avid diva II turntable
The DIVA II turntable is the first turntable on the rung to bear resemblance to the company's flagship ACUTUS, and presents a more flexible approach in offering a choice of arms and cartridges. As with all AVIDHIFI turntables, the DIVA II shares the same bearing as the ACUTUS, and is somewhat responsible for their turntables sounding as good as they do. It also shares the same unique vibration dissipating clamp design, channelling unwanted vibration away from the record via the centre spindle, lowering the noise floor quite noticeably.
The sure-footed 'arrowhead' plinth is made from a solid billet of hefty aluminium, providing an extremely stable base for the deck to work on, maintaining a low centre of gravity, and as well as the three isolating feet, the DIVA II uses a dual sorbothane layers to dissipate unwanted vibrations.
The bearing housing houses an inverted bearing arrangement - a sapphire tipped spindle rotates on a tungsten-carbide ball, with no friction, noise, or wear. As this contact point has no lateral movement, the platter does not wobble or suffer from rumble noise. The spindle is tapered to eliminate standing waves.
The external 24v power supply feeds the AC synchronous motor, housed in its own independent 5kg housing. This motor housing is also separate to the turntable in order to avoid any potential vibration reaching the rest of the deck.
The solid 5.5kg aluminium platter provides greater inertia, offering more accurate speed, greatly improving sound quality. The cork mat provides a damped layer between the record and platter.
AVID turntables provide an SME fit for tonearms, with adaptors available to fit other types, so any arm can be adapted to fit. AVIDHIFI's own arms and cartridges have been designed as perfect companions to extract the most out of your AVID deck.
Any AVIDHIFI turntables purchased from the little audio company will attract a healthy part exchange value if traded in against other AVID decks, as would any tonearm upgrades.
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33 RPM and 45 RPM
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5.5kg damped aluminium platter / cork mat
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vibration transfer record clamp
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solid aluminium chassis
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inverted stainless steel bearing
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sapphire jewel bearing
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triple layer elastomer isolation
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sorbothane isolation feet
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high-torque, 5kg separate 24v motor
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external PSU
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optional acrylic cover £215
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H 140mm x W 450mm x D 390mm
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2 year warranty
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£3000 (+ arm and cartridge)