Vivid Audio V1s Loudspeaker
Vivid Audio might be a new name to many people - the company is based in South Africa
and was founded back in 2001 - but there's a great deal of audio experience behind the brand. The engineering director used to work for B&W, and engineered the iconic Nautilus speakers. Not a bad thing to have on a speaker designer's Curriculum Vitae, is it? It's fair to say Vivid's V1's are some of the most distinctive-looking speakers on the market. Its a design either you love or hate, but regardless of your feelings, there is a reason behind the design.
The enclosure, made of a composite carbon fiber reinforced polymer, is both rigid and very well damped. It is designed to minimize diffraction, and reduce internal standing waves. The finish is very much like a high end automotive finish, it is of the caliber you would find on an exotic car.
TheV1s's drive units build
on the experience gained with
B&W's flagship and follow
similarprinciples.This is a
two-way design with both
mid/bass and tweeter using aluminium
diaphragms. The larger driver has a carefully
honed motor system and an open chassis to
let the cone move as freely as possible when
subjected to large inputs, such as big dynamic
swings at high volume levels.
The midbass driver has a carefully
honed motor system and an open chassis to
let the cone move as freely as possible when
subjected to large inputs, such as big dynamic
swings at high volume levels.
The dome tweeter has a tapered tube
behind it to absorb rearward radiation.
The idea is to prevent the rearward sound from spoiling the purity of the tweeter's output.
Specifications
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| Configuration |
2 way vented cabinet |
| Cabinet material |
Complex loaded carbon fibre filled polymer |
| Finish |
High gloss automotive |
| Drive units |
26mm metal dome hf unit |
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158mm metal coned lf unit (two pairs coupled) |
| Sensitivity |
89dB/1w @1m |
| Nominal Impedance (Ω) |
4 |
| Frequency range (hz) |
-6dB points 42 - 42,000 |
| Frequency response (hz) |
45 - 39,000 +/- 2dB on reference axis |
| Harmonic distortion (2nd and 3 rd harmonics) |
< .0.5% over frequency range |
| Cross over frequency (hz) |
3000 |
| Power handling (music program) watts rms |
150 |
| Loudspeaker dimensions (H, W, D cabinet, D base) mm |
635, 255, 195 |
| Net mass (kg) |
17 |
| Shipping dimensions (H, W, D) mm |
1420, 450, 560 |
| Shipping mass (kg) |
47 kg a pair |
