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Vivid Audio K1 review

From the designer that brought us Bowers and Wilkins' snail, Vivid dishes up a wood-free wonder

Our Score 5

Last reviewed: 2009-09-11September 11th 2009

Price at launch £7,000.00
Colour Black
Description Fullrange loudspeaker
Dimensions 1300 x 280 x 450 - 488(Base width)
Features Carbon fibre reinforced polyester stands / Van den Hul® interconnecting cable / Precision machined WBT® gold plated terminals
Weight (kg) 56
Body Material Complex loaded carbon fibre filled polymer / High gloss automotive finish
Crossover Function Variable: 100, 900, 4000 Hz
Driver Configuration A single D50 mid range driver / A D26 tweeter / Four C125 mid-bass drivers (26mm metal dome hf unit / 50mm metal dome mf unit / 158mm metal coned lf unit)
Front Speaker Power Handling 600
Impedance (Ohm) 6
Max Frequency Response 44
Min Frequency Response 35
Speaker Details 3 & 1/2 way system

Product Summary

K1

Vivid Audio K1

Price at launch

£7,000.00

For

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Uncannily revealing and neutral

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Uses a number of original technologies to raise the state of the loudspeaker art

Against

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Aesthetics may not be suitable for all tastes

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Need top quality source and amplification to do the job properly

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