Vivid Oval V1.5Price: $7700 per pair

Website: www.vividaudio.com

Hans said: It’s a world-class two-way loudspeaker, with obscene speed and transparency, and an ability to resolve the finest recorded details, that would be laudable even at twice the price. To find these qualities for well under $10,000/pair is a most pleasant surprise. If there is a better demonstration of high-end engineering successfully trickled down to an affordable product, I’m unaware of it.

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The gist: Super-resolution two-way is the entry into the Vivid Audio world.