Presentation Laurence Dickie - Vivid Audio - Giya G1S - G2 speakers

Laurence Dickie is going to tell you everything about the Giya S2, S1 and some other models, like the B1 and Kaya. He talkes about the unique technologies, invented by him. Also in his Bowers & Wilkins days... So: a very interesting talk about Vivid Audio and Loudspeaker technology in general.
This video is recorded at iEAR in Tilburg, Netherlands.

[@klaymoon1]

I love Laurence's presentation!

[@MuzikSonics]

I love my Giya G2S2s, most realistic sounding speaker I heard in its price and above.

[@naturalnonsense]

these guys are on something else. this is better than scientology (you get actual good audio listening experience here!). i now know what i'm gonna do once i get that electrical engineering degree.

[@skullpoly1967]

Build one?

[@VideoArchiveGuy]

The Giya G1S has long been my reference dynamic speaker - completely amazing. I do wish they went a BIT lower on the low end - the -2 dB point is 29 Hz - but otherwise they are simply wonderful.

[@MuzikSonics]

With room coupling they plan lower + most companies -xDB point if reported at all is commonly -3+DB. Also, with Vivids and room coupling they will commonly play much lower. For example, mine measure down into the mid - 20s.

[@VideoArchiveGuy]

True, but for $90K most would hope for true 20-20K; certainly that’s the case for competitors like Rockport or Wilson Audio.

[@MuzikSonics]

@@VideoArchiveGuy I've heard all the Wilson and Rockport except the Chronosonic and none of them play down to 20Hz w/o room loading except the Arrakis which my friend has. Also, I woudn't put Wilsons in the same league as Vivids except again for the largest Chronosonics and maybe the XLF.

[@VideoArchiveGuy]

@@MuzikSonics The Alexx V IMHO is very good as is the Alexia Series 2. The Alexx V is quoted as +/- 3 dB 20 Hz - 32 kHz. Still, IMHO neither has the magic that the G1S or G2 have, and the Alexx V is significantly more expensive than the G1S.

[@ac81017]

My friend has the B1's, amazing sounding speakers

[@gino3286]

Astonishing speakers indeed Just magnificent marvels i have just a doubt I love the shape of the woofers diaphragms that are concave and a portion of a sphere Why not to scale down that kind of diaphragms for the other drivers I like when there is a kind of form coherence among the drivers Thanks a lot and kind regards gino

[@dude7740]

Prachtig!

[@ruudstet3186]

Ik kon niet naar de demo's dit weekend. Heel fijn zo toch de uitleg te kunnen horen. Heb nu op verschillende momenten en plekken de b1, kaya s12 en 45 gehoord. Echt heel bijzonder. Komt misschien ook de uitleg over de kaya serie nog op alpha?

[@TheAlphaAudio]

Kaya gebruikt een gelijke filosofie en nagenoeg gelijkwaardige drivers. Maar wie weet reviewen we nog een setje Kaya 45 apart.

[@ruudstet3186]

Voor mij zou het verschil tussen de toepasbaarheid van de s12 en de kaya 25 het meest relevant zijn. De 45 is voor mij te duur. En mijn luisterruimte is niet groot. Ergens een keer een vergelijk tussen de kleintjes van de top high end merken zou ook leuk zijn. Magico a1, kaya 25, wilson tunetot. Ik weet, de kaya is geen standmount. Maar wel zelfde prijsgroep. Idee voor jullie fameuze en altijd boeiende multitests?

[@TheAlphaAudio]

@@ruudstet3186 we gaan eens wat opzetten. Interessante test.

[@ruudstet3186]

Er zijn vast meer kijkers van alpha die een set in de woonkamer zouden kunnen zetten. Maar ergens solo je ding doen qua luisteren is toch wel erg lekker. Ok, dan de set dus op die zolder kamer die nog vrij is. In mijn geval 4,5 bij 3. Leuk asymmetrisch punt dak. Leuke akoestiek. Hoofdtelefoon? Kan. Maar luidsprekers ook. Maar dan gewoon geen enorme. Vandaar mijn vraag. Je snapt, jullie recente test met focal, sonus etc was dus interessant. Maar als je nu een paar jaar later verder gespaard hebt? Kijk maar of het een keer wat wordt. Enorme complimenten voor deze serie demo en interviews. Wat zijn die Laurence en Guido toppers!

[@martink0400]

Seems like Laurence was going to use the Mcintosh setup but went with the exact same setup (Halcro, Mola Mola, Grimm) as you had in your "Live Test - Analog VS Digital" video. Did he switch between the Mcintosh and the Halcro? Any difference if he did? Will be disappointed if you didn't play Paradise Circus to see how big of an improvement there was over the Kaya 45's.

[@TheAlphaAudio]

The McIntosh wasn't his. It was left there by the store where the presentation was held. The importer of Vivid also has Halcro and Grimm. That combines VERY well with Vivid... Unfortunately I wasn't in the position to do request tracks ;-)... but hey... we will review the G2's anyway.

[@piker3000]

We will need speakers in space!

[@TheAlphaAudio]

Of course! :-)

[@grandebufalife]

Leuke video 👍🏻 even een kleine opmerking is het geen Vivid audio Giya ipv Gaya 🤔

[@TheAlphaAudio]

Ow... Dat is idd waar! Ik pas het direct aan!

[@endrizo]

8:50 two woofers opposite to each other, arent they cancelling each other in sound i mean phase?? look at his hands.

[@TheAlphaAudio]

No. They fire the other way. It is anti resonance in a mechanical way.

[@endrizo]

@@TheAlphaAudio well yes. mechanicaly as a boxer engine but sonically i would prefer both together moving the air in the room to the left then to the right. but dicky is a genius no doubt so.. whatever he says. cheers

[@AF-rd2vf]

Open baffle speakers don’t have resonance issues to begin with.😉

[@TheAlphaAudio]

True. But they have other issues.

[@AF-rd2vf]

@@TheAlphaAudio such as?

[@TheAlphaAudio]

@@AF-rd2vf Efficiency is lower, placement is more critical due to bi-polar design and you need a serious surface for decent low-end. But all designs have some pro's and con's. It's just how you handle them...

[@bigjay1970]

😬😎

[@allezLüge]

...🙄🥱gammellautsprecher...