VIVID AUDIO GIYA G1 FLOOR STANDING LOUDSPEAKERS

Item Details

• Manufactured in 2014
• This item is in excellent condition (9/10)
  
• Finish: Lexus Pearl White
• Original crates included
  
• Original retail price: £55,000
• Trade-Ins welcomed

Description & Highlights

The Vivid Audio Giya G1 is the entry-level model in Vivid Audio’s acclaimed Giya series — a series renowned for combining breakthrough acoustic engineering with exotic materials and striking industrial design. The Giya G1 represents a complete rethink of loudspeaker architecture, where the focus is on minimal distortion, exceptional coherence, and full-range musicality across all types of music.

Core design principles of the Giya G1:

• Precision driver array: The Giya concept uses a proprietary bending-wave midrange driver that operates up to high frequencies before handing over to a precision tweeter. This results in smooth integration across the audible band with minimal crossover complexity and excellent phase coherence.

• Advanced low-frequency section: Carefully engineered woofers and enclosure design provide deep, controlled, and articulate bass that integrates seamlessly with the midrange — giving a sense of whole-system unity rather than discrete drivers fighting for attention.

• Aerospace-grade cabinet construction: Multi-material cabinets are meticulously shaped and constrained-layer damped to eliminate resonances that can colour tonal balance or cloud imaging. The result is a silence-before-signal that sets a high dynamic contrast.

• Acoustically informed geometry: Every surface, driver placement, and porting strategy is derived from acoustic modelling, not tradition — producing a speaker that excels in timing, pacing, and rhythmic integrity.

The Giya G1 is designed for listeners who seek revelatory clarity without harshness, expansive soundstaging, and the natural flow of live music reproduction. Whether driven by high-current tube amplifiers or state-of-the-art solid-state electronics, the G1 responds with openness, precision, and engagement.

Critical & Press Feedback

• Exceptional clarity and transparency: Reviewers describe the Giya G1 (and later Spirit) as delivering extraordinary transparency and low-coloration sound. Its drivers and unique tapered tube loading technology minimize distortion and back-wave interference, resulting in a speaker that “sounds as though it has virtually none of its own coloration” — a rare achievement in full-range loudspeakers.

• Unique sound-delivery: hi-fi+ highlighted how the Giya’s design “makes the sound hit the listener with no sharp edges or grain,” delivering an openness and smoothness comparable in some respects to the best electrostatic designs — yet with the low-end power and dynamics of a reflex system.

• Musical realism & scale: Across reviews, it’s noted that the Giya G1 excels at conveying ambience, spatial cues, and recording detail. One reviewer praised its ability to reproduce wide hall spaces and instrument envelopment (such as orchestral recordings) with “a sense of being there … totally convincing.”

• Natural tonal balance: Commentary from The Absolute Sound and legacy reviews of the original Giya G1 frequently remark on the neutral yet musical signature — neither overly analytical nor colored, but true to the recording’s character, drawing on the design heritage of Vivid’s founder Laurence Dickie (formerly of B&W Nautilus fame). 

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