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Avid Hifi Pulsare II

Regular price $9,499.00 USD
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PULSARE II

For over a decade our phono stages have a set new benchmark for musical enjoyment. Preceding our own designs, we tried many suitors and whilst offering excellent technical performance, they lacked realism. We call it shear power, that feeling of presence, solidity and drive that separates just listening to HiFi with that feeling of being in the presence of the performance.

"The AVID Pulsare II is the best phono amp that I have ever heard" - Paul Rigby

Key Features

  • Quick Switchable Settings
  • Fully Balanced Operation
  • Mono and Subsonic Filters
  • Two Cartridges Simultaneously

 


Electronic Artistry

Engineering turntables that arouse the sensation of musical reality with exceptionally low background noise, we spawned Pulsare, a phono stage that embodied these qualities, winning immediate critical acclaim.

Pulsare II elevated performance to new heights. Fully balanced with negligible distortion and devoid of noise. With prodigious headroom, this is pure electronic artistry.

"This is an impressive product indeed" - Steve Harris

 

 


Listening Experience

Employing extremely high-specification components, every attribute is of the highest order. Gain, Resistance, and Capacitance are all easily adjustable, even during operation and signal integrity is never compromised by using a bank of relays for every adjustment.

Cartridges can operate fully balanced through a dedicated input for the best possible sound quality. Mono and Subsonic filters optimise playback, assuring you of obtaining the ultimate listening experience. 

"It’s not leaving my house" - Martin Appel

 

 

 

REVIEW & AWARDS

The Avid Pulsare Phono Preamplifier - Read More

"The units’ $5,000 price is not an outrageous sum, but it is substantial and to many it will be prohibitive. What you get is such outstanding performance that it challenges phonostages costing much more. As such, this unit will remain as my reference for some time to come. It’s not leaving my house. It gets me more involved with the music then ever before and brings me another step closer to the real thing. Thank you, Conrad Mas." - Martin Appel

 

Avid Pulsare II - Read More

"The Pulsare II It is, in its own right, a great product and deserves to be given all the attention by those who enjoy the sound of vinyl at its best." 

 

MUSIKALSK BLODPUMPE - Read More

"Apart from the fact that it costs a lot of money, I find very little to put my finger on when it comes to this riaa. It is flexible, very easy to use, and sounds phenomenal. Playing LPs with the Avid Pulsare II gives it the same feeling as Lillebjørn Nilsen sings rum in <<Crescendo i gågata": <<The heart beats and the blood rushes"." 

 

Glücksmomente - Read More

"The Avid Sequel SP is an analog drive with an outstanding sound. Mechanically manufactured with absolute precision, it provides fantastic working conditions for the individual combination of tonearm and pickup. If you want to ensure that all the scanned information reaches the preamplifier, you will definitely not make a mistake if you choose the Pulsare II for the preamplification. The sum of these parts impressively shows, at the very highest level, the enormous sound potential of analog playback. In a series of musical moments of happiness, only one question remains unanswered: what was the purpose of the compact disc? The Avid Sequel SP provides the most convincing answer to date, which makes it an i-fidelity.net reference." - Olaf Sturm

 

Pulse quality - Read More

"The Avid Pulsare II is the best phono amp that I have ever heard. It's concentration on removing distortion from the hi-fi chain is the primary source of my enthusiasm. As such, it remains true to the primary source, ridding the signal of noise and maintaining a colour-free presen- tation with great focus." 

 

Pulsare Phono stage - The New Kid on American Shores? - Read More

"At the risk of being excommunicated from Sunday morning music listening sessions by my tube loving audiobuddies, there's no denying the fact that the Pulsare is one of the most musical and revealing solid-state phono sections that I've had the pleasure to audition. Where the unit is right, it's nothing short of thrilling; where it falls short of ultimate, the Pulsare never detracts from the listening experience. You owe it to yourself to give a listen to this phono section before choosing any other moderately priced—or even top of the line phono stage. " - Myles B. Astor

 

Avid Pulsare Phono (£3000) - Read More

"Scoring on build quality and facilities as well as excellent sonic performance, this is clearly one product that will outlast many other changes in a system. You may not intend to go balanced just yet, you may not need all those cartridge matching options this minute, but it is great to have such flexibility now and for the future, with no need for fiddly DIP switches or jumpers. This is an impressive product indeed. " - Steve Harris

 

 

SPECIFICATIONS

NOISE < -81dB MM   <-67dB MC
DISTORTION < 0.001%
RIAA 5Hz - 70kHz ±0.5dB
GAIN 40dB -50dB -60dB -70dB
RESISTANCE 10R-30R-100R-300R-500R-1K-5k-10K-47K-CUSTOM
CAPACITANCE 100pf - 200pf - 500pf - 1.5nf - 10nf - 20nf
SUBSONIC FILTER 1st ORDER SLOPE, -3dB@10Hz
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE 20Ω
POWER SUPPLY DOUBLE REGULATED WITH 300va TRANSFORMER
VOLTAGE INPUT 100-240vac 50/60Hz 10 WATTS MAX
DIMENSIONS 290 x 240 x 100mm (W x D x H)
NET WEIGHT CONTROL UNIT - 3.8KG (8.4LB) - PSU - 6.4KG (14LB)