Avid

Browse Avid vintage audio equipment in the Vintage Technology Archive.

Audio Interface

• HD192 — Avid HD192 I/O converter — thin documentation, used-market presence, Digidesign 192 I/O interoperability. No confirmed specs or years.

Mixers

• S3L — Avid S3L (2013-2015) modular digital live mixing console with VENUE platform, HDX processing, AVB networking, and sub-2ms latency. Priced $18,000-$28,000.

Preamplifiers

• Reference Preamplifier — A flagship analogue preamplifier from AVID HI FI, featuring an integrated phono stage and built for high-end stereo systems.

Unknown

• 10 — Avid 10 loudspeaker. Extremely little documented; may relate to the Avid Model 110 Minimum Diffraction speaker from 1979.
• 100 — Avid 100 compact speaker system, entry-level of the Series 100 line. Reviewed by High Fidelity in 1974 as one of the best in its class.
• 102 — Avid 102 bookshelf speaker from the 1973 Series 100 line with user-changeable grilles, acoustic suspension design, crossover at 3 kHz.
• 102A — Avid 102A two-way acoustic-suspension bookshelf speaker. Little documented; known specs from a single 1980 HiFi/Stereo Review listing: 10-inch woofer.
• 103 — Avid 103 loudspeaker, the top model in Avid's Series 100 line from the early 1970s. Little documented beyond period ads and two magazine mentions covering transient response and listening impressions.
• 110 — Avid 110 loudspeaker, ca. 1979–1980. Advertised as a budget Minimum Diffraction design under $150 with in-house drivers. Little beyond ad copy survives.
• 230 — Avid 230 speaker system, c.1979. Known from a HiFI-Stereo test report noting smooth tone-burst response, 88 dB SPL at 1m, and emphasized high-end.
• 232 — Avid 232, an obscure second-generation Minimum Diffraction loudspeaker from the early 1980s known only through two period reviews; specs include 10-50kHz response, $690 price, optional cabinet.
• 330 — Avid 330 loudspeaker, late 1970s. Three-way design with 10-inch woofer, soft-dome midrange and tweeter. Limited documentation; known mainly from period reviews in High Fidelity.
• 80A — Avid 80A bookshelf speaker — scarce in the record. Period directories point to an 8-inch two-way acoustic-suspension design with 10-45W power handling.

Other Models

• Acutus — A high-end turntable built around a heavy platter and proprietary vibration control, marking AVID’s debut product. This page has the complete spec table.
• Model 110 — Avid Model 110, a compact Minimum Diffraction loudspeaker from 1979–80, documented mainly through its under-$150 launch advertising.
• MODEL-101 — Avid Model 101 — a 1970s two-way, four-driver vented column rated 30 Hz–18 kHz, $135 new, with a heavy 8-inch woofer and a mixed review record.
• MODEL-102 — Avid Model 102 — a $130 two-way air-suspension bookshelf with a user-swappable grille and specs honest enough to surprise the reviewers.
• MODEL-230 — Avid Model 230 — identity unresolved. Period docs describe a 1979 speaker system (88 dB/1m) and an unrelated Aphex voice processor. Verify before buying.
• PQ Controller — Avid PQ Controller: the four-encoder Personal Q remote for D-Show/Profile consoles. Needs a PQ Rack to function. Manual-sourced specs, thin market history.
• Profile — Avid Profile — compact 24-fader VENUE digital console, the size-conscious alternative to D-Show for houses of worship, theaters, and clubs.
• Stage Rack — Avid Stage Rack — 10U remote I/O for VENUE live sound, 48x48 max, dual redundant PSUs, 86 lbs. The onstage half of the D-Show/Profile signal chain.
• VENUE — Avid VENUE Profile — 24-fader live console, 45.3-inch x 31.1-inch x 6.65-inch, full VENUE software portability. The compact alternative to D-Show.