Triangle Art SIGNATURE Turntable **Revolutionary** GORGEOUS.usedTriangle Art SIGNATURE Turntable **Revolutionary **  GORGEOUS. AWARD WINNING. TRADES OKNow available at Midwest Audio. Will consider trades. I am also an authorized dealer for Legacy Speakers, Auralic,Oracle, Resonessence, and Triangle Art. Coincident, and NAT AUDIO. Ask about...15990.00

Triangle Art SIGNATURE Turntable **Revolutionary ** GORGEOUS. AWARD WINNING. TRADES OK

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Ships fromSouth Bend, IN, 46614
Ships toUnited States
Package dimensions36.0" × 36.0" × 36.0" (240.0 lbs.)
Shipping carrierFedEx
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Original accessoriesBox, Manual
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Now available at Midwest Audio. Will consider trades. I am also an authorized dealer for Legacy Speakers, Auralic,Oracle, Resonessence, and Triangle Art. Coincident, and NAT AUDIO.

Ask about the Axpona show demo unit. LOOKING AT ALL OFFERS. Can be picked up at Chicago Axpona, if you call Midwest Audio.

Positive Feedback visited the room and had this to say:
"Midwest Audio/NAT/Legacy/Triangle Art: I went to this room to hear the AURALiC and Invicta Mirus DACs, but when I sat down they were playing large scale orchestral music on the big-dog Triangle Art turntable. The Legacy Aries loudspeakers sounded very good with unrestrained dynamics even in the small room. One of my favorites stops for sure."

What's different with this turntable?

If you have been around high end turntables for a while, you might have begun to notice something about different designs. You might have noticed for instance, that turntables with acrylic platters tend to sound romantic and laid back. If you had a yearning for more detail and dynamics, you might have tried a solid aluminum design. As you upgraded the rest of your system, you might have begun to notice that the aluminum design was maybe a little thin or bright. You could try copper and find it musical but lacking dynamics. Each material that you choose will always infuse the whole design with that particular material's strengths and weaknesses.

Tom Vu, owner and founder of Triangle Art, has been experimenting with different materials and their effect on the sound of turntables for years. He has a background as a mechanical engineer with extensive experience designing and creating military spec parts out of high grade materials not normally available to those outside of the military/aerospace field.

This unique position has allowed him to test the impact and virtues of each of these special materials. Mr. Vu has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars using his access to aerospace materials to have composite alloys made. He would have different metals melted and mixed in various ratios to find if he could create an alloy that gave that heretofore missing balance of musicality and dynamics. After years of testing different metals and ratios, Tom has discovered the optimal alloy for turntable design. His design has incredible musicality and realism, combined with dynamic drive and excellent micro and macro detail. Initially he was crafting $100,000 plus custom turntables for the Hollywood elite. Now he has perfected the designs and has set up his CNC shop in California to bring his reference products to the consumer audiophile market.

Reviews of his incredible turntables are just now coming in. Tom has not received any of his review samples back from the reviewers. Each of them bought the review sample! In fact one veteran reviewer replaced his $150,000 reference table with the Triangle Art Signature turntable. Real performance and stunning visual appeal is now available at relatively real world prices. This has to be one of the greatest values in analog available today.

Winner of the GOLD award at AV Showrooms. (only 3 Gold awards have been awarded as of this writing)
Now available in South Bend, IN for auditions. I will also consider trade ins. Thanks. Midwest Audio. Reference tonearm also available for $4995. Top of the line Reference SE Turntable also available.

Signature

Triangle Art Signature borrows key technology from the Reference model, including the Motor, Platter and Bearing technology.

This massive turntable weighs 200 pounds. It comes with a hefty solid T6 with 48mm thick and solid aerospace metal composite platter that will control and dampen all vibration for better resonance. Non-inverted steel ball bearings support the heavy platter while still providing liquid smoothness and deeply quiet performance. A very musical sound features explosive dynamics and the deepest black background ever heard. The jet-black background of this turntable reproduces all the soft, inner details with subtle micro and macro dynamics, offering the listener tight and articulate bass while projecting a holographic image with a light and airy soundstage.

Platter
The Platter is embedded and made out of very special aluminum material, and is one of the largest in the marketplace. The 48-millimeter thick platter is implemented with new fly wheel technology that controls its balance and vibration.

Bearing
The 48-millimeter stainless steel bearing is made from hard and shaft steel with large ground radius, running on a thrust washer.

This special material has a very low coefficient of friction and very high wear-resistance, resulting in a long, maintenance-free life.

Motor
The heavy aluminum motor comes with new interior AC to quietly drive the heavy platter. The inertia of this motor combined with the new design makes it run in perfect silence. It also supports the heavy platter to deliver consistent speeds, either at 33 or 45 rpm.

