I would personaly say that Acid techno does not need a 303 in it to be acid.
As Pete said who cares/its not important but of course to some it is so..........
To me its all about the sound,The straight percussion, the lay out of the track(sombody said somthing about the punctuation), a huge dancfloor riff, the rolling percussion, the use of the 808 and 909(alltho these sounds are caned thruout techno in genaral)

I suppose its hard to discribe.

You hear an acid track/set and you just know its bloody acid dont you?
A 303 does not define a whole genre its one instrument.

But then again can you class somthing as rock ifit does not contain a Guitar?

Bolloks to it when its acid techno its just acid techno and thats bloody it its like trying to difine why somthing is funky or why somthing is sexy?
Its about the feeling and attitude.


IMO