"WITH HEART AND HAND"
CREATING THE BEST FOR BOTH THE EYES AND THE EARS
Acoustic Solid is a worldwide unique manufactory, where modern cutting-edge technologies are still created using genuine, traditional craftsmanship. With experience and skill—and heart and soul.
We are at home in the heartland of the Swabian inventor and tinkerer spirit, which is also in our genes. In our family business, we have been developing, designing, and manufacturing unique high-end turntables and corresponding accessories for twenty-five years, with which Acoustic Solid has become synonymous worldwide with audiophile precision “Made in Germany.”
The mission of Acoustic Solid is to make good music audible.
We love music and are dedicated to creating the technical means to reproduce music authentically and perfectly — as close to the live experience as possible.
We are united with music lovers around the world by the enthusiasm for listening pleasure with soul and feeling, as only analog record players can convey. To make this lively experience accessible to as many vinyl lovers and record collectors as possible, we offer outstanding sound at convincingly good value for money.
The team is the star
The manufactory currently has six employees. Our competent and experienced precision mechanics, electronics technicians, and engineers in design and production are supported by administrative staff who also handle international shipping with all customs formalities.
The head, constructor, and designer is the mechanical engineer Karl Wirth, who founded the manufactory twenty-five years ago. The Wirth family also works in the company. As a small, dedicated team, we can achieve great things because we are united by the same values: precision, quality, and a great passion for good analog sound.
Spinning across since 25 years
It all started in 1996, at a time when the vinyl record had long since been declared dead, and no one could have guessed that analog listening would once again become as popular as we have been experiencing for the past few years. Certainly, high-quality devices like those from Acoustic Solid have contributed to this hype, bringing record listening to a new level.
Karl Wirth, at that time still employed in the automotive industry in the field of acoustics and precision instruments, always remained faithful to the record, but was dissatisfied with the range of players on offer. He thus decided to build “his” perfect record player himself. At home, at the lathe in his garage, he created his first belt-driven turntable with the programmatic name Solid One — it’s still in use today!
Everything then took its course: Friends and acquaintances were enthusiastic about the Solid One and wanted to have one too. A first trade show appearance caused a stir in the market, and lively word of mouth led to a rapidly growing demand.
Together with his family, Karl Wirth decided to turn his hobby into a business. Through many national and international publications and numerous awards, including “Product of the Year 2007” in Hong Kong, the Acoustic Solid brand quickly established itself successfully. The company grew and now exports to more than forty countries around the globe. In 2001, the company moved into a new building in Altdorf and expanded in 2011.
Even with the growing success, the founder—and with him, Acoustic Solid—has always remained true to himself. Tinkering and experimenting with new materials and technologies, combined with master craftsmanship and care in the manufacturing process, remains the foundation for creating best-in-class equipment for music enthusiasts.