Vivid audio Giya G1 spirits in my front door entrance ...awaiting uncrating..tomorrow should be exciting....
I have a month to decide whether I want to keep the spirits or my G1's .. so both speakers are going to be on castors .. I will wheel one set away when playing the other
I was listening to the G1's last night and wondering how much better it can get than that....
I will report back ..
None of this 100hours of break in nonsense .. a day or 2 with me thrashing the speakers and they *will* be broken in..luckily my room is soundproof
The speaker colour is copper .. however I dont know the exact shade used .. so also on tenterhooks to find out
Rodney
for me the biggest improvement over the two speakers is that the tweeter is lower on the Spirit and creates a more believable soundstage as to where the singer's mouth is. I always felt the G1 imaged too high. The Spirit has fixed this
IMHO, I have just not found this the case in real world setups including my room. I can see where some would feel the image is slightly higher than other speakers. but if you think about it when you go to a live event the good seats have you looking up and the cheap seats have you looking down
up and singing , despite the compromised placement and fresh out the box , they already sound wonderful
Pics dont do the colour justice , its a richer colour than the photos provide
The Xover box can be spiked , I need to put castors on it so when I drag the speakers around the box follows
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