Jonathan Valin of The Absolute Sound gave Vivid Audio’s limited edition B1 Decade Most Significant Product Introduction as a well as Most Coveted Product at Tokyo’s International Audio Show this year.
“Although the oval B1d is a mid-sized 3½ -way with integral stand, it managed to generate incredibly deep, well-defined low end on bowed doublebass—and this with a tube amplifier. Superbly open, like a planar or ’stat, the B1d also had ’stat-like resolution, transient speed, and a very, very neutral tonal palette.”