G1GIYAGiya is a loudspeaker system like noother.
Evocative of the special spirit of ournewest design and proudly symbolic ofVivid Audio’s African roots, the name
Giya is derived from a classic form of Zulu
dance. Wrapped within Giya’s distinctive
shell-like appearance lies an exceptional
level of engineering detail and acoustic
design sophistication that have become
the hallmark of our company. Its very
shape is defined by proven acoustic
principles taken to their logicalconclusions, untethered by conventional
wisdom or common construction
techniques. Every element of the design
has been refined to an extraordinary
degree—from our patented handbuilt drive units, to our cast composite
enclosure, to our relentless elimination ofresonances and reflections.
Giya is defined by its remarkable
sense of sonic transparency and tonal
naturalness. Myriad technical details mustbe skillfully combined to achieve such
performance and one design element inparticular is largely responsible for Giya’s
uncommon appearance. Beginning withhis renowned Nautilus design when atB&W, principal Vivid Audio designer
Laurence Dickie pioneered the applicationof tapered tube absorbers behind drive
units as a means to eliminate destructive
resonances and reflections. With Giya, weapply this design technique to all four ofthe driver subsystems in the loudspeaker,
including the low frequency section. It is
exactly this tapered bass enclosure whicht Principal designer Laurence Dickie with hisnewest creation, the G1 Giya Loudspeakercoils around to such visually striking effectatop the cabinet. But our story doesn’t end
here, because it is our innovative combinationof this tapered absorption tube with a pair ofreaction-canceling critically-tuned vents thatis unique. Our patent-pending technology
provides the benefits of near-complete
elimination of internal resonances andreflections afforded by the tapered absorber,
along with the low distortion, high efficiency,
and moderate enclosure size courtesy of thevents.
A completely new high output bass driver
was developed for Giya and is employed as areaction canceling pair visible on either side ofthe enclosure. An impressive technical story in
its own right, the C225 driver includes manyof the proprietary technical innovations forwhich Vivid Audio has become recognized.
When combined with our advanced enclosureand filter network design, the result isincredibly tight, articulate bass without a
trace of overhang, delivered with impressive
authority and solidity.
There are in fact many technical details
that are responsible for Giya’s remarkable
performance, many of them developed andpatented by Vivid Audio: caternary dome
profiles, open pole radially polarized rareearth magnet systems, isolating compliant
driver mounts, reaction-canceling bass drivermounts, short-coil long-gap motor systems,
highly vented voice coil formers, highlyaligned heat-conductive driver chassis, tapered
tube absorbers, and other innovations . . . .
And so, with pleasure, we introduce you to ournewest Vivid Audio design, the G1 Giya.

u Design Group
Laurence Dickie, Principal Designer
Alison Risby, Industrial Designer, B&W NautilusGeorge Elphick, Architect
Chris Stevens, Artist in Residence, St. Michael’s Place
Roger Beecroft, Head of Photography, University of Nottingham

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Preliminary Specification
4-way 5-driver system
Reinforced advanced composite
Multi-component high-gloss automotive
Vivid Audio D26 (patented)Catenary dome profile
Radially polarized super flux magnet structure
Isolating compliant mount, Tapered tube loading
Vivid Audio D50 (patented)
Catenary dome profile
Radially polarized super flux magnet structure
Isolating compliant mount, Tapered tube loading
Vivid Audio C125S (patented)
Short-coil long-gap motor design
50mm copper ribbon coil on highly vented former
Highly aligned chassis, Radial magnet structure
Isolating compliant mount, Tapered tube loading
Two Vivid Audio C225
Short-coil long-gap motor design
75mm copper ribbon coils on highly vented formers
Highly aligned chassis, Radial magnet structures
Reaction canceling compliant mount
Exponentially tapered tube absorber combined withcritically tuned reaction canceling vents (patent pending)
91 dB @ 2.83Vrms and 1.0 meter on axis
6 nominal, 4 minimum, low reactance- 6 dB points 23 - 44,000
30 – 41,000 +/- 2 dB on reference axis
< 0.5% over frequency range
220, 880, 3500
800
1700, 440, 800
70

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