Avid 10
Almost nothing is recorded about the Avid 10. The model number does not appear in the surviving Avid literature or period audio directories that have been consulted. No review or advertisement mentioning an Avid 10 has been located.
What is documented is the Avid Model 110, a compact "Minimum Diffraction" loudspeaker that Avid introduced in the fall of 1979. Audio (September 1979, p.49) and HI-Fi-Stereo-Buyers (November 1979, p.9) carried full-page advertisements calling it "The New Reference Standard Under $150." The ads claimed system response of 48 Hz to 20 kHz ±3 dB, 88 dB efficiency, and 100-watt power handling. The "Avid 10" may have been a variant, a different-market designation, or an early catalog number for what became the Model 110. No source confirms this.
A single unrelated reference in HI-Fi-Stereo-Buyers (March 1980, p.17) mentions "Quality Car Speakers" and a "Ten Plus System" from Avid, priced at $250 per set. Whether the "10" in that product name relates to a model "10" is unclear.
Until a period catalog, service manual, or contemporaneous review names the Avid 10 directly, its identity remains speculative.
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