How many times have you set off on a journey, put your earbuds in, and been greeted with silence because you forgot to charge them up again? There's a growing audience that never fully bought into the wireless earbud cycle – for both convenience and audio quality reasons, and SIVGA is clearly building for them. The M260 launches today as a pair of HiFi wired earbuds with a retro design that SIVGA describes as Walkman era inspiration, but with the kind of driver engineering you'd expect from a much pricier product.
What's Inside
The M260 uses a 14.2mm dynamic driver with a copper-ring composite bio-diaphragm, paired with a lightweight CCAW voice coil and an N50 neodymium magnet. SIVGA says the tuning is balanced and non-fatiguing, with natural vocals and a detailed high end. The cable is detachable via MMCX and uses 4N silver-plated OFC wire for clean signal transmission.
Two Versions
The standard 3.5mm version with an L-shaped plug is $39.90 / £39.90 / €45.00. The USB-C version adds a built-in Realtek DAC supporting 32-bit/384kHz audio, plus an integrated microphone with multi-function controls, for $45.00 / £45.00 / €50.00. Both are available from Amazon and selected retailers today.
Who's This For?
Commuters, students, and gamers who want reliable wired audio without latency or pairing headaches will find a lot to like here at this price. The detachable MMCX cable is a real value-add at under $50 — most earbuds at this price point come with a fixed cable that becomes the product's eventual death sentence. If the sound delivery matches the spec sheet, the M260 is going to be hard to beat in the budget wired segment.
