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The design is definitely distinctive: a sleekly finished cylinder with units inside it behind a neatly fitting front. This must be a Voice Victory speaker! In our case, the cylinder is supebly finished in a bronze-colored lacquer. That looks cool! Yes, we know: tastes differ, but we just like it.
Ferdinand Verbeek – founder of Voice Victory – is pretty clear in his approach: start with solid stuff and work from there to a finished product. And we like that philosophy.
Voice Victory Supreme
Looking at the Voice Victory Supreme, the first thing we see is a remarkable design: a round cylinder. More about that later. Milled into that cylinder is a large baffle. Inside it are four units in a three-way configuration: two solid Dayton woofers with dual voice coils, an insanely beautiful dome mid from Bliesma and a tweeter from the same brand. The tweeters are a matched pair. In the crossover you will also find only solid components from Jantzen and Mundorf. In short: no complaints here!
The enclosure is a funny story, though. As reported in the video, the idea for the shape came when the sewer was being repaired in front of Ferdinand’s (student) house. He then “borrowed” a piece of pipe and started making a speaker out of it. And that turned out surprisingly well! Not surprising: a round shape is much less affected by standing waves. And if the PVC is thick enough (25mm in this case), it is also super strong, remarkably heavy and also resonance free.
This new line-up from Voice Victory has additional damping in the form of some bitumen and some ‘wool’. That makes this speaker enclosure truly damped and ‘dead’. Tap the enclosure and you get damped ‘tick’ everywhere you tap.
All colors… no really!
Voice Victory speakers can be ordered in any color. Standard colors are simply included in the price. Special colors, such as our “bronze color” cost a little more. How much depends on the color and paint type.
What is nice to mention is that the lacquer used by Voice Victory is special. It is very tough and actually cannot scratch easily. Where ordinary lacquer is actually a bit “elastic” and “soft,” this lacquer is hard like a diamond and particularly scratch resistant, which is nice, of course.
Hypex and Eversolo
Ferdinand believes in a total package. A concept. Now the Voice Victory Supreme play on any amplifier – including tubes – and with any streamer, but Ferdinand likes to work with Eversolo and Hypex. The Nilai power amplifier is super stable, neutral and keeps the speakers under control in all conditions. The Eversolo A6, A8 and A10 offer great value for money and sound good. The combination of Voice Victory, Hypex and Eversolo is just very nice and cost interesting, Ferdinand thinks. And we certainly agree!
