@gallus
I had SONY PUA-7 tonearm, the original one that was for sale only as a separate unit in the box, not those cheap version people removing from Sony turntables to sell as "PUA-7" on ebay often.
I must say the original PUA-7 is outstanding tonearm in terms on usability and build quality, very few tonearms can compete with PUA-7 in this aspect. My advice for those who're looking for PUA-7 is to buy ONLY stand alone unit like this. The armlift is the best ever, much better than anything i have tried. VTA of the fly, very nice anti-skating mechanism, so easy to use. There must be a DIN connector, cheaper version does not have it. The price even for stand alone version is very nice only if you can find it. However, It terms of sound quality there are better vintage tonearms from the same era, but they are normally much more expensive than PUA-7. Never tried the PUA-9.
I was not impressed by the SONY MC cartridges such as XL-55, there are more better LOMC cartridges from different manufacturers (vintage and new), but i like their MM XL-50 with Boron Pipe cantilever and still have it (mint on dedicated sony headshell).
I had SONY PUA-7 tonearm, the original one that was for sale only as a separate unit in the box, not those cheap version people removing from Sony turntables to sell as "PUA-7" on ebay often.
I must say the original PUA-7 is outstanding tonearm in terms on usability and build quality, very few tonearms can compete with PUA-7 in this aspect. My advice for those who're looking for PUA-7 is to buy ONLY stand alone unit like this. The armlift is the best ever, much better than anything i have tried. VTA of the fly, very nice anti-skating mechanism, so easy to use. There must be a DIN connector, cheaper version does not have it. The price even for stand alone version is very nice only if you can find it. However, It terms of sound quality there are better vintage tonearms from the same era, but they are normally much more expensive than PUA-7. Never tried the PUA-9.
I was not impressed by the SONY MC cartridges such as XL-55, there are more better LOMC cartridges from different manufacturers (vintage and new), but i like their MM XL-50 with Boron Pipe cantilever and still have it (mint on dedicated sony headshell).