At the time of this review the popular Sivga Robin sells for ~$149 on Amazon and this makes the new Oriole 25% more expensive at its $199 pricing. You do get better headphones with the Oriole, be it with the updated yokes that now allow proper ear cup swivel that makes for a vastly more comfortable and better fitting set, or the more balanced tonality that allows you to better appreciate more of the frequency response as opposed to being a one-trick pony that the Robin was. The two color options continue to be offered with a matching set of accessories, to where the Sivga Oriole is tough to beat from an aesthetics and build quality perspective in this price range now—surely people would agree that it looks and feels more premium than the price point suggests!

Yet this time round I don't see the usual horde of social media influencers praising the Oriole. I can't tell if this is for as superfluous a reason as simply not having a catchy name or whether people just don't like the tuning. Was it also perhaps that the Oriole was more expensive than they could justify to get, or was it more that the Robin better appealed to their specific interests? I can see the latter being the case in that the Robin is almost guaranteed to make a lot of people happy in offering plenty of mid-bass and sub-bass alike while also having slightly elevated treble response that can be misconstrued as being resolving. The Oriole will give you a more significant bass shelf so those who simply care about that will find this more fitting. But it also ends up not compromising on vocals as much, to where Sivga has a closed-back set that is more universally applicable in my books. It takes to EQ decently enough to where there is further potential to try a more warm signature vs. one that has a bass punch, yet I don't expect many customers of the Oriole to partake in EQ and filters in general.

At the end of the day, the Sivga Oriole still has a lot of the same issues the Robin did. This lends more credence to the hypothesis of the shared driver platform and the associated and inherent technical limitations. It's bested by a few other less expensive sets purely from a detail retrieval perspective, and the treble response still continues to haunt Sivga here. I had mentioned in my review of the Sivga Robin how I would like to see an updated or tweaked Robin with a different chassis addressing the main complaints there. The Oriole is certainly that although it does lose out on that relatable jankyness the Robin had. If the looks appeal to you and you are in the market for a comfortable, bass-heavy closed-back set then you should conisder the Sivga Oriole. Most others may want to look at other options before committing one way or the other.