Напольная акустика — Vivid GIYA G1 SPIRIT

The Giya G1 Spirit is a four-way floorstander from Vivid Audio, designed by Laurence Dickie, the engineer behind B&W's Nautilus, who became Vivid's engineering director in 2004. It slots above the original Giya G1 and, although similar in appearance, is deeper and shorter to keep the same internal volume while lowering the tweeter to average seated ear level. Vivid makes its own drivers and cabinets, most of them in Durban, South Africa.

Key specs that matter

It is a four-way, five-driver design with a D26 26 mm metal dome tweeter, a D50 50 mm metal dome upper midrange, a C125-75 125 mm alloy-carbon lower midrange with a 75 mm voice coil and two C225-100 225 mm alloy woofers with 100 mm voice coils in a 45 mm gap. Crossovers are at 220 Hz, 880 Hz and 3.5 kHz. Response is 29 Hz to 33 kHz within 2 dB, and -6 dB at 25 Hz and 36 kHz. Sensitivity is 92 dB at 2.83 V/1 m, impedance is 6 ohms nominal with a 3 ohm minimum, and music power handling is 1600 W. It measures 1600 x 440 x 820 mm from floor to top, side to side and front to back, reaching 67.4 kg with its crossover inside.

Engineering and use context

Vivid builds the enclosure as a sandwich of glass-reinforced skins over a balsa wood core, internally braced, and its curved form avoids flat panels and sharp baffle edges. Every driver is loaded by an exponentially tapered tube that absorbs its rear wave. In the G1 Spirit, those for the domes sit inside the taller cabinet, while the bass tube runs up through the top loop and curls like a shell, recalling the Nautilus. Unlike the Nautilus, the bass is reflex loaded, and the two woofers face in opposite directions so their reaction forces cancel. The lower midrange driver was redesigned with carbon hoops and a larger 75 mm coil, pushing its first break-up above 10 kHz. The crossover is fourth-order Linkwitz-Riley with air-core OFC inductors, polypropylene capacitors and point-to-point wiring. It can sit in a separate enclosure linked by an eight-way cable, which also allows four-way active amplification. Paint options include gloss black, Lexus pearl white and a matte oyster tone.

Pairing

The high sensitivity lets the Giya G1 Spirit reach high levels with moderate power, but the low impedance minimum calls for amplifiers that deliver current comfortably. Its power handling leaves room for large spaces and powerful amplification.

Alternatives

Vivid Audio's Giya G2 is the smaller four-way model of the Giya range.