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Old 03-15-2014, 10:31 AM
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Since they were designed by one of the original Nautilus Tam, makes sense to me.
Very interesting. I never knew there was a connection.
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They sure look better than a rectangular box made of wood.
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Very interesting. I never knew there was a connection.
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I pulled this from a Stereophile article from about July 2010.


Vivid Audio is not a familiar name to many audiophiles, but the company has its roots in one of the most iconic audio designs of all times, the B&W Nautilus. Among Vivid's owners are Robert Trunz, erstwhile co-owner of Bowers & Wilkins, and Laurence Dickie, who used to design B&W's drivers at their R&D facility in Steyning, England.

When Trunz left B&W, in 1996, he emigrated to South Africa, where he met Philip Guttentag and Bruce and Dee Gessner, who had been in the retail hi-fi business but were now interested in building high-end loudspeakers in South Africa. Trunz suggested that they bring in Dickie to design drivers rather than rely on OEM designs. Vivid Audio launched their first products, the B1 and K1 floorstanders, in 2004. By 2006, the partners felt the range needed a flagship product, a design process that would take over 18 months before a prototype could be shown at the 2008 CES.
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Laurence Dickie is a really nice man, with a very interesting view on loudspeaker technology.
The result of his innovations is

He even comes to install at home.

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They sure look better than a rectangular box made of wood.
nope. Disagree.
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They sure look better than a rectangular box made of wood.
I totally agree!!
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It's a polarizing design. I like the design ok but I think there is a ton of competition at that level. If I were to replace my Kharmas they would not make the list.
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So be it, though you owe it to yourself to audition them just so you know what's out there.

There are a lot of people out there that would never consider speakers with the Wilson robot/Transformer aesthetic, either.

Still others would never audition Apogee or Magnepan (planars are "too big!'), YG (too "alien") or MBL (too "wacky.")

Everyone makes their own personal sound quality/aesthetic design trade-off.

Many consider the Magico Ultimate to be the best speaker ever made, but I don't know if I could live with them:


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Jim.......I haven't read the review yet but I just can't get past the shape. No matter what they sound like I could not live with the way they look. I'm sure they have their enthusiasts, just not me.


I agree with you Dan. They might be great sounding speakers, but they are the ugliest speaker I've ever seen
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I wonder if VividAudio will renew their AA sponsorship...
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