SIVGA
Dongguan, Guangdong, China · founded 2016
A rare headphone maker whose signature is genuine hand-worked natural-wood ear cups; grew out of a decade-plus of OEM/ODM work for major international brands before launching its own label, and runs Sendy Audio as its premium planar sister brand.
SIVGA (registered as Dongguan Sivga Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.) is an independent Chinese manufacturer of high-end personal audio, best known for over-ear headphones with hand-crafted natural-wood ear cups. Founded in 2016 in Dongguan, Guangdong, the company draws on more than a decade of prior OEM/ODM experience building headphones for international brands. It designs and produces both dynamic and planar-magnetic headphones in-house, and operates the premium sister brand Sendy Audio for its higher-end planar flagships. The brand combines artisanal wood craftsmanship (hand-cut, dried, and polished housings) with in-house transducer engineering, positioned mostly in the budget-to-mid-fi space while Sendy Audio covers the upper tier.
At a glance
- Type
- Manufacturer
- Founder
- Jian Zhou and Rongchun Pan
- Founded
- 2016
- Headquarters
- Dongguan, Guangdong, China
- Price range
- Mid-fi
- Makes / sells
- over-ear headphones, in-ear monitors (IEMs), planar-magnetic headphones, wired earphones
- Known for
- wood-crafted (natural wood) headphone housings, dynamic-driver over-ear headphones, planar-magnetic drivers, in-house transducer engineering, OEM/ODM headphone manufacturing heritage
- Website
- www.sivgaaudio.com
Notable products
- SIVGA Robin (SV021) — Closed-back wood over-ear dynamic headphone; popular budget/mid model, ~$149-179
- SIVGA Phoenix — Open-back wood over-ear dynamic headphone
- SIVGA P-II — Open-back planar-magnetic over-ear wood headphone
- SIVGA Oriole — Open-back wood over-ear dynamic headphone
- SIVGA Nightingale — 14.5mm planar-magnetic in-ear monitor, ~$229
- SIVGA Que — Dynamic-driver (beryllium-plated diaphragm) in-ear monitor
- Sendy Audio Peacock — Sister-brand premium planar-magnetic flagship over-ear headphone
- Sendy Audio Apollo — Sister-brand mid-fi planar-magnetic over-ear headphone, ~$499
- Sendy Audio Aiva — Sister-brand planar-magnetic over-ear headphone
Sources: SIVGA official About page · SIVGA official site · Sendy Audio official site · maPlatine.com — SIVGA brand page (founder background) · Headphone Guru — A Trio of Sivga Headphones (Robin, Oriole, SV023) · Twister6 — Sivga Phoenix review · Headfonia — Sivga Que review · SoundStage! Solo — Sivga Nightingale planar-magnetic earphones · Everyday Listening — Sendy Audio Apollo review (sub-brand relationship)