Vorig jaar oktober hadden wij Laurence Dickie te gast met zijn laatste creatie de Vivid B1 Decade. Destijds weliswaar een prototype maar de klank was toen al bijzonder te noemen. Vanaf begin dit jaar is de B1 Decade leverbaar en de productie versie gaat nog een aantal stapjes verder dan het prototype. Dat vinden ze bij het Amerikaanse internetportaal www.Soundstagehifi.com ook. Zij riepen de B1 Decade uit tot “Recommended Reference Component”. Hieronder leest u het commentaar:

Although Vivid Audio’s Oval B1 received a Reviewers’ Choice award when it was reviewed, it was never recognized as a Recommended Reference Component, mostly because of its bass deficiencies. Had Laurence Dickie addressed only those problems and called the result the Oval B1 Decade, that alone would have been enough to qualify the new version as a Recommended Reference Component. But his complete revision of the B1 has made the Oval B1 Decade a considerably better speaker than its forebear in many aspects of its sound — a speaker that not only deserves being included in our list of Recommended Reference Components, but that can also be called one of the best speakers available at any price!