Tonearms
The tonearm decides how much of a turntable’s work reaches the cartridge. We offer six, from two makers: Origin Live of Southampton, England, and Audio Origami of Glasgow, Scotland, who also build our own Savant Ti.
Premium line
Origin Live · Premium line
The Zephyr sits at the top of Origin Live’s gimbal-bearing tonearms. Compared with the Silver arm it grew from, it uses stronger, harder-to-machine alloys throughout the yoke and base, with additional stiffening and damping in the armtube. Stereo Times counted it among its reviewer’s favourite tonearms, for both its sound and how well it communicates the meaning of the music.
Origin Live · Made for Pure Fidelity
It begins as Origin Live’s Illustrious and is rebuilt to our specification, which makes it as much our arm as theirs. In place of the standard dual-pivot bearing, ours carries a gimbal bearing made only for us, a grade above the gimbal in the Zephyr. Its internal wiring is upgraded to our specification, and it is hard-wired to Origin Live’s Linear Flow 3 external cable.
“Quite simply breathtaking.”
Albert Lee, Hi-Fi World, on the Illustrious
Reference line
Pure Fidelity · Built by Audio Origami
Our own arm, made by hand for us by Audio Origami in Glasgow. It descends from the legendary Syrinx PU3, with a gimbaled ball-race bearing, and its seamless titanium armtube adds strength and rigidity, for more accuracy and more neutrality.
“A resonance control king displaying a huge dynamic range.”
Anthony Kershaw, Audiophilia · January 2025 · Read the review ›
Origin