Custom Builds
A turntable, made for you.
Every Pure Fidelity turntable is built by hand to order. Sometimes “to order” means more than choosing a finish: the wood, the size, the configuration, the way it sits in the room. We enjoy that work.
From the workshop
John on custom.
The builder himself, walking through commissions past — and why he takes on every one personally.
If you can imagine it, a particular wood, finish, tonearm pairing, or size for a particular space, let us talk about it.
Commissions past
No two alike.
"Pure Fidelity, a truly Canadian company that cleverly designs and manufactures custom turntables that are sonically brilliant and aesthetically pleasing. All in one."Robin Alexander · Owner, St. Thomas, Ontario
The process
From conversation to finished turntable.
Talk it through.
Tell us what you're imagining. The room, the rest of the system, the wood you keep coming back to, the way you listen.
Specify together.
We work out the engineering and the materials: plinth dimensions, finish, tonearm and isolation, with honest pros and cons.
Built by hand in Vancouver.
John builds your turntable in our small workshop: parts machined on CNC to a thousandth of an inch, veneers laid by hand, every step on the bench.
Signed and shipped.
John signs the underside of the plinth, packs it with care and ships it to you. We are here for setup questions when it arrives.
What's possible
Not just a finish. The whole turntable.
Every custom project comes to one bench: John’s. He takes each commission on personally, and by his own account enjoys every one. A forest-green quilted maple. A wine-dyed run of quilted maple. A steel-blue bird’s eye maple with the acrylic platter, built for one of our American dealers. Smoked eucalyptus. Bubinga. Even the badge can be made to order.
If you can describe it, John will pursue it: a one-of-one turntable, in a finish that exists nowhere else, built for one listener.
Tell us what you are imagining.
The conversation is the most important part. The more you tell us, the room, the rest of your system, the turntable you are upgrading from, the wood you keep coming back to, the better we can match the right turntable to your listening.
