Acoustical Systems
Axiom
Introduced 2013$24,995 MSRP
Designed by D.D. Brakemeier, the Axiom is a 12-inch reference tonearm from German boutique manufacturer Acoustical Systems, using a titanium/carbon-composite arm wand with internal liquid damping and a double-gimbal bearing built from aerospace-grade German ball bearings; every unit is assembled, tested, and calibrated by the designer himself in Germany, exemplifying a genuinely small-batch, hand-finished production model (Acoustical Systems).
MSRP
$24,995
Used market · Good
$14,000
-44% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $24,995 at launch to $14,000 today.
Specifications
- Price
- $24,995–$41,995 depending on finish/version
- Materials
- Triple-tempered German AP70XX dural aircraft-grade aluminum and stress-relieved V2A stainless steel
- Adjustments
- Non-touch VTF adjustment on the fly; SRA independent of arm height; dynamic antiskating with exchangeable inserts
- Bearing type
- Full radial/axial cardan-shaft double-gimbal bearing using custom aerospace-grade German nano ball bearings
- Counterweight
- German HD18 tungsten, with exchangeable compliance-tuned inserts
- Manufacturing
- Entirely designed, made, and assembled in Germany; each unit calibrated by designer D.D. Brakemeier
- Effective mass
- 22–42 g (fixed-mount version); 29–48 g (SME-bayonet version)
- Internal wiring
- Pure silver litz wire with soft Teflon insulation
- Effective length
- 12 inches
- Arm tube material
- Carbide-hardened titanium/carbon-composite, internally liquid-damped
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