Vivid Audio Moya M1 Loudspeakers
VIVID AUDIO MOYA M1 FLAGSHIP LOUDSPEAKERS
The new Vivid Audio flagship loudspeaker uses an enhanced low frequency design involving eight 225mm (9-inch) alloy drivers, meet Laurence Dickie’s new flagship,the Vivid Audio Moya M1.
The Vivid Audio Moya M1 has been conceived to demonstrate “that extending a speaker’s bass response also improves the perception of higher frequency bands”.
VIVID AUDIO MOYA M1 LOUDSPEAKERS
Designed and hand-manufactured entirely in-house from Vivid’s signature carbon-reinforced sandwich composite, the Moya M1 is a 5-way, 13 driver system featuring four extensively braced bass enclosures, each with aerodynamically optimised reaction-cancelling ports. Each module houses two proprietary C225-100H, 225 mm alloy diaphragm bass drivers arranged in a horizontally opposed configuration, their magnets united by a substantial steel tie-bar to eliminate cabinet vibration and minimise any turbulent effects which may limit low-end linearity, as well the need for a heavy enclosure.
DRIVERS
Equipped with 100mm voice coils in a 45 mm gap rare-earth radial magnet system, the eight side-firing C225s are complemented by two front-firing C175-76, 175mm carbon fibre reinforced mid-bass drivers, a single C100SCu,100mm carbon-fibre reinforced mid-range, a D50DLC, 50 mm ‘Diamond-Like Coated’ aluminium alloy upper midrange dome – all with tapered tube loading – and a D26DLC ‘Diamond-Like Coated’ 26 mm aluminium alloy tweeter.
The Diamond-Like Coated (DLC) process involves a material that can be applied to the surface of the aluminium domes at a temperature well below melting point.
All drivers are developed from Vivid Audio’s existing drivers and optimised for use in the Moya M1. The speaker makes use of a passive, five-way, fourth order Linkwitz-Riley crossover in three parts, where the mid and high sections are placed well away from bass sections.
VIVID AUDIO MOYA M1 SPECS
Specifications Vivid Audio MOYA M1
Configuration 5-way, 13 driver system
Cabinet material Carbon-reinforced balsa-cored vacuum-infused sandwich composite
Standard colours Piano Black, Lexus Pearl White, Oyster Grey Matte
Bespoke colours PPG automotive colours vailable on request
Drive units High Frequency: D26DLC – 26 mm Diamond-like Coated alloy dome unit with Tapered Tube Loading. Ultra-high flux radial magnet system
Upper Mid Frequency: D50DLC – 50 mm Diamond-like Coated alloy dome unit with Tapered Tube Loading. Copper shielded radial magnet system
Mid Frequency: C100SCu – 100mm carbon fibre reinforced alloy cone driver with Tapered Tube Loading. Copper shielded rare-earth radial magnet system
Lower Mid Frequency: 2 x C175-76 – 175 mm carbon fibre reinforced diaphragm with 76 mm voice coil with rare-earth radial magnet system. Tapered Tube Loading
Low Frequency: 8 x C225-100H – 225 mm alloy diaphragm with 100mm voice coil in 45 mm gap rare-earth radial magnet system
Bass loading Exponentially Tapered Tube enhanced bass reflex
Sensitivity 93dB/2.83V@1m
Nominal impedacnce (Ω) 5 nominal, 2.5 minimum at 40 Hz
Frequency range (Hz) -6dB points: 19 Hz – 42,000 Hz
First D26 Break Up mode: > 50,000 Hz
Harmonic distortion (2nd and 3rd harmonics) < -60dB > 100 Hz
Cross over frequencies (Hz) 125 Hz – 550 Hz – 1,700 Hz – 4,000 Hz
Power handling (music program) watts rms 3,000W
Loudspeaker dimensions 1,660 mm (H) x 660 mm (W) x 1,210 mm (D)
Net weight 346 kg (each)
The worldwide launch of the Moya M1 will take place on March 16th in Guangzhou, China, with Zesen Hifi, and for Europe, at the Munich High-End show in Hall 3, Room K16.
VIVID AUDIO MOYA M1 PRICE
Anticipated retail price inc VAT pair: £400,000
HiFi PiG Says: A huge and distinctive looking new flagship loudspeakers from Vivid.
