De Britse vakpers is onverdeeld enthousiast over de Sonneteer apparatuur..Klik hier voor een aantal "quotes" (engels)

John Thiele, verkoopmedewerker van de Firma Pruijs, Amsterdam, Al meer dan 15 jaar ervaring met high-end audio:

"De Acutus is een wereldspeler, en de Volvere is tot geweldige prestaties te krijgen. Deze apparatuur inspireert tot uitgebreide experimenten met verschillende armen en elementen."

"In de korte tijd die we tot onze beschikking hadden om de Sonneteer producten te beluisteren, waren we al snel onder de indruk. De Byron is een zeer bijzondere cd-speler en we staan versteld van de prestaties van de Alabaster versterker. Alle apparatuur is zijn geld meer dan waard. Het is dan ook geen wonder dat de eerste complete Sonneteer-set zijn weg naar de klant heeft reeds heeft gevonden."

Hieronder een klein deel van Salvatore's commentaar. De schrijver is audiodealer in Toronto in Canada. Op zijn site beschrijft hij zijn favoriete high-end set. Salvatore's favoriete luidsprekersysteem is het:

"ARS ACOUSTICA SYSTEM MAX"

"Think of the finest speakers you have ever heard, combine all their best points and then you have a fair approximation of what this speaker system does. Its greatest strength is an unprecedented retrieval of low-level information. In other words, its noise-floor is lower than any other speaker design I've heard. It is clean and pure, but theleast sterile speaker I've heard. Now combine all this with an unprecedented lack of coloration."

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AVID "ACUTUS" LOOPWERK

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Review van de Avid Acutus uit het britse "HiFi+" van April//Mei 2000.
Reviewer: Jimmy Hughes.

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"Designer Conrad Mas' uncompromising aproach has produced a turntable that's essentialy neutral , accurate, and truthful. Wether or not one likes it is almost beside the point - the aim was not to make pleasant sounds. However, subjective views aside, no one could fail to admire and respect, the thought and the tension to detail thats gone into every aspect of the design. Conrad started from scrtatch to produce his own, unique solution. His goal? The truth; nothing more, nothing less."

"Detail was staggering, and if performance were judged solely on how much could be heard the score would have to be ten out of ten. Sorry, make that 12 out of 10."

"Whose to say his uncompromising approach hasn't got closer to the truth then any previous turntable?"

May 2001 P.Panagopoulos,
HXOS High-End Magazine(GR)
Reviewed with SME V and J.Allaerts MC1S

"TIME MACHINE"
"A Bristish turntable that proves once more that not only has analogue sound not been out-dated but is a constant challenge, as powerful as time itself."
"There are moments in the life of a reviewer that are unique. It is a pleasure to come across a device that incarnates everything you imagined,which for several reasons could not be accomplished. The Acutus is not just an extraordinary case, it is a milestone in the history of hi-end, where an implementation of "aesthetics" approach, from every point of view meets a deep know-how, with respect to the subject "music" in its deepest meaning."
"I cannot hide the fact that I was very impressed by this device which, without costing a fortune (I have seen turntables costing a lot more money, which do not sound or work this right), it encompasses exactly what a turntable needs today in order to perform at its best."
"Together with the now established, SME V tonearm, it achieves an overstepping performance that any other source will find difficult to reach."
"This turntable is of wonderful manufacture. Without resorting to design extremes, sporting rather copact dimensions, it presents a rigidly built model."
"After closer inspection and based on the reproduction performance of the system, I can assure you that in terms of performance of its suspension the Acutus only has a few competitors."
"This turntable, together with the right equipment, "eats" for breakfast anything digital on the market today. More......