Press Reviews

“… G3… requires power to delivery a convincing wide-band result…most speakers do, but most speakers are more colored and less ultimately resolute than this… few alternatives come close to this degree of perfectly timed transparency…”

“The Giya G3 has been a regular at Australian audio shows, and even if you’re not shopping at this price point I implore you to rush, queue, and wait to hear this marvel of a speaker. You’ll be hearing what is really one of the examples of the state of the art in loudspeaker design. Sure, above the G3, Vivid Audio offers the larger G2 and flagship G1. The bigger brethren would, of course, offer deeper and more powerful bass registers thanks to their larger drivers and enclosures. But having in common the same tweeter, midrange dome and mid-bass drivers, all three Giya speakers should share the same midrange-to-treble balance and tonality, and the dispersion characteristics of an almost baffle-less driver array. The scenario then offers astute audiophiles a Giya choice in terms of driving gear and room size.

“It’s said that Giya is a variation of the word Jiva in the Sanskrit language. Jiva, an immutable, indestructible entity transcends the constraints of mortality and is reincarnated in an eternal karmic cycle. Lofty as it may sound, this is I think, an apt parallel for the Giya G3’s transcendental qualities. This is a near-ideal design that will stand the test of time and will be known as a sonic, aesthetic and engineering classic in years to come. It’s that good.”

“Rich, vibrant, exciting, engaging, and sustaining, this smallest Giya from Vivid Audio realizes the aspiration of its designer to create a precise transducer whose reproduction of music does not create stress in the listener. Its compact shape may be unique, but to my eyes is uniquely beautiful. While it hits the ball out of the park in all the traditional hi-fi categories of soundstaging, coherence, detail retrieval, etc., perhaps the Giya G3’s greatest strength is its total absence of cabinet-imposed colorations or character. The G3 performs a sonic disappearing act like no other speaker I’ve heard. For the demands of my compact listening room, Vivid Audio’s Giya G3 is an essentially perfect pairing with my reference electronics from Ayre Acoustics — a pairing I’ve now made permanent.”

“The sound of the G3 at the Mirage was strikingly similar to that of the G2 in my room — a detail-rich, incredibly lively, and thoroughly transparent sonic picture that immersed the front end of the room with a soundstage that was ultra-wide and very deep. The G3s at the Mirage matched the extraordinary resolution and exceptional neutrality and refinement of the G2s in my listening room. Visually, the G3s are so eye-catching that you just can’t overlook them, but like the G2s again, when they’re playing music they sonically disappear, making the sound seem like it’s simply popping out of thin air.”