Crystal Digital Speed Controller
Crystal Digital Controller-Isolated Power Motor Drive is designed for all turntables and employs a 115v AC motor to precisely control the speed and stabilize the electrical power. With this controller the analog system is more friendly and convenient. The touch of a switch provides ease of speed, the ability to guide the change at will, and makes playing and listening to 45 rpm Long Plays wonderfully enjoyable.
Triangle ART products are designed and manufactured in Anaheim, California.

Additional Features

External AC motor with heavy special stained steel housing for better damping and silent.
External Motor controller to set an accurate speed.
Ability to mount 3 different tone arms in any length
Dimensions are 15 H x 12 W x 12 D
Total weight with wooden craft is 250 lbs.
Triangle ART products are designed and manufactured in Anaheim, California.

Check out the reviews:

StereoMojo.com
“Triangle Art is our choice for Best Value New Turntables at RMAF.”

From Dagogo:

Shortly before the review of the Triangle Art Signature turntable, I lived with the George Warren Turntable with a modified Rega Arm. This table along with the Origin Live table and arm I reviewed a few years ago provided fine sonics and a great dose of the analog magic we all crave. I would have lived with either of those choices, particularly the George Warren with it’s fantastic price-to-performance ratio, fleet footed pace, nice warmth and a bold soundstage featuring a ripe mid-band, all of which made it a real winner. While I had neither of these products on hand for direct comparison, thanks to Garth Leerer of Musical Surroundings I did have the same cartridge, the phenomenal Clearaudio Stradavari to help complete the sonic circle.

As I mentioned earlier, I have become a real stickler for build quality. I have zero tolerance for poorly engineered gear, especially at the price point I have been engaging in over the last several years.

I can say that the Triangle Art Signature far exceeded my expectations on all levels. Packing? First rate. Assembly? Could not be easier. Build quality? Off the charts. Sonics? One of the finest front ends I have ever heard. And you get a Walker Precision Motor Controller. Very nice.

After a very short time invested in un-packing and assembling the Signature, I quickly aligned the Osirus tone arm and Clearaudio Stradavari cartridge using the Dr. Feikert alignment tool. I stood back for a moment and just absorbed the physicality of this massive, yet totally graceful piece of design and engineering. The chroming process results in a perfect, flawless mirrored finish of the stainless steel and copper plinth and platter. The mass of the stand-alone motor and tone arm plinth offer outstanding isolation from un-wanted resonances as well. All four elements that make up the Signature rest upon a SRA isolation platform. The looks and literal gasps offered up by visitors when they look over the Signature is almost worth the price alone. But it is the sound that really matters and as promised by Mr. Tom Vu, the sonics are just fantastic. The remainder of my system is comprised of the Pass Labs XA200.5 amplifiers, the Behold preamp/phono preamp and the Lansche 4.1 speakers. All wire is from Skogrand.

Starting with the big picture, the impression offered up by the Signature can range from big and bold to small and intimate, depending on the recording. Listening to Steely Dan title track “Aja,” the soundstage bursts with layers of bold, lifelike images and a wide open acoustic. There is an impression of a massive amount of air being moved in a coherent fashion. A sense that the room is being “lit up” by the sound is kept clear and distinct from the fundamentals and transient attack. I have listened to this track a thousand times, and here it sounds its best.

And how is the bass? Center of the earth extension, yet fast and tuneful; here you get all you could ever want. I never got the sense that the bass crept up into the lower mid band causing any obscuring of texture or detail. No, the bass simply danced along, underscoring the Caribbean-infused “Aja” with a solid rock sensibility. This track goes from dynamic to extremely dynamic during the sax solo, and the Signature simply cruises along keeping the mayhem in line with rock steady coherence.

Bill Evans’ piano on side 4 of Quintessence is nearly perfectly imaged in its sense of scale. But it is the sonic wave that pours forth from the soundboard that really satisfies. Full-scale harmonics and tonal color that are spot-on finish the picture. Quintessence offers another take on the bass. Sounding so right, so much like the real thing, it is breathtaking. Woody resonance abounds. Dynamic shading and transient accuracy finish the picture. Man, I wish I had taken better care of this record! It really is a work of art. Side three is loaded with deep introspection, yet offers an optimistic tone at times, keeping the sense of happy resolution nearby. I know this sounds a bit verbose, but these are the kind of things one gets from the Signature; a deep immersion in the meaning and intention of the musicians when captured on vinyl with care.

That is not to say that even fair recordings do not benefit from the Signature. Listening to the Eagles Hotel California title track, I am taken back by how much information is really there. If not for the bloat in the upper bass, this would have been one hell of a recording. “New Kid in town” features some of Joe Walsh’s finest work and it comes across through the Signature with liquidity and dynamic life.

