Avid 80A
Little is documented about the Avid 80A. Avid's own catalog is reasonably well covered for models like the 100, 102, and 103, but the 80A looks like an outlier. It either had a very short production run or stayed in specific regional distribution. The Archive has not yet found a dedicated brochure, service manual, or detailed specification sheet for this speaker.
What the period record shows is indirect. A High-Fidelity equipment directory from 1980 (p.149) lists a compact two-way acoustic-suspension speaker with an 8-inch woofer, a 1-inch cone tweeter, a crossover at 2.5 kHz, a nominal impedance of 6 ohms, and a power handling range of 10 to 45 watts. Given the brand's design philosophy at the time, that is the sort of bookshelf model the Avid 80A would have been. The directory does not name the 80A in the surviving text, so the attribution is circumstantial. No other contemporary review or advertisement has been confirmed to mention the model by name.
Beyond that, almost nothing is recorded. The 80A's place in Avid's lineup, its exact years of production, and its original price all remain unconfirmed. A complete page will need a collector to turn up a period listing or a physical example with a back-panel label.
- Type: Likely acoustic-suspension (based on family design cues)
- Drivers (unconfirmed): 8" woofer; 1" cone tweeter
- Crossover (unconfirmed): 2.5 kHz
- Impedance (unconfirmed): 6 ohms
- Power range (unconfirmed): 10 – 45 watts
- Response (unconfirmed): 55 Hz – 17 kHz, ±3.5 dB
Note: The specifications above come from a period listing that may correspond to the 80A but is not definitively labeled as such. Treat them as provisional.
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