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Vivid Audio B1 or 1.5 with D220Pro
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02-Jan-2021, 15:11
Anyone using Vivid Audio with Devialet?

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02-Jan-2021, 15:36 (This post was last modified: 02-Jan-2021, 15:37 by Flashman.)
(02-Jan-2021, 15:11)paul.oorbeek Wrote: Anyone using Vivid Audio with Devialet?

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I have the Vivid Audio B1 Decade with a Devialet Expert 220 Pro.  Prior to this set-up, I was using the Vivid Oval 1.5, which was SAM-enabled.  The 1.5 sounded terrific with SAM but I found a great deal on the B1 Decade and went for it.  Quite happy.
Devialet Expert 220 Pro Kinki EX-M7 power amp tethered to a fiber-fed Lumin X1 streamer via Grimm XLRs, Vivid B1 Decade speakers in Rosso Barchetta red (only 200 produced in a limited edition), Roon Nucleus with a Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD, etherREGEN switch fed by a Sonore opticalModule (and Sonore-supplied transceivers and 1M optical cable) with a SOtM dCBL-Cat7 cable to my Nucleus and a DH Labs Reunion Cat8 to my Lumin T2 streamer, Keces P8 linear power supply feeding a (to come) NUC and EtherREGEN switch with an external AfterDark OCXO clock., and opticalModule (5V/1A), AudioQuest Niagara 1000 power conditioner, ASI LiveLine loom (purchased directly from Franck Tchang when I lived in France), Less Loss Firewall for Speakers and Roon lifetime license with Tidal streaming.
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02-Jan-2021, 16:16
(02-Jan-2021, 15:36)Flashman Wrote:
(02-Jan-2021, 15:11)paul.oorbeek Wrote: Anyone using Vivid Audio with Devialet?

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I have the Vivid Audio B1 Decade with a Devialet Expert 220 Pro.  Prior to this set-up, I was using the Vivid Oval 1.5, which was SAM-enabled.  The 1.5 sounded terrific with SAM but I found a great deal on the B1 Decade and went for it.  Quite happy.
How was the bass with and without SAM. I am now using Goldenear T2+ with powered bass. So i like tight and controller bass

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02-Jan-2021, 16:22
(02-Jan-2021, 16:16)paul.oorbeek Wrote:
(02-Jan-2021, 15:36)Flashman Wrote:
(02-Jan-2021, 15:11)paul.oorbeek Wrote: Anyone using Vivid Audio with Devialet?

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I have the Vivid Audio B1 Decade with a Devialet Expert 220 Pro.  Prior to this set-up, I was using the Vivid Oval 1.5, which was SAM-enabled.  The 1.5 sounded terrific with SAM but I found a great deal on the B1 Decade and went for it.  Quite happy.
How was the bass with and without SAM. I am now using Goldenear T2+ with powered bass. So i like tight and controller bass

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 With the Oval 1.5, I found the bass to be significantly enhanced with SAM.  SAM seriously elevated the bass and overall sound.  To be clear, there is no SAM profile for the B1 Decade speakers.
Devialet Expert 220 Pro Kinki EX-M7 power amp tethered to a fiber-fed Lumin X1 streamer via Grimm XLRs, Vivid B1 Decade speakers in Rosso Barchetta red (only 200 produced in a limited edition), Roon Nucleus with a Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD, etherREGEN switch fed by a Sonore opticalModule (and Sonore-supplied transceivers and 1M optical cable) with a SOtM dCBL-Cat7 cable to my Nucleus and a DH Labs Reunion Cat8 to my Lumin T2 streamer, Keces P8 linear power supply feeding a (to come) NUC and EtherREGEN switch with an external AfterDark OCXO clock., and opticalModule (5V/1A), AudioQuest Niagara 1000 power conditioner, ASI LiveLine loom (purchased directly from Franck Tchang when I lived in France), Less Loss Firewall for Speakers and Roon lifetime license with Tidal streaming.
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02-Jan-2021, 16:49
(02-Jan-2021, 16:22)Flashman Wrote:
(02-Jan-2021, 16:16)paul.oorbeek Wrote:
(02-Jan-2021, 15:36)Flashman Wrote: I have the Vivid Audio B1 Decade with a Devialet Expert 220 Pro.  Prior to this set-up, I was using the Vivid Oval 1.5, which was SAM-enabled.  The 1.5 sounded terrific with SAM but I found a great deal on the B1 Decade and went for it.  Quite happy.
How was the bass with and without SAM. I am now using Goldenear T2+ with powered bass. So i like tight and controller bass

