Florida Audio Expo 2025

Volti Audio’s Greg Roberts debuted his new Vittora Loudspeaker System ($50,000). It is the latest version of the horn-loaded system Art Dudley reviewed in September, 2013. The new Vittora system included the two main, birch-ply speakers (104dB at nominal 8 ohms, 50Hz-20k), two Extended Low Frequency ELF12 cabinets (with 12" sub drivers), one ELFpre preamp, and two ELFamp amplifiers (500W each). Alternately, customers can order two ELF18 cabinets (which include an 18" driver).

To my eye, the ELF12 sub resembles a large cajon—a box-shaped Peruvian percussion instrument played by slapping its surface with hands, fingers, mallets, or sticks—adding to the system’s overall musicality.

Greg’s FLAX system also included a 2TB Innuos ZENith Music Server ($6699), a Mojo Audio Mystique SE DAC ($8499), a Cary Audio SLI-80 integrated amplifier ($4995), and various cabling from Pete Grzybowski’s Triode Wire Labs.

Regarding the differences between the new Vittora and previous versions, Greg explained the tweeters are now centered above the mid-horn for improved coherency, the larger mid-horn better integrates with the bass horn, which has increased in size and “extends deeper into the bass and has a more intricate throat design and horn pathway with better upper bass definition,” notes the Volti Audio website. The ELF system is completely new to this iteration of the Vittora.

Roberts has also improved the crossover and its isolation using IsoAcoustic decoupling feet.

From MusicAeterna's transcendent rendition of Mozart's Requiem to Gene Pokorny's resonant “Big Boy” and Crossroads' soulful “That Lucky Old Sun,” the Volti Audio Vittoras delivered a performance of exceptional beauty, nuanced form, and commanding power. Like their Lucera siblings I have in for review, but with heightened refinement, scope, and power, the Vittoras fostered an effortless immersion in the music. Beyond their demonstrable excellence in imaging, dynamics, and soundstage depth, they distinguished themselves by a rare ability: to simply play music, with an immediacy and naturalness surpassing most conventional loudspeakers.

“After a few weeks with the Vittora,” wrote Art Dudley in his original review, “I find myself convinced by the naturalness, momentum, and force that it found in every record I played: This is surely one of the finest horn-loaded speakers made in the US.”