Vivid Audio Kaya - Mola Mola - Auralic show at chattelin Audio, The Hague, March '19

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It is not exactly next door at 2 hours drive, but I really wanted to hear the Vivid Audio Kaya.
I have extensively listened to the Giya range, and the Oval range in the past, driven by various electronics, and liked them enough to build a 5.0 system with G2s, C1 and V1ws.
But how would the cheaper Kaya line fare in comparison?
So when Chattelin Audio sent me the invitation, I didn't hesitate.
I also wanted to meet 'Dic', the creator, who installed the speakers himself in our house, and Ben, co-owner of the shop, and our speaker whisperer.

The shop is situated in a quiet neighbourhood, and there is always free parking space.
It is not so big, but it has terrific gear.
I trust Ben's ears.

We were here before for this event:

https://www.audioaficionado.org/showthread.php?t=43436

And Ben was at our house twice to finetune our living room:

https://www.audioaficionado.org/showthread.php?t=43693




The set-up:




The Kaya 25, a small two-way floorstander - 9900€/pair
Mola Mola: 2 Kaluga mono blocks (6K each) and the new DAC Tambaqui (10K) with pre amp function.
Source: Auralic Aries G2 streamer (Qobuz and NAS) - 4K
SACD player: Luxman D-08u - 15K