Soundstage! GlobalThe Vivid Audio GIYA range loudspeakers have recently appeared in a number of Soundstage! Global articles and reviews with some very positive feedback.
Glorious Giyas: Vivid Audio's New G3 -
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HiFi Test - January 2012Whether you like the design of this loudspeaker or not: it reproduces on an extremely high level and is a musical gem. It's extraordinary design and form might not fit every living environment but can, when placed freestanding, pass as a sculpture. The choice of materials, sound and quality workmanship of this hand built VIVID AUDIO V1.5 justify the quite high price. Those who seek something special and expect a high musical standard from a loudspeaker will love the V.1!
Stereophile - October 2011In his column, John Marks concluded that the VIVID B1 has a "near perfect balance of warmth and information". In the competive run JA mentions Wilson 's Sophia Series 3, Thiel CS3.7, Revel Ultima Studio 2 and Salon 2 and KEF Reference 207/2. "These are all first-class loudspeakers, whith any of which I could live happily ever after. But if your room is of small to medium size, and you want a less obtrusive speaker (though its idiosyncratic looks do come into the equation), and you value clarity and overall musical communication over gut-busting dynamice, the VIVID B1 is one of the best choices around. I loved what it did!"
Stereophile - July 2010I can't think of any speaker I've auditioned that does everything as well as the Giyas: superb imaging, unmatched dynamic range, holographic soundstaging, and that immutable, possibly unquantifiable quality known as musicality. Is Vivid Audio's GIYA G1 the best loudspeaker I've heard? YES. And it will be my yardstick from now on.
HiFi+ - Issue 70It's hard to stress just how well the Giya G1 addresses the problems that usually afllict loudspeakers, it manages to seemingly eliminate perceived distortion and reveal the music in all its dynamic, tonal and temporal glory.
Hi-Fi World - September 2009As you'd expect of a loudspeaker with unique and usual drive units in bespoke cabinets the like of which you don't see anywhere else, the Vivid B1 is a distinctive performer, inasmuch as it doesn't do what so many other designs at the price do. By this, I mean many others somehow manage to lose the natural timing, tonality and/or phase coherence of the original recording.
Hi-Fi News - December 2005Seamless is a much-bandied term in describing speaker sound, but the K1 gave a definite reference point for applying the description. What may be termed the aspiration of this speaker was nigh-on perfect.
Hi-Fi Choice - December 2004The Vivid Audio B1 proved itself to be a truly world-class speaker from a new brand that clearly knows how to get results. If you want to hear more of the music and less of the speaker, there's not a lot of serious competition.
Hi-Fi Choice - November 2009Discovering just how resolute this speaker is makes us wonder if we ever got the best out of the B1 some five years ago. Somehow we doubt it. The Vivid K1 is undoubtedly one of the finest speakers on the planet. Lord only knows how the Vivid Giya manages to improve on its performance.
Audio Video - May 2004Could it be that Vivid Audio's products are destined to become one of South Africa’s most important high-tech ambassadors - and one of Durban's most famous exports? If what I heard was anything to go by, the Zulu shield-shaped loudspeakers are set to spread a vividly musical message about this country across the globe!
What Hi-Fi - October 2009Their mad looks grab you straight away, but delve deeper and you'll discover remarkable engineering and even more impressive sound. These Vivids truly rock. The Vivids present masses of detail and convincing tone in an incredibly natural and unforced manner.
Popular Mechanics - August 2005Looks aside, a deliberate Vivid characteristic is extremely wide mid-band dispersion, gradually narrowing with ascending frequency. The result is natural sound in most listening rooms.
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