Avid Model 110
Little independent documentation survives for the Avid Model 110. Almost everything known about it comes from the company's own introduction advertising, which ran from late 1979 into 1980. The ads announced a compact "Minimum Diffraction" loudspeaker priced under $150. Audio (September 1979, p.49) ran the launch spread, and HiFI-Stereo (September 1979, p.15) repeated the claim that the 110 established "a new reference standard" in its price class.
The performance figures in those ads are the only concrete specs in the record: 48 Hz to 20 kHz ±3 dB system response, 88 dB efficiency, and 100-watt power handling. Avid also stressed that it built its own drivers in-house. The "reference standard" language is plain marketing copy. Still, it pitches the 110 as a serious compact speaker at a competitive price. The usual collector details are undocumented: driver complement, crossover details, cabinet construction, production run length, and any independent lab review. No test report from Audio, High Fidelity, or Stereo Review has surfaced so far.
Known specs, from the advertising:
- Compact "Minimum Diffraction" loudspeaker, under $150
- System response: 48 Hz–20 kHz ±3 dB (claimed)
- Efficiency: 88 dB (claimed)
- Power handling: 100 W (claimed)
- Drivers manufactured by Avid
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