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Vivid
Website:https://vividaudio.com/
Est. year: 2004
Vivid Audio is a South African loudspeaker maker based in Durban, registered in 2004 and led on the engineering side by Laurence Dickie, who earlier designed the B&W Nautilus. Its first models, the B1 and K1, appeared in 2004, and production moved from a garage to a Durban factory in 2005. By 2015 the company had built around 2,700 loudspeakers, every one with enclosures and drivers made in-house.
Range & what it's known for
The current catalogue has four families. The Oval series grew out of the original B1 and K1. Giya is the tall, curved range, now joined by the Giya Cu variant. Kaya offers the same thinking in more compact cabinets, and Moya, with the M1, is the top statement model. Cabinets are moulded from carbon-fibre-reinforced polyester designed in 3D CAD, which allows shapes no flat-panel box can take. The drivers are also built in Durban, with alloy or carbon-stiffened catenary domes and radial neodymium magnets, because outside suppliers would not make such unusual parts.
Who owns it and where it's made
Vivid Audio was set up with Philip Guttentag alongside Dickie, and it describes itself as an engineering-led company without outside investors. Design work, driver production and cabinet moulding all happen at the Durban factory, where enclosures and transducers are made from raw materials. Dickie conceived the Moya M1 concept while sketching during a ten-day quarantine, and the model now leads the catalogue.
The lineup in this catalog
Loudspeakers. Prices span roughly 10,000 to well over 100,000 dollars, with the Giya series near the top of that range.
Who it's for
Vivid Audio speaks to buyers drawn to a speaker whose shape follows its engineering and who like the idea of drivers and enclosures made under one roof. The Oval models and the smaller Kaya are the usual starting point, Giya follows as the larger and taller option, and Moya M1 caps the range. Choose this maker if the cabinet material and in-house driver work weigh more for you than a traditional wooden box.
Range & what it's known for
The current catalogue has four families. The Oval series grew out of the original B1 and K1. Giya is the tall, curved range, now joined by the Giya Cu variant. Kaya offers the same thinking in more compact cabinets, and Moya, with the M1, is the top statement model. Cabinets are moulded from carbon-fibre-reinforced polyester designed in 3D CAD, which allows shapes no flat-panel box can take. The drivers are also built in Durban, with alloy or carbon-stiffened catenary domes and radial neodymium magnets, because outside suppliers would not make such unusual parts.
Who owns it and where it's made
Vivid Audio was set up with Philip Guttentag alongside Dickie, and it describes itself as an engineering-led company without outside investors. Design work, driver production and cabinet moulding all happen at the Durban factory, where enclosures and transducers are made from raw materials. Dickie conceived the Moya M1 concept while sketching during a ten-day quarantine, and the model now leads the catalogue.
The lineup in this catalog
Loudspeakers. Prices span roughly 10,000 to well over 100,000 dollars, with the Giya series near the top of that range.
Who it's for
Vivid Audio speaks to buyers drawn to a speaker whose shape follows its engineering and who like the idea of drivers and enclosures made under one roof. The Oval models and the smaller Kaya are the usual starting point, Giya follows as the larger and taller option, and Moya M1 caps the range. Choose this maker if the cabinet material and in-house driver work weigh more for you than a traditional wooden box.