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 With the Oval 1.5, I found the bass to be significantly enhanced with SAM.  SAM seriously elevated the bass and overall sound.  To be clear, there is no SAM profile for the B1 Decade speakers.
Yes only SAM for the B1 unfirtuntely. Hiw would you describe the sound of the 1.5?

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02-Jan-2021, 16:56
(02-Jan-2021, 16:49)paul.oorbeek Wrote:
(02-Jan-2021, 16:22)Flashman Wrote:
(02-Jan-2021, 16:16)paul.oorbeek Wrote: How was the bass with and without SAM. I am now using Goldenear T2+ with powered bass. So i like tight and controller bass

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 With the Oval 1.5, I found the bass to be significantly enhanced with SAM.  SAM seriously elevated the bass and overall sound.  To be clear, there is no SAM profile for the B1 Decade speakers.
Yes only SAM for the B1 unfirtuntely. Hiw would you describe the sound of the 1.5?

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I really liked the combination of Devialet, Vivid 1.5 with SAM on at full strength.  Trying to describe the sound would be difficult.  Suffice to say, I liked it so much that I decided to purchase the B1 Decade!
Devialet Expert 220 Pro Kinki EX-M7 power amp tethered to a fiber-fed Lumin X1 streamer via Grimm XLRs, Vivid B1 Decade speakers in Rosso Barchetta red (only 200 produced in a limited edition), Roon Nucleus with a Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD, etherREGEN switch fed by a Sonore opticalModule (and Sonore-supplied transceivers and 1M optical cable) with a SOtM dCBL-Cat7 cable to my Nucleus and a DH Labs Reunion Cat8 to my Lumin T2 streamer, Keces P8 linear power supply feeding a (to come) NUC and EtherREGEN switch with an external AfterDark OCXO clock., and opticalModule (5V/1A), AudioQuest Niagara 1000 power conditioner, ASI LiveLine loom (purchased directly from Franck Tchang when I lived in France), Less Loss Firewall for Speakers and Roon lifetime license with Tidal streaming.
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02-Jan-2021, 17:05
Ok thanks i will keep that in mind.

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02-Jan-2021, 18:00
Yeah, the B1 decade is on my shortlist too. Vivid Audio is sounding magically...!
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02-Jan-2021, 18:08
(02-Jan-2021, 18:00)Bartype Wrote: Yeah, the B1 decade is on my shortlist too. Vivid Audio is sounding magically...!
What is a unique sound signature of the Vivid Audio? Hope to audition Vivid sometime.

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02-Jan-2021, 18:16
Well, to my experience, hearing the Giya G4 on a hifi show, which is pricewise close to the B1 Decade, i never heard a speaker disappearing so completely and leave you just with beautifull, aerial, detailed bliss...
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Anthem MRX 710 / B&W MT-60D
Paul Hynes SR7/T LPS / Intel Core i7 NUC-Plato X7D with Roon Lifetime / Melco S100 Switch with 2 x Ansuz Ethernet A2
Dr. Feickert Woodpecker II with Inertia Platter / Dr. Feickert Linear / Jelco TK-850L Arm / Shelter 501 III Cartridge
Power: AQ Niagara 3000 with AQ Tornado to Furutech wall outlet <-> Doepke DFS 2 F Audio Fuse Box and 3 x AQ Blizzard to Components
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