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"The Symphony's performance is up there with the very best I've heard, and some of those 'tables cost twice or three times as much."
"One audiophile, two turntables, three cartridges: a clear winner." The Symphony becomes his reference.
The Symphony, bought to hear his grandfather's records.
The Symphony, with the Savant Ti twelve-inch arm, on the front end of the mono/stéréo room at Montreal Audiofest.
The Symphony enters production at Capital Audiofest after its Pacific Audio Fest debut, "upsized in most elements."
"Audiophilia receives the new Pure Fidelity Symphony turntable for review."
The Symphony's exclusive United Kingdom debut, through Audio Origami of Glasgow.
The Symphony's debut room at Pacific Audio Fest, at the front of a six-figure system.
The flagship of the Pure Fidelity line.
The Symphony is the most complete expression of our hybrid design, with every part taken as far as we could take it. A 75-millimetre Ultra MDF plinth rests on a 25-millimetre aluminum platform and four large-profile GAIA IV footers; a 60-millimetre Delrin platter turns on our ruby bearing; and the Conductor SE holds its speed.
Its isolation is the most extensive in the line, built against vibration from the shelf and the room, so that what reaches the stylus is the record and nothing else.
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, so the plinth is never quite the same twice. 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 Symphonies in quilted maple are alike either.
Karelian Birch
SatinKarelian birch comes from the forests either side of the Russian and Finnish border, where slow growth and hard winters leave the grain flecked and unpredictable: dark eyes and short dashes scattered across a pale ground. It has been prized in northern Europe for centuries, used for jewellery boxes, cabinetry and the interiors of Fabergé, and it has always been scarce. Finished in satin, the surface softens the room's light rather than throwing it back, so the wood stays quiet and the eye goes where it should, to the record turning.
Walnut Burl
High glossBurl forms where a walnut tree has grown around an injury: a dense, knotted mass that, cut and laid flat, shows swirls, rings and dark rivers no straight-grained board can. Cabinetmakers have sought it for centuries for exactly this reason. Under high gloss it reads near black in the shadows and deep chestnut where the light lands, the figure appearing to shift as you cross the room.
Bird’s Eye Maple
SatinOne of the rarest figures in maple: small, swirling eyes scattered across a pale ground, as though the wood were flecked with light. What causes the figure is still not fully understood, and no two leaves carry the same pattern. In satin the eyes catch the light softly as you move around the plinth.
Bubinga
SatinBubinga comes from the rainforests of equatorial Africa, a dense, heavy hardwood prized by cabinetmakers and instrument makers alike. Cut as veneer, it shows a deep reddish-brown ground with a rippling figure that seems to stand above the surface. In satin its colour stays warm and rich, and the figure moves with the light.
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The engineering
01
75-mm Ultra MDF plinth.
The largest plinth in the line. Ultra MDF is dense and dimensionally stable, and it absorbs vibration rather than passing it on.
02
25-mm aluminum isolation platform.
6061 aircraft-grade aluminum, 25 millimetres thick, unique to the Symphony. With the large-profile GAIA IV footers beneath it, it forms a second layer of isolation against vibration from the shelf. Its pockets are lined with damping material, and a bubble level set into its centre lets you level the turntable where it stands.
03
Four large-profile GAIA IV footers.
Four large-profile GAIA IV footers, developed with IsoAcoustics for our turntables, carry the plinth and its platform.
04
Stainless steel armboard.
Machined on CNC to a thousandth of an inch, and standard on the Symphony and the Allegro: a rigid, stable base from which the tonearm reads the groove.
05
60-mm Delrin platter.
Delrin behaves much like vinyl itself, so the record and platter act as one, and the platter does not ring.
06
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.
07
Conductor SE quartz lock.
Our flagship speed controller holds 33⅓ and 45 rpm to within ±0.003%, with separate pitch trims, and feeds a pure 12 V AC sine wave to the custom synchronous motor made for us in the Netherlands. Calibrated to each turntable before it ships.
08
SS-100 ruby record isolator.
Standard on the Symphony only: ten micro ruby balls in a Delrin body, 1.7 pounds, decoupling the record from any remaining platter motion.
"The Symphony's performance is up there with the very best I've heard, and some of those 'tables cost twice or three times as much."Anthony Kershaw, Audiophilia · Star Component, 2024
Dimensions & finishes.
508 × 419 × 228 mm
Built to order
Yours, in every detail.
Every Symphony is built by hand to its owner’s order. Quilted maple dyed deep ocean blue, rosewood, bubinga, or a colour that exists nowhere else: one conversation with John, and the flagship is yours alone.
Complete the system
Build your setup.
The Symphony sits at the top of the line. These are the components that share its bench.
Configure your Symphony.
Every Symphony is built by hand to order, with tonearm, cartridge, finish and dust cover all yours to choose. Contact us, and we will help you find the right setup for the way you listen.
