As featured and critically acclaimed in:
"The turntable is silent, the backgrounds totally black."
The Eclipse, named Audiophilia’s Product of the Year.
"QC was outstanding, and the table would not easily be equaled by other designs I'm familiar with at double the price."
The Encore shares the Harmony’s hybrid plinth and Delrin platter, as described in Ken Micallef’s Harmony review.
The Eclipse was the Encore with one rounded corner. The two perform identically.
Quilted Maple
High glossQuilted maple earns its name honestly. The figure pools and folds across the surface like fabric caught mid-motion, and it moves as you move. Under high gloss the quilt seems to sit below the surface rather than on it, which gives the wood real depth. No two boards are alike, so no two Encores in quilted maple are alike either.
Hawaiian Koa
SatinKoa grows only in the Hawaiian Islands, where it has been prized for centuries, first for canoes and later for ukuleles and fine furniture. Its grain runs in warm bands of gold and brown, and where the figure curls it shimmers as the light moves across it. In satin the colour stays rich and natural.
Flat Cut Walnut
SatinFlat cutting slices the walnut log lengthwise, through its growth rings, so the grain rises in long arches down the face of the plinth. Walnut has been a cabinetmaker’s favourite for centuries: even, warm and deep brown. In satin it looks the way good walnut should, quiet, natural and inviting to the hand.
Santos Rosewood
SatinSantos rosewood, also called pau ferro, grows in the dry forests of South America. Its long, flowing grain runs in streaks of chocolate, amber and near black, and it is dense and hard enough that guitar makers choose it for fingerboards. In satin it shows every stripe without glare.
Black Ash
SatinAsh has an open, strongly marked grain, and under a black finish that grain stays visible as a fine, living texture rather than disappearing into flat colour. It is our most understated finish and, for many, the most modern: dark, quiet and still unmistakably wood.
Choose the finish
Click to enlarge
Where the Pure Fidelity line begins.
The Encore is our hybrid design: an intermediate-mass turntable with no suspension, built from the same proven materials and to the same tolerances as every turntable we make.
It shares the Harmony’s 50-millimetre Ultra MDF plinth and its Delrin platter, turns on the same ruby bearing, and is held to speed by the Conductor.
The engineering
01
50-mm Ultra MDF plinth.
The same Ultra MDF used across the line, and the foundation of the hybrid design.
02
Engineered isolation feet.
Machined aluminum with silicone O-rings, tuned to absorb vibration. GAIA IV footers are available as an upgrade.
03
Ruby bearing in bronze.
The platter 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.
04
36-mm Delrin platter.
Delrin behaves much like vinyl itself, so the platter does not ring. It is sized to the Encore’s proportions and engineered like every platter we make.
05
Conductor quartz lock.
Holds 33⅓ and 45 rpm to within ±0.003%, calibrated to your turntable’s motor before it ships. The Conductor SE, our flagship speed controller, is available as an upgrade.
06
Tolerances of a thousandth of an inch.
Every part we machine is held to a thousandth of an inch, at every tier of the line.
07
Custom 12 V AC synchronous motor.
Made for us in the Netherlands specifically for turntables, it drives the platter through a stainless steel pulley and two round belts. Small and gentle by design, and close to silent.
08
SS-1 stainless record weight.
Solid stainless steel, 1.6 pounds, with a felt underside to protect the record. Higher-grade record isolators are available as upgrades.
"The plinths are elegantly finished, solidly built and pure class. The combinations are well thought out, no weak links. The table literally performs flawlessly and effortlessly. The sound is exquisite."Robin Alexander · St. Thomas, Ontario · Owner
Dimensions & finishes.
430 × 355 × 165 mm
Built to order
Yours, from the first note.
The Encore is built exactly as the flagship is: by hand, to order, in the finish you choose. Gloss white with a Zephyr, walnut, or a colour of your own. And because every Pure Fidelity turntable is built to grow, it is a turntable you can keep building on.
Complete the system
Build your setup.
The Encore is where the line begins. Here is where it goes.
Configure your Encore.
Every Encore is built by hand to order, with tonearm, cartridge, finish, isolation upgrade and dust cover all yours to choose. Contact us, and we will help you find the right setup for the way you listen.
