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Wave Kinetics
Website:https://www.wave-kinetics.com/
Est. year: 2009
Wave Kinetics is a small American turntable company founded in 2009 by Jonathan Tinn and based in Anaheim Hills, California. It builds one product family, the NVS Reference direct-drive turntable, which draws on physics and engineering experience gained through work with the US Department of Defense, universities and the aerospace industry.
Range & what it's known for
The range centres on the NVS Reference and its NVS armboards, with custom armboards made to order. The deck plays at 33 1/3 and 45 rpm, and laboratory-grade motor control holds speed to within one part per thousand. The body and platform are milled from solid aluminium billets to reduce joints, the platter combines aluminium with a mass-loaded polymer, and a tuned suspension with viscoelastic dampers was optimised using a 17-degree-of-freedom model.
Who owns it and where it's made
Wave Kinetics is a private company. Jonathan Tinn, its founder and co-designer, died in 2024, and Ed Sudario, his long-time friend and partner, has run the company since.
The lineup in this catalog
Turntables. The NVS Reference Jonathan Tinn Memorial Edition, a black version of the deck that honours the founder.
Who it's for
Vinyl listeners who want a single no-compromise direct-drive deck rather than a range with an upgrade ladder. The choice inside the brand is between the standard NVS Reference and the Memorial Edition, plus the armboard for the tonearm already owned.
Range & what it's known for
The range centres on the NVS Reference and its NVS armboards, with custom armboards made to order. The deck plays at 33 1/3 and 45 rpm, and laboratory-grade motor control holds speed to within one part per thousand. The body and platform are milled from solid aluminium billets to reduce joints, the platter combines aluminium with a mass-loaded polymer, and a tuned suspension with viscoelastic dampers was optimised using a 17-degree-of-freedom model.
Who owns it and where it's made
Wave Kinetics is a private company. Jonathan Tinn, its founder and co-designer, died in 2024, and Ed Sudario, his long-time friend and partner, has run the company since.
The lineup in this catalog
Turntables. The NVS Reference Jonathan Tinn Memorial Edition, a black version of the deck that honours the founder.
Who it's for
Vinyl listeners who want a single no-compromise direct-drive deck rather than a range with an upgrade ladder. The choice inside the brand is between the standard NVS Reference and the Memorial Edition, plus the armboard for the tonearm already owned.
