Vivid Audio · Floor-standing loudspeaker
Vivid Audio OVAL B1 Decade
The OVAL B1 Decade is Vivid Audio’s refined B1, carrying GIYA materials and technology into a floor-standing loudspeaker.
What Vivid Audio says
Vivid Audio launched the original B1 in 2005, and the B1 Decade puts the ten years of knowledge and research that followed into the same idea.
It borrows materials and technology from the GIYA range, and new drivers and filters lift midrange and upper-register performance to what Vivid calls a totally new level. Vivid describes it as a perfect example of form following function.
What reviewers say
“I have yet to hear a Vivid loudspeaker that I didn’t like, but the B1 Decade is special. It lets more of the music through by virtue of its balance and its spectacular timing.”
Jason Kennedy, hi-fi+
“But the Oval B1 Decade doesn’t sound only a little better than the original model -- it sounds so much better that it now stands alongside Vivid’s very top models, the Giyas, all of which cost much more (and for some rooms, a pair of B1Ds might be the better choice).”
Doug Schneider, SoundStage! Hi-Fi
| Configuration | 3 and 1/2 way vented cabinet |
|---|---|
| Cabinet material | Balsa-cored quadraxial glass composite sandwich |
| Sensitivity | 89dB @ 2.83Vrms at 1.0 metre on axis |
| Nominal impedance (Ω) | 4 |
| Frequency response | 38 - 33,000Hz +/- 2dB on reference axis |
| Cross over frequencies (Hz) | 130, 900, 3500 |
| Loudspeaker dimensions | 1095mm (H) x 265mm (W) x 375mm (D); Base: 420mm (D) |
| Net weight | 36kg |
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