Another less-than-perfect recording that really benefited from the Signature is “Long distance Run Around” from Yes Fragile. The layering of instruments retains all the clarity one needs to follow along with little ear “squinting” in the effort to follow along. Listening to Steve Howe play his solo acoustic song “Mood for a day” reveals the more intimate side of things. Despite the overall large impression, the solo guitar stayed focused, yet airy and resonant. Harmonics filled the air around the instrument giving the guitar a clean, clear halo of sound.

Duke Ellington Indigos is a record every one should have in their collection. It is one of those recordings that get better and better the more advanced your system gets. Listening to this recording over the Signature is just pure pleasure. Gone is the digital glare on the CD. On “Willow Weep for Me” the horn that appears 3 feet above and 4 feet behind the speaker in perfect focus and harmonic richness is simply one of the finest moments in recorded music for me. Thanks to the Signature, it has deepened the bond to the song as well to the rest of the recording.

The way Grant Green’s guitar and James Spaulding on Alto Sax exchange licks on track one “Minor League” off Grant Green’s Solid is just bananas. All the while, Elvin Jones on the drums keeps this track steaming forward. The piano takes a bit of a back seat in the mix, though it is rendered with real beauty, particularly during the solo. The bass has a mellow character peaking out every so often for some attention. Here is another situation where the enjoyment factor of an entire record is off the charts. You would have to have ants in your pants to want to abandon the listen seat.
Conclusion

Change is indeed inevitable. From the all-digital TacT system of my early days to the Triangle Arts Signature, I have gone through a real metamorphosis. While I do still love my digital front end, particularly the Esoteric K-07 I have in my system at the moment, the Triangle Art Signature has taken my analog experience to a completely new level. Coupled to the Clearaudio Stradivari cartridge and the Osiris tone arm (review to come), Music has taken a leap in importance and depth of understanding. Couple this sonic excellence to the otherworldly build quality and design and ultimately, there is nothing more that one could ask from a turntable system.

Check out the Video review by Peter Breuninger on avshowrooms dot com.

Ken Kuegeman

...This table digs down half way to China to capture/reproduce bass you never thought your system could deliver My pants were flopping in the breeze!!! This bass is very tight and well-controlled, and images quite well. It does not interfere with any other part of the sonic spectrum. The upper lows/lower mids are also revealed in all of their glory. This is a GREAT ’table!!! The mids and highs are very smooooth and image front-to-back and left-to-right, like nobody’s business. If the record will permit, there is also quite good top-to-bottom image. Trumpets, violins and other “up high” instruments were on top, acoustic guitars and pianos were in the middle and cello and string bass were down low. This ’table ROCKS!!!..."

Comments from Bill Demars:

I received Tom’s Signature turntable about a week ago. As the massive wooden crate came off the truck, I knew I would need some help getting it into the demo room. This crate is huge, but everything was very well protected inside the well-constructed crate.

I have had several turntables come though my showroom in the past few years and none have come close to approaching my heavily modified Garrard 401 table in custom slate plinth with upgraded 25 pound stainless-steel platter, beefy upgraded bearing, and custom 30 pound lead arm-pod. This Garrard is decked out. I was skeptical that the Triangle Art Signature table could come close to my Garrard, but it has not only equaled it, but bettered it by a significant margin. It goes lower in the bass with more articulation, has better jump-factor and dynamics-never thought the Garrard could be beaten in this category, the decay is better, and hall cues are presented in a much clearer perspective.

My wife, who never comments one way or the other about my numerous audio acquisitions, came down into my demo room and said that it sounded as if there was a live band in the room and the bass seemed to be much deeper than she had ever heard it. Granted, these are observations from another room, but these can be telling, especially coming from an impartial observer.

I had the opportunity to compare the Garrard to a popular turntable that retails in the neighborhood of 8,000 usd. And the Garrard made this popular turntable sound like a toy-thin and sterile to be polite.

The combination of Tom’s turntable, my Ikeda IT407-CR1 12” tonearm and the Ikeda KAI or 9TT cartridge has resulted in sonic nirvana here in my studio. In a recent demo for two customers, one commented that he had never heard the demo system have so much drive and airiness. He asked what I had done to the system. Of course the turntable is the most obvious. The Ikeda KAI phono cartridge is also a factor. It is the best cartridge that I have had the pleasure of hearing. The cart is super-fast, but also sweet in the midrange.

It is my opinion that the Triangle Art Signature turntable is one of the world’s best turntables, if not the best. I would love to hear it beat the Continuum or any other megabuck table, and would not be the least bit surprised if it did.

Bill Demars
Beauty Of Sound

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