In 2010, I purchased and then reviewed what I honestly thought would be the last turntable I would ever own, the Shindo 301 turntable, tonearm, and cartridge. Then, two years later I reviewed the AMG Viella V12 turntable and tonearm. The AMG Viella V12, when set on the HRS M3X-1921-AMG V12, gave me everything I was getting from the Shindo with the versatility to use more cartridges. It also had a slightly more transparent sound. So, after just two years of buying the last turntable, I replaced it, proving I am an audiophile. Here it is four years later, and I still own the AMG Viella V12.
During that time I have had the pleasure to review the wonderful and beautiful Artisan Fidelity Garrard 301 Statement turntable and the surprising little Tri-Art Audio Pebbles turntable. Then in the last six months, I’ve had in house for review the Thales TTT-Slim turntable and Easy Tonearm as well as the TriangleART Symphony. Each was a very good turntable system, and while only the Artisan Fidelity tempted me, in the end, I preferred my AMG Viella V12. Now, just after spending the last few months with those two turntables, I have the TriangleART Symphony SE Turntable with the Osiris Tonearm. So the question is, will this similarly priced turntable tempt me to change again? Read on to find out.
When I was talking to Tom Vu of TriangleART about returning the Symphony, he asked me if I would like to be the first to review the new Symphony SE. I hesitated when I found out it weighed in at 200 pounds. So I told him I would love to if he came and picked up the Symphony while delivering and setting up the Symphony SE. Now, I already knew Tom was one of the real gentlemen of the audio world, but when he said he would love to, I was blown away. Click here to read the whole review.