Viva Audio Unveils the Verticale: A Towering Masterpiece of Horn-Loaded Brilliance!
After two years of relentless innovation, Amedeo Schembri, chief designer of Italy’s Viva Audio, has unleashed the Verticale—a colossal floorstanding speaker that redefines sonic grandeur. Standing tall at 1.5 meters and tipping the scales at over 100 kg each, these behemoths are engineered not just for mass but for pure acoustic dominance.
A Symphony of Horns and Power
The Verticale’s jaw-dropping design packs:
- Four 10-inch long-stroke woofers delivering thunderous lows down to 200 Hz
- A 6-inch horn-loaded midrange taking over up to 1,200 Hz
- A 1.4-inch compression tweeter soaring to 10 kHz
- And the pièce de résistance is a vibration-isolated super tweeter, also horn-loaded, handling everything beyond!
This horn-heavy arsenal achieves an astonishing 98 dB/W sensitivity with a 6-ohm impedance, making them a dream for high-efficiency amplification, even if they demand profound power respect.
Tube Power Meets Cutting-Edge Design
Viva Audio didn’t hold back on demonstrations, pairing the Verticale with their Solista MK III a 22W single-ended Class A tube beast built on mighty 845 triodes. The setup, showcased at Southwest Audio Fest (USA) and Audio Show Deluxe (UK), also featured:
- The Numerico DAC (Viva’s own)
- Albedo-Silver cables for pristine signal transfer
- The Linea dual-chassis preamp with external power supply
- A Pink Faun Scion Streamer is the source
The Ultimate Audiophile Flex
With no official pricing or release date yet, the Verticale remains a tantalizing mystery. One thing’s for sure: This isn’t just a speaker. It’s a seismic event in high-end audio.
Stay tuned. The revolution is about to get louder.
