Volti Experience !


Good morning everyone, I hope this finds you well.

I wanted to post on my experience taking delivery of my new Volti Razz. Ordered them in walnut with the premium black textured cloth. I was not expecting such an awesome experience picking them up. I arranged with Greg of Volti to come down to his shop and receive my speakers instead of have them shipped. Yes it saved me a few clams, however on retrospect, I think my true motivation was the 8 hour drive through beautiful OH, KY and TN, as well as meeting the creator/master builder and seeing his impressive workshop. What I got was that and so much more. Greg and his wife were incredible, they were amazingly generous hosts, engaging, fun, and clearly a devoted couple. Great Mexican food was followed by an extended listening session well into the night. I got a chance to listen to the Razz as well as some not yet released gear. And let me tell you, it blew my socks off... All of it!!!. There is surely a Volti House Sound. regardless of what speaker we were listening to, it's there. Greg is equal parts mad inventor, super cool guy, music lover and car nut. I think the man's mind is constantly engaged.. thinking, planning and working on speaker design. (when he's not blasting down epic county roads in his convertible).

If you are in the market, run, don't amble towards any of the Volti speakers. And if you are fortunate you will come home with not only world beating speakers to cherish for the rest of your life, you may also have a lifelong memory of the experience. 

I have literally had mine set up in house for only two days. What money and time I have invested simply doesn't matter. I have found my HFI, musical nirvana. 

doyle3433

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Congratulations Doyle! Great write-up and agree Greg is great people (met him at the Tampa show). I just bought some used Rivals via Audiogon classified a few months ago (thanks Ken!) and am still completely blown away by these speakers - especially with the Townshend Podiums which sent my whole system to yet another level. I don’t have much time with those but listened to side 2 of DSotM, UK 5th pressing at 85-90 db with peaks of 97 a few days ago and it was a religious experience. I lol’d a few times. Unbelievable. The sound stage is full and expansive. I couldn’t quite get them to disappear before but the Podiums “took them away”. This was a few days ago and I’m still in awe. My volume very is WAF limited so will be another week before I can repeat. 
 

Willy, I have a Primaluna Evo 300 integrated amp with KT-150s and may need to hire a structural engineer to check my foundation after my last session. 

Glad you are having such a great experience with your Razz! I'm 2 months in with my Rivals and feel the same - system has never sounded better. In fact, it sounds better than most of what I heard at the Tampa hifi show (not inlcuding most of the super high $ systems though on the first floor). That said, I realize they had room limitations to work with - but still - I have permagrin every time I put the needle down and take a seat. My wife will be out for a few hours on Sat and can't wait as that is when I can turn the volume up.