Acoustic Revive
RAF-48H Air Floating Board
The RAF-48H is an air-floating isolation platform that suspends audio components on a cushion of air rather than springs, elastomers, or mechanical bearings — a structure borrowed from electron-microscope isolation tables. Its hickory top plate and cabinet (upgraded from the original RAF-48's birch plywood) are said to lower the center of gravity and add dynamism, while air pressure is adjustable via an included hand pump without removing the component.
MSRP
$1,895
Used market · Good
$775
MSRP to used market
From $1,895 at launch to $775 today.
Specifications
- Price
- $1,895 US list (Stereo Times); ¥153,000 tax-excl. Japan (Acoustic Revive)
- Awards
- Predecessor RAF-48 won the 2010 Audio Meiki Award, Accessory Division Top Award
- Weight
- ~5.5 kg
- Materials
- Hickory top plate and cabinet, multi-layer construction with reinforced frame
- Technology
- Air-floating suspension structure with internal air bladder/chamber; air pressure adjustable per component weight; refillable in place via included compact air pump through a front air inlet
- Weight capacity
- Up to 60 kg
- Reviewer verdict
- Soundfield became "somewhat larger, more dimensional and detailed"; highs "fine and clearly defined as gossamer in sunlight"
- Included accessory
- Compact air pump (black or white)
- Main body dimensions
- 486W × 436D × ~55H mm (air inflated, excluding terminals)
- Top plate dimensions
- 447W × 397D × 20H mm
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