Icorem, great system. I recently heard the Giya G1's and they were MIGHTY impressive. One of the best speaker's that I have heard in regards to their ability to resolve and delineate the bass notes in music. One has to hear this aspect to truly appreciate where most speakers either go wrong or simply glaze over this fundamental.
IF I had a much bigger room, the G1's would definitely be on my short list.

daveyf August 24, 2013 07:46

Hi Icorem

How did you get the Planus III speaker cables installed on the Vivid Giya G3?! Feel free to PM if you prefer.

chjo100 August 16, 2013 19:15

Thank you kindly Icorem. I will definitely try to audition the vivid range as well then.
Cheers,
Sid

sidvee July 25, 2013 03:33

Sid

The Harbeth has indeed a treble to die for especially for its price range. The Vivid has all that with great realism and great musicality, adding some more on the low end with better resolution than the harbeth. They dissapear in the room like no other speaker creating a huge soundstage.
I listened to various Rockport models, amongst them the Avior and Atria and found them somewhat boring and uninvolving.Good luck on your upgrade task anyway.

icorem July 24, 2013 19:20

Excellent Icorem! What is your opinion on the high frequency response of the Vivids? I ask this simply because I love the treble portrayal of the SHl5 and have yets to find a speaker under $10k to match these. I am also looking to upgrade from the Shl5, currently trying to audition Rockport Mira II or its replacement and I feel I have to look at this level to better the Shl5.
Cheers,
Sid

sidvee July 24, 2013 08:38

Tboooe

The Vivid's are on my shortlist quite some time and I had to raise the funds. Those are truly amazing pair of speakers. I had before Harbeth shl5 which are amongst the best VFM in highend speaker world.Having said that, both in performance (and in cost..) Vivid is in a different league. Very realistic, very musical and with the right amount of detail.

icorem July 24, 2013 08:01

I am very curious about how the Vivid speakers sound. What speaker did you have previously and how do the Vivids compare?

tboooe July 24, 2013 04:49

System edited: Just loaded my past year or so changes. Added a VPI SSM based analog rig and my last purchase of the excellent Vivid G3 speakers.Also changed cabling completely to a Zensati set on digital and Mg audio on analog.

icorem July 23, 2013 19:48

Musicpdx

I'll probably sell the Penaudio speakers. They are great set of speakers but the Harbets has better sinergy with the Pass amps.

icorem November 20, 2012 19:43

System edited: System edited: Added a Bel Canto dac 3.5 to the Esoteric x05. Excellent upgrade to the digital setup. Added realism and detail. Music just sound right with the bel canto dac.

icorem November 20, 2012 19:41

Great equipment! Do you swap in the Penaudios for certain types of music? Incredible to have two stellar speaker options in one room.

musicpdx November 04, 2012 13:28

System edited: Just added 2 new interconnects from MG Audio design that beat cables cost 10 times more.

icorem August 18, 2012 10:42

cool system!,superb choice of loudspeakers everything is so much easier with those Harbeth,wish i could afford a pair one day great choice of gear!

jdcook August 16, 2012 03:53

Sid

Wooden stands for the harbeth are custom made with assistance of a photo loaded to the harbeth forum in harbeth.co.uk website.
Thanks for the kind words.

Itay

icorem July 30, 2012 11:47

Nice looking setup! Are those wooden stands for the Harbeth?
Cheers,
Sid

sidvee July 22, 2012 11:25

System edited: system edited - upgraded the phonostage to a BMC MCCI. Wow - an excellent phonosatge. Added clarity and expanded the soundstage.

icorem July 21, 2012 17:50