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Avid Acutus Reference Turntable

The Reference power supply is a visually striking piece of engineering, elevating the mechanical perfection of the Acutus. Like a luxury sports car, the drive motor is powerful yet smooth and refined, revealing performances with such clarity that it transports you to the recording environment and lays bare everything that transpired.

Acutus Reference

Our mid-range Acutus powers the Classic model to new heights of musicality, painting a virtual soundstage of realism that will leave you listening for hours.

Reference provides not just a subjective difference over the Classic, but an instantly obvious lowering of the noise floor with extensions of both bass and treble and a significant dynamic improvement.

Key Features

  • Reference 25Kg Power Supply
  • Unique Sapphire Bearing
  • Dual Stage Clamping System
  • Vibration Tuned Subchassis
  • Frequency Adjustable Suspension

Beyond listening

Capturing your ears with increased highs and powerful lows, with plummeting noise levels producing the renowned inky black backgrounds associated with our turntables, this is a masterpiece of engineering that will redefine your emotional connection with music.

Records will stimulate you, becoming an experience similar to a live venue, experiences that can be relived time after time, long into the nights. An experience that goes beyond listening.

Reference Power

The Reference power supply is a visually striking piece of engineering, elevating the mechanical perfection of the Acutus. Like a luxury sports car, the drive motor is powerful yet smooth and refined, revealing performances with such clarity that it transports you to the recording environment and lays bare everything that transpired.

Specifications

DRIVE:

TWIN BELT DRIVE

SPEEDS:

33.3 & 45.0 RPM (ADJUSTABLE)

PLATTER MASS:

ALUMINIUM 10KG

BEARING:

INVERTED STAINLESS STEEL

THRUST POINT:

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE/SAPPHIRE

SUSPENSION:

3 POINT SPRING Vertical 2.5Hz,  Lateral 4.5Hz

TONEARM FITTING:

SME TEMPLATE

ADAPTERS AVAILABLE:

YES: SINGLE OR TWIN TONEARMS

MOTOR:

HAND BUILT 24V 140mNm AC Synchronous

POWER SUPPLY:

DSP VARI-SPEED CONTROL UNIT

VOLTAGE INPUT:

100-240VAC 50/60Hz 20 Watts Max.

DIMENSIONS:

Turntable (overall) 460 x 400 x 210mm (WxDxH)
Turntable (footprint) 410 x 360mm (WxD)
P.S.U. 415 x 350 x 140mm (WxDxH)

NET WEIGHT:

19.0Kg (42lb) turntable only
20.1Kg (45lb) psu only