WOW!!! A DOLLAR OFF! What a huge discount... 0.25%... this makes them so much more affordable! (stupid).
I haven’t heard these so FWIW, but just going by the descriptions these seem to use a similar driver and go for a similar sound signature to the Hifiman HE-X4. Obviously the proof is in the listening, but these better offer something much more than wood ear cups to justify being 3x the price of the HE-X4, which just seems like screaming bargain to me BTW. Let’s just say I’m a little skeptical, but I look forward to hearing what people think of these.
I have the SendyAudio Aiva, which to my knowledge is just a flashier version of this headphone, but should have the same sound signature.
One thing that I don’t like about it is the sibilance that happens for “S” sounds, especially in female vocals. It’s a warmer headphone other than that sibilance peak. If you like the Sundara 2020 which is more neutral and leans in on the treble without being harsh, you might not like the Sivga. But these issues may or may not arise, depending on the music you listen to.
Like, with instrumental rock like Intervals “Circadian” album, the stock sound under a THX AAA 789 is very enjoyable. But I quickly find issues with this headphone when listening to certain mixes with female vocals. K-pop girl groups will likely exhibit these sibilance issues much more often, as has been my experience. Different languages may articulate “s” sounds differently, so your mileage may vary if you listen to music in different languages. But from my experience, I had to use Equalizer APO to do some basic EQ work to attenuate the sibilance.
One thing I think that this has going for it by comparison is the build quality. I’ve had 3 Sundara 2020’s and each one had quality control issues that made me return them. Mostly in regards to the connection to the earcups. The SendyAudio/Sivga by comparison has a very sturdy connection and I don’t experience any channel imbalance or dropouts. I do feel like this is a headphone I could have for years and it won’t give out.