Vivid kaya 45 or Magico A3

I'm a current A3 owner and have heard a couple of Vivid’s. I would recommend the A3’s. IMO they are a better allrounder. Both are exceptional so really, I’d recommend listening to both if you can. The Beryllium tweeters Magico uses are smoother without losing detail. Unlike Focal’s implementation. I would say they both have excellent imaging and layering. Bass is solid in the A3’s fast detailed and quite deep for the size. Can’t really recall all the sound profile of the Vivid’s been too long. I preferred the A3’s sound but they are just a black box so the Vivid’s maybe a nicer looking speaker to some. Both are heavy, Magico’s being 110lb each. The Magico cab is a work of engineering excellence with zero cabinet resonance. I noticed this after being a Open Baffel owner for several years. I like the Vivid’s but I think the Magico’s are for me have the better sound, more engaging, dynamic, non-fatiguing and supper detailed.

 I cannot listen to Focal’s due to how bright they are, coming from B&W’s which I also find a little on the brighter side (not as bad as Focal’s) you may prefer the Vivid’s.

I’ve used Coda, Sim Moon on my Magico’s both sounding great, I’ve also used a 30wpc vintage amp on them with surprising results so they can be driven by less power than I would have expected. Pass labs gear sounds excellent of the magico line from my reading a good match.

I have a 14x 22 room and the A3’s work excellently in it so I’m sure they will be fine for your room as well. I  use my Magico’s for both music, TV, movies etc. in a mixed living room environment they work well for all. I’m going to try a tube amp on them next lol.

One thing you will find is both will show your up-stream components shortcomings like a lens, the A3’s have put me on a total upgrade path due to their abilities to retrieve detail and dynamics. I’m not sure the Bryston will be at the level of either speaker to be honest. Granted I’ve not heard a new Bryston in years.

Good luck exciting time for you a head, either way you go as both are stellar.

First let me be clear that I am not fan of Magico, so you may take my comment with grain of salt. My local brick and mortar dealer has Magico, among other brands, so often I have chance to listen their models for longer periods of time. That being said I found A3 to be very uneven speaker, good in bass, recessed in mids and somewhat closed on highs, despite its tweeter. It was connected on BHK pre and 250 amp. Magico A5, the larger model is better, but probably too big for your room and still I think that there are better speakers for the money. My advice would be to listen the speakers you are interested for in relaxed settings with plenty of time for decision. I believe that my impressions might be obvious to you as well, as some of audiophile friends share them too. Also, not less important, Bryston and Sim audio are not the devices (regarding their sound signature) that I would connect to Magico. Have not listened to Vivid. Best of luck in your search 

Yes, a more neutral sound. That is what I am looking for.

What about the 803s isn’t neutral — what specific improvements are you looking for?  The more specific you can be the better the recommendations you’ll get here.  “More neutral” is too vague and could mean many things. 

What about the 803s isn’t neutral — what specific improvements are you looking for?

Visible here.  Note that the FR anomalies are consistent at all listening angles.

https://www.spinorama.org/speakers/Bowers%20&%20Wilkins%20803%20D3/Bowers%20&%20Wilkins/index_vendor.html

Try Yamaha NS-5000. Bigger company with more resources. You may need a more powerful amp.