Viva tube gear ...

joeinid

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I've been looking around and this company, Viva, caught my eye.

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I can find any pricing or reviews. Any help in the right direction would be appreciated.
 
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Hi Joe -
I listened to their integrated, the solista, at Ears Nova in the city for a couple of hours. It is fantastic, but a bit pricey....I think around $12k? They set it up with both Rockports and the Magico monitors. It sounded great to me and I was surprised at the ease with which it drove speakers with only 20 odd watts. It had a much more fleshed out sound than the Boulder 865 I compared it to, but ultimately I preferred the Ayon Spirit III at half the price. Lucky for me I guess :)

Anyways, they are very friendly at Ears Nova which was refreshing for such a high-end shop. I had a copy of the Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here re-issued vinyl and they offered to play it on the big rig as I was the only one there. We listened to the entire album on the massive constellation, rockport, basis setup and I was blown away. The owner is very nice. Worth checking out if you're interested....although knowing you, you'd probably walk out with the Constellation amps. haha.

Here's an older review I found:

Listening #35 | Stereophile.com
 
Jay,

Thank you, I appreciate it and you are right. I need to be careful.
 
Joe...the VIVAs are SET amps and so you will need to mate them with appropriate speakers, maybe the Voltis? :D
 
Joe,

Geardaddy has this and loves it. I will see if I can find his comments....$22K new now.
Correction: $17 new for a Mark 3.

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I just picked up a Viva Solista integrated (mark 1). It is awesome so I'm in a stick with that for now.

They usually run 4-8k used, depending on vintage.

It has world class line stage in it (a true active stage) so it should be better than amps with passive on board IMO. VIVA has been building world class SETS since 1996.
 
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