Arriving Soon

Reference Pre-Amplifier             Due Mid: 2012
Reference Mono Amplifiers

Building on the Pulsare's success, designed again from first principles, our Reference Pre-Amplifier will appeal to our specific customer. A vinyl based consumer who also has other interests and passions this fully balanced design with exceptionally low noise and distortion across the audio spectrum retains the Pulsare’s impressive headroom, so there's never a feeling of 'running out of steam'.

Employing extremely high-specification components, every attribute is of the highest order.
At no point, in the circuit is signal integrity compromised, using a bank of relays for every adjustment. Inputs and outputs are both XLR and RCA, and whilst running fully balanced internally, the output is optionally balanced or unbalanced.

Two cartridges can be simultaneously fitted, each with independent controls. Mono can also be selected, catering for the growing interest in this playback style. Added to this are three line stages, an AUX input, a high quality dedicated headphone output and a fixed level tape output. Four main outputs allow up to four mono-amplifiers to be powered in either balanced or single ended configuration.

There are also both line level and output direct settings, allowing all electronics to be bypassed and the pre-amp to be used passively, highlighting the fact we have steered away from conventional ‘performance-limiting’ remote controls and employed a bespoke Penney & Giles volume control. Handmade from signal conductive plastic and manufactured to within 0.5dB per channel, this key component is indicative of our absolute purist approach.

Avid’s Reference Pre-Amplifier and mono block amplifier launch has been delayed because of ongoing development and our recent factory relocation. We fully expect to launch by the summer of 2012 still offering new levels of sonic performance.

Specifications

AVID reserves the right to improve or change its products without notice at any time.