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AVID - ACUTUS REFERENCE TURNTABLE

The Best Gets Better! The Acutus Reference is the Ultimate in Analog Playback!

How did Avid take one of the world’s very best turntables and take its performance to a whole new level? Well… Avid did a few things! First and foremost, it’s all about the new huge power supply/motor drive. This new custom designed power supply upgrade for the Acutus is absolutely huge! Why would a turntable need such a tremendous power supply? Continuousness! The power supply drives the motor with such precision, the pace and timing of the music takes on a whole new perspective. We can guarantee your records have never sounded this good before!

Yes. Avid did upgrade the suspension in the Acutus so now it’s simple to adjust for leveling, but that’s not the big story here. You can read all about the features of the Acutus in the description below. The real story here is this power supply. The difference it makes in the reproduction of instruments and voices is truly stunning. This table is a true work of art and pure labor of love from Conrad Mas.

We encourage you to spend some time with the Acutus Reference. But be warned… you might not make it to work the next day! Our highest recommendation!

The design and engineering behind this table sets new standards in music reproduction. AVID’s design philosophy begins with the most critical component in the signal chain, the stylus tracking the groove of the record. The Acutus uses a bonded polymer mat attached to a massive 22 lb. platter to combat the energy created by the stylus tracing the record grooves while providing a stable platform for information retrieval. After all, if you can’t get the information out of the grooves at the stylus tip, precious resolution is lost. The Acutus recovers an unprecedented amount of information delivering fast, undeniable pin-point accuracy. All unwanted energy is transferred to the inverted bearing, made from a sapphire jewel cup containing a tungsten carbide ball. The inverted bearing is attached to a sub-chassis consisting of a single-piece complex aluminum casting in a three-fold design ensuring massive strength and rigidity. This provides a direct link between the arm mounting and the bearing. AVID’s principle provides for all energy from the platter and tonearm to be completely drained into the sub-chassis, translating into ultra-quiet, deep black backgrounds. The sub-chassis rests on a frequency-adjustable, active suspension consisting of three specially designed extension springs adjustable with a reverse “cork-screw” device; insuring a low center of gravity, stability, and equal suspension regardless of load. The vertical springs are horizontally aligned with lateral damping rings, preventing any rocking motion; this allows vertical motion and guarantees the drive belt is always under constant tension, assuring rock-solid speed stability. This amazing engineering feat is wrapped up with a powerful A/C motor (10 times more torque than conventional units), completely rebuilt to reduce vibration and noise, a splitphase quartz-locked power supply, a round drive belt without retaining grooves on the platter, truly “driving” the platter with consistent pitch stability even if the ‘table is oscillating. The Acutus is not only an engineering marvel with a sonic presentation unlike any other, it is also a jaw-dropping beauty. Tonearm sold separately.

“Avid’s Acutus Reference clearly ranks among the handful of top analog playback contenders. What I can say with confidence is that the Acutus Reference is one of the most musical-sounding record players you can buy, one of the most intelligently designed, thoroughly engineered, and beautifully made, one of the most compact, and one of the easiest to set up and maintain.”
- Wayne Garcia, The Absolute Sound, March 2007

“The Avid Acutus was a superb sounding turntable by any standard—among the handful of best turntables I’ve heard...”
—Michael Fremer, Stereophile

“Buy an Acutus and you’ve got a whole new record collection to listen to—guaranteed. You’ll discover new things on discs you thought you knew backwards.”
—Jimmy Hughes, HiFi+