Hand-built in Vancouver, Canada · Since 2015
Old world craftsmanship.
New world precision.
Hybrid turntables, built one at a time by John Stratton in Vancouver.
From the workshop
Built by hand, one at a time.
Pure Fidelity began with parts: John made upgraded platters, bearings and feet for other makers’ turntables. When a friend asked whether he could build a complete one, he did, and Audiophilia went on to name it Product of the Year. We have been building them ever since.
John Stratton · CEO · Turntable Master Craftsman
was founded
every edition since 2023
tolerance
From the maker
Their music never sounded so good.
"Customers contact me a week or two after the table arrives, all excited. Their music collection never sounded so good. The passion's come back. That feeling - that's what good analog gives you. It's what we try to deliver."
John Stratton · Turntable Master Craftsman
The Collection
Four turntables, each hand-built.
Premium line
The Encore
Where the Pure Fidelity line begins.
Explore
Reference line · Stereophile Recommended
The Harmony
The reference for most listeners.
Explore
Reference line
The Allegro
Lively by name. Unhurried by nature.
Discover the Allegro
Signature line · Audiophilia Product of the Year 2024
The Symphony
Our flagship.
Discover the Symphony
A mark of the maker
Signed, by hand.
John Stratton · Turntable Master Craftsman
When a Pure Fidelity turntable is complete, every component assembled by hand and every tolerance checked, John Stratton signs the plinth.
It is a mark of accountability: every turntable we build is personally accounted for.
The Harmony / Stratos combination was magical. The music detailed, dynamic, and punchy on a wide, blooming stage.
Ken Micallef of Stereophile
Our Philosophy
Six principles behind every turntable.
The hybrid design.
High-mass turntables tend to sound dull, low-mass turntables bright, and suspended designs light in the bass. Our intermediate-mass design, built on a rigid Ultra MDF plinth with no suspension, takes the strengths of each.
Proven materials.
Bronze has been worked for more than five thousand years, 6061 aluminum since the 1930s, and Delrin since the 1960s. Our bearing shows the idea best. Every Pure Fidelity turntable turns on a ruby ball, rated 9 on the Mohs scale of hardness, one step below diamond, in a well of bronze, beneath a shaft of stainless steel. We could buy a hundred steel balls for the price of one ruby. We use the ruby.
Consistency.
Every plinth, sub-platter, platter and armboard is machined on CNC to the same standard, so every turntable performs like the last.
The best parts, whoever makes them.
Our turntables stand on IsoAcoustics GAIA footers and carry tonearms from Origin Live and Audio Origami. When another maker builds something better than we could, we use it.
Designed by ear.
Some makers design to the numbers. We measure everything, but we design by ear, on familiar reference systems, with familiar records.
Analog itself.
When people hear how good a turntable can sound, they rediscover their records. That is why we build turntables at all.
Critical Acclaim
Recognized by the industry.
Components
The Harmony is worth every penny. A deck for the vinylphile's sky's-the-limit demands, present and future.
Stereophile Recommended Components ListAudiophilia · 2024
"The Symphony's performance is up there with the very best I've heard, and some cost twice or three times as much."
★ Star Component · The Symphony
Audiophilia · 2018
"John Stratton is to be congratulated on the quality of the engineering and design."
Product of the Year · The engineering continues in the Encore
Audiophilia · 2023
"You cannot do better than the wonderful Pure Fidelity Harmony Mk2."
★ Star Component · The Harmony Mk2
Audiophilia
"This outstanding moving coil may be worth a quick look and even quicker decision to purchase."
★ Star Component · Stratos MC
The Maker
John Stratton
Before he built the first Pure Fidelity turntable, John spent decades listening closely and critically, with a collector’s patience.
His approach is simple: choose the right material for each job, machine it precisely, and assemble each turntable by hand. “We haven’t reinvented the wheel,” he says. “We’ve just done it better.”
Every Pure Fidelity turntable since has been built in Vancouver, and every plinth signed.
Your next move
Find your turntable.
Pure Fidelity turntables are available through select dealers worldwide. Book an audition, or contact us directly, and we will help you choose the right turntable for your system.
The Pure Fidelity Community
News from the workshop.
New tables, show appearances and the occasional story from the bench. Sent rarely, and written by us.
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