I don't want to get into comparing the YG with the Vivid too much because I think they are both great speakers. There is one important difference that I noticed right away. I'm big on first impressions because auditory memory is generally bad.
The high frequency output at the seat position is much smoother with the vivid speakers versus the YG. The reason for this is the off axis performance difference between the two designs. I noticed my first vivid measurement measured fairly flat and smooth high frequency content all the way beyond 20khz. I use a calibrated earthworks m23 and measure at 48khz sampling so there's not much after 23khz anyway.
With the YG, the HF falls off sharply above 15khz at seated position. Since the difference is an off axis issue, it can't be fixed with DSP. Of course, most folks can't hear much above 14-15khz. One can see these differences in the lateral off axis plots JA did of the two speakers to verify what I'm saying here. In fact, the YG off axis drops off pretty quick above 10khz. There could be some kind of time domain effect. When a speaker rolls off too early, the speaker basically becomes a filter and the filter can affect both frequency and time domains. IMO, the vivid speakers communicate music in a much more lively and colorful way. The soundstage is super holographic too. To me, the difference isn't like a DAC upgrade or power amp. It's a pretty mega improvement. I'm rocking some Hiromi now.
The high frequency output at the seat position is much smoother with the vivid speakers versus the YG. The reason for this is the off axis performance difference between the two designs. I noticed my first vivid measurement measured fairly flat and smooth high frequency content all the way beyond 20khz. I use a calibrated earthworks m23 and measure at 48khz sampling so there's not much after 23khz anyway.
With the YG, the HF falls off sharply above 15khz at seated position. Since the difference is an off axis issue, it can't be fixed with DSP. Of course, most folks can't hear much above 14-15khz. One can see these differences in the lateral off axis plots JA did of the two speakers to verify what I'm saying here. In fact, the YG off axis drops off pretty quick above 10khz. There could be some kind of time domain effect. When a speaker rolls off too early, the speaker basically becomes a filter and the filter can affect both frequency and time domains. IMO, the vivid speakers communicate music in a much more lively and colorful way. The soundstage is super holographic too. To me, the difference isn't like a DAC upgrade or power amp. It's a pretty mega improvement. I'm rocking some Hiromi now.
