NEWS
A uniquely amazing loudspeaker
March 2022
Herb Reichert of Stereophile relived music over and over while listening to, and reviewing, our KAYA S12
“Their defining trait is the beauty and intricacy of their projected soundspace … An absolute must-audition.”
Read the review.
How to design the best bass into a loudspeaker
Jan 2022
Our Technical Director Laurence Dickie is interviewed by SoundStage! editor-in-chief Jeff Fritz about how to design the best (bass into a) loudspeaker.
Watch the video on the left or on Youtube.
Stereo Sound Grand Prix 2021
Nov 2021
We are very proud that our smallest loudspeaker, the Vivid Audio Kaya S12, has won the 2021 Stereo Sound Grand Prix.
SoundStage! – Talks
April 2021 – interview with Jeff Fritz
Laurence Dickie, our Chief Technical Director, talks with SoundStage! editor-in-chief Jeff Fritz about loudspeaker driver engineering and how the design process is accomplished in the overall development of a loudspeaker model.
Audiophile-Magazine X K90
April 2021 – reviewed by Joël Chevassus
Read a beautiful review of our KAYA 90 loudspeaker in the French Audiophile Magazine.
Giya G1 Spirit
February 2021 – Audio Drom
“…they have the potential to be the proverbial final destination.”
Kaya 45 awarded ‘Best Floor Standing Loudpeakers’
December 7 2020
In June 2020 Jim Clements, Co-Editor of Home Theater High Fidelity, found our Kaya 45 loudspeaker “to be the most transparent and musical speakers I have reviewed in my more than 10 years of professional reviewing experience.“.
The inventive and spectacular S12 loudspeaker.
August 2020 – Doug Schneider / SoundStage! InSight
SoundStage! editor Doug Schneider visited Vivid Audio to interview Laurence Dickie in the spring of 2020. In this video the viewer gets a behind the scenes deep-dive into the S12 development and the challenges it brought on.
Giya G2 Series 2 review
July 2020 – Doug Schneider
SoundStage! editor Doug Schneider concluded [his] review of the original version with this: “The Giya G2 is not only the best loudspeaker I’ve ever reviewed, it’s the best loudspeaker I’ve ever heard.” Today, I still say the same thing — this time, about the Giya G2 Series 2.”
Doug Schneider interviews Laurence Dickie.
May 2020 – Doug Schneider & Laurence Dickie
SoundStage! editor Doug Schneider on Vivid Audio and Laurence Dickie “…I’d like to call your attention to one such company that doesn’t often get the credit for that aspect that we believe that they deserve. Laurence Dickie is one of the world’s most technically astute designers, which is in evidence in this interview.”
The Absolute Sound – Laurence Dickie Q&A
April 2020 – Neil Gader
From cradle to the top of the high end engineering. This Q&A with The Absolute Sound editor Neil Gader covers it all.