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Analog reproduction has allure, an uncanny, captivating quality that nothing else can touch. Experience this to the fullest with the Horizon. It delivers all the advantages of the Pure Fidelity “hybrid” design. We’ve engineered every part of the drive system to deliver your music free from the smearing and veiling of even minuscule speed variations. And thanks to our most comprehensive countermeasures against shelf-borne vibration and resonance, your music emerges from a background of inky-black silence. Pair the Horizon with a top-echelon tonearm and cartridge and prepare yourself for a musical feast.
“An aesthetically-pleasing, sonically adroit hybrid-turntable design… A cohesive, cerebral and emotionally eloquent listening experience… The Pure Fidelity Horizon never seemed to impart a sonic signature of its own to recordings.”
~ Rafe Arnott, Resistor Magazine
“It offers sonic clarity with an analog flow that only a good belt drive design can achieve. It showcases a beautiful and simple design with high-quality components … For me, I’ve found my “last” turntable and I couldn’t be happier.”
~ Michael Johnson, Audiophilia
Pure Fidelity “hybrid” design.
The plinth has a major impact on turntable sound. High-mass designs can have solid bass, but can sound dull. Low-mass designs can have good speed and dynamics, but often sound bright. Suspended decks can have good timing, but may lack bass. To combine the best elements of each design, Pure Fidelity’s founder, John Stratton created the ultimate “hybrid” approach, with intermediate mass based on an ultra-MDF plinth. The result is completely neutral sound. Bass is strong without being sleepy, while the highs are detailed without being bright. Fittingly, when each Pure Fidelity turntable reaches completion, John Stratton proudly signs the plinth.
Ultra MDF plinth. To realize the benefits of “hybrid” design, the Pure Fidelity plinth is built on a 50-mm core of substantially upgraded Medium Density Fibreboard called ultra MDF. Compared to standard MDF, our ultra MDF offers higher density, better fibers, and better machineability, enabling far more precise assembly. Ultra MDF also helps control resonance, as described below.
Defeating vibration and resonance. Like a microphone, a phono cartridge works by converting mechanical vibration into voltage. Crucially, the cartridge not only picks up motion from tracking the record groove, but also unwanted vibration when sound from the loudspeakers impacts the turntable and the shelf it’s sitting on. The cartridge simply cannot distinguish between the music and unwanted vibration, which can degrade playback, damaging musicality and collapsing the soundstage. That’s why the Horizon and Harmony turntables embody an uncommonly thorough program to suppress resonance. The aluminum isolation platform, GAIA™ IV isolation footers, and ultra-MDF plinth all work together to produce music of such pristine clarity, it gives added meaning to our company name, Pure Fidelity.
Specifications
Custom configurations. You can configure the turntable with or without one of the tonearms we offer. You can select it with or without our Stratos MC cartridge.
Choice of lustrous finishes. Try as we might, our photography never quite captures the lustre, depth and romance of our available finishes. Choose from our two standard finishes: either Semi-Gloss Santos Rosewood or Dark Walnut. Or step up to a premium finish: High Gloss Quilted Maple or Piano Black.
Even the packaging is engineered. After optimizing every aspect of the turntable, we weren’t about to allow its performance to degrade in transit. That’s why we protect our products with extraordinarily robust and precise packaging. You can’t miss it when your turntable arrives, its subassemblies meticulously fitted into super-high-density foam carriers.
Dimensions and weight. 17” wide x 14” deep x 7.5” average height (430 x 355 x 190 mm) and weighs 43 lbs. (19.5 kg).