Sivga S01 air conduction headphones Review

Verdict

The Sivga S01 presents nice open-ear, air conduction sound and a design that’s match for exercises at a value that makes it a greater choice than pricier open ear earphones.

Introduction

The Sivga S01 are open-ear wi-fi earphones squarely for the health crowd with its sweatproof earhook design and battery life to final every week price of exercises.

It joins a rising variety of headphones which have adopted air conduction or open-eared design with audio system close to the ears to ship an even bigger sound than bone conduction headphones. Sivga can be doing that for much less cash than the competitors, considerably cheaper than the Shokz OpenFit, Cleer Arc II Sport and Oladance’s open ear headphones.

Does paying much less get you an inferior set of open ear earphones, or is that this true wi-fi pair a shock package deal on a finances?

Availability

The Sigva S01 are priced at £69.90 / $69.90, making them significantly cheaper than different open ear really wi-fi earphones just like the Shokz OpenFit (£179 / $179.95), the Cleer Audio Arc II Sport (£199 / $199) and the Oladance Wearable Stereo ($179.99 / £199.99).

Design

• IPX5 sweat and water-resistant 
• Twisting ear hook design
• Case with wi-fi charging

That is the Chinese language audio model’s first sports-focused headphone, so it’s good to see that it’s opted for a design that usually gives probably the most dependable match for a variety of various workout routines.

The IPX5 rated sweat and waterproof earphones are available both black or white and have an ear hook that may be rotated left and proper to make sure an excellent match for various ear shapes. 

Whereas not as svelte because the Shokz OpenFit, the distribution in weight between earhook and the marginally curved foremost speaker models that ship audio is properly balanced to ensure they keep put they usually don’t really feel like they’re clinging to your ears or sitting uncomfortably both. 

I’ve used them for sweaty excessive depth exercises, runs, common fitness center time and worn with sun shades and caps and have been very glad with the secureness of the match general.

It’s additionally good to see Sivga has opted for a set of bodily controls which can be merely built-in right here letting you play and pause audio, skip tracks, alter quantity, deal with calls or summon your cellphone’s sensible assistant by single and a number of button presses and are simple to make use of even throughout extra fast-paced exercise time.

These earphones sit within a charging case, that may match right into a trouser pocket however actually doesn’t disappear within it. Open up the case and also you’ll discover a helpful battery standing notification display screen that signifies the case’s battery in proportion ranges in addition to the extent of battery for every earphone. It’s primarily charged up by a USB-C cable, however it’s also possible to drop the case straight onto QI-certified wi-fi chargers to energy it up too.

Options

• Over 9-hour battery life
• Bluetooth 5.3 for secure and quick connections

Connectivity-wise, the S01 have been close to flawless. I’ve used them with an iPhone 14, Google Pixel 6a and paired them with a Garmin Forerunner 965 sports activities watch and a MacBook Air. I’ve solely had a single temporary connection drop out when paired to an iPhone, which resolved itself a couple of seconds later.

The battery efficiency is sweet at extra average volumes. I’ve additionally obtained numerous time for the helpful battery standing display screen baked within the charging case. Sivga says you possibly can over 9 hours off battery life off a single cost, however I discovered it fell in need of that at close to to high quantity. 

Over an hour of use noticed battery drop by 20%, which might work out to five hours versus 9 hours. That’s fairly a big drop off. The 600mAh charging case provides you a formidable 46 hours in complete and also you do have the comfort of wi-fi charging right here as properly.

For calls, Sivga says it employs noise cancellation expertise to cancel out exterior noise and typically, taking calls is an effective expertise and it’s not a wrestle to take care of calls in loud environments like it may be with bone conduction headphones.

Sound High quality

• Balanced sound profile
• Robust bass
• Clean mids

As talked about on the high of the evaluate, the Sivga S01 joins a brand new group of wi-fi earbuds that go for what’s known as air conduction to ship open-ear sound. That’s primarily achieved by putting 16.2mm diaphragm audio system and a design that directs sound to your ears with out bodily blocking exterior sound from reaching the ears. 

Sivga says the S01 has been tuned to ship robust bass, clear and easy vocals, and delicate treble. What you get out of the field is what it’s important to dwell with as there’s no EQ presets to mess around with right here. Fortunately although, the sound you get is superb.

In contrast to a few of the open-ear, speaker-style earphones I’ve examined, the S01 presents a surprisingly properly balanced and really polished sound profile. I used the ‘Songs to Check Headphones With’ playlist on Spotify to get an excellent sense of the way it handles a variety of music genres, and it holds its personal throughout a variety of genres.

On Large Assault’s Unfinished Sympathy, you get a beautiful thud of bass that doesn’t overpower the treble and mids with a lovely soundstage and heat you usually don’t affiliate with bone conduction headphones. It’s an analogous story on Jamie xx’s Gosh and Large Assault’s Teardrop, the place bass is properly reproduced, the Sivga retains to its promise to ship that robust bass.

There’s loads of finesse on tracks like London Grammar’s Losing My Younger Years the place the mids are easy and detailed. On Kate Bush’s Working Up That Hill (A Deal With God), the trebles aren’t tremendous sparkly however there’s nonetheless a pleasant clear, refined high quality to them and it isn’t as harsh sounding as I’d anticipated. It’s the identical story on Sam Cooke’s No person Is aware of The Hassle That I’ve Seen.

Crucially it retains that sound profile when it must compete with exterior sound and the extent of consciousness and listening to audio round you is an effective steadiness in each busy indoor and out of doors environments.

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