SIVGA debuts the Lyrebird, a $150 IEM using four driver types
Lyrebird puts a dynamic driver, a balanced armature, a micro-planar and a piezoelectric ceramic tweeter in one shell at $150, first shown at CanJam London 2026.
SIVGA showed the Lyrebird at CanJam London on 18 and 19 July 2026, a $150 in-ear monitor that uses four different driver technologies per side: a 10 mm polymer-composite dynamic driver for the bass, a balanced armature for the mids, a micro-planar and a 9.2 mm multilayer piezoelectric ceramic driver for the top. It is rated at 14 ohms and 108 dB, in a CNC aluminium shell with stabilised-wood faceplates and a 4.4 mm balanced cable.
Four driver types in a $150 shell means at least three crossover points, and each one is a place where the response can step. Piezoelectric tweeters in particular have a history of adding energy high enough to be hard to hear directly but easy to see on a graph. A driver count is a manufacturing decision, not a performance figure.
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