The Audio Origami PU7 Alloy Tonearm is one of the finest tonearms available today. Engineered to exacting standards, the arm is the perfect partner for high-end, low-medium compliance cartridges and provides a beautifully neutral conduit between your cartridge and the phono stage.
With a minimal yet bulletproof design, the PU7 Alloy delivers a pure, unaltered signal thanks to the high-grade materials employed in its base, armtube, headshell and cabling.
The armtube is damped with our unique Meta Material Armtube Damping System, (M.M.A.D.S.), 3D printed from an ultra-light and ultra-rigid material which provides perfect damping and keeps the internal cabling from touching any part of the armtube.
The internal cabling is supplied by Cardas and is wired to a Zavfino1877 DIN connector allowing you to choose your preferred tonearm cable.
The 12 inch version of the PU7 Alloy has almost identical characteristics to the 9 inch, but adds more dramatic dynamics and benefits from the ability to track the groove better, as you expect from longer arms.
The Audio Origami PU7 Alloy is bead-blasted, brightened and anodised in a choice of satin silver or satin black and silver allowing you to choose the finish that suits your turntable.
It looks great, sounds ridiculously pure, and once you hear it on your turntable, it will likely be the last tonearm you ever buy.
9" PU7 Alloy Tonearm - from £3,300
12" PU7 Alloy Tonearm - from £3,900
Audio Origami do not sell new tonearms directly, we only sell through our carefully chosen dealer network. This ensures that the tonearm you choose matches your cartridge and is perfectly set up.
All tonearm tubes suffer from resonance regardless of the material they are made from. Vibrations caused by the stylus and airborne resonance travel up and down the arm tube and the internal cables, increasing the noise floor and affecting the signal picked up by the cartridge.
Audio Origami has invented a unique method of damping arm tubes, which provides perfect damping and resonance control.
M.M.A.D.S is a tunnel embedded within the arm tube, made from a material that “floats” the internal cabling and reduces any resonance reaching the cables. The tunnel is suspended by ultra-thin flanges made from a material that rejects vibration.
Unlike other damping methods, such as foam or rubber, M.M.A.D.S doesn’t dull the sound. In fact, it lowers the noise floor so much that you experience more clarity and air from your records.
Herb Reichert - Stereophile
"A chunk of this serenity must be attributed to the Audio Origami PU7 tonearm, which steers and wrangles every cartridge with extraordinary precision.
But surely, the Palmer's outer-space silence, coupled to the PU7's precision, just begs for a nice Lyra, Fuuga, or Koetsu cartridge."
Steve Dickinson - HiFi+
"the PU7 added a purposeful control and authority, without any suggestion that the control was achieved by constraint.
Equipped with the PU7, the Avid turntable put in a performance I’d hitherto had no inkling it was capable of, despite having heard Avid TTs with different and costly arms in other circumstances."
Roy Gregory - The Audio Beat
"This feels like a beautifully engineered 'arm and it behaves like one too.
The PU7’s combination of dynamic and temporal coherence with a tight, driving bass makes it a natural match for big, powerful cartridges.
Exciting, engaging and entertaining in equal parts, this 'arm has an awful lot going for it."
TonyBolton - HiFi World
"I am thoroughly impressed with this 12” long version of the PU7. All of the usual advantages of the longer arm – lower tracking error leading to a cleaner and more detailed sound – are there, but with a solid underpinning that few arms can match."
9 Inch PU7 Alloy | |
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Effective Length | 9 inches |
Effective Mass | 10.5g |
Tonearm Type | Ball Race Gimbal |
Mount | Rega / Linn |
Base | Aluminium |
Armtube | Aluminium |
Headshell | Aluminium |
Gimbal Housing | Delrin |
VTA | Adjustable |
Azimuth | Adjustable |
Anti-Skate | Adjustable |
Damping | Meta Material |
Internal Wiring | Cardas |
External Wiring | DIN Connector |
Counterweight | Threaded Steel |
Colour | Silver or Black/Silver |
Packaging | Cardboard and Foam |
12 Inch PU7 Alloy | |
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Effective Length | 12 inches |
Effective Mass | 12g |
Tonearm Type | Ball Race Gimbal |
Mount | Rega / Linn |
Base | Aluminium |
Armtube | Aluminium |
Headshell | Aluminium |
Gimbal Housing | Delrin |
VTA | Adjustable |
Azimuth | Adjustable |
Anti-Skate | Adjustable |
Damping | Meta Material |
Internal Wiring | Cardas |
External Wiring | DIN Connector |
Counterweight | Threaded Steel |
Colour | Silver or Black/Silver |
Packaging | Cardboard and Foam |
9" PU7 Alloy Tonearm - from £3,300
12" PU7 Alloy Tonearm - from £3,900
Audio Origami do not sell new tonearms directly, we only sell through our carefully chosen dealer network. This ensures that the tonearm you choose matches your cartridge and is perfectly set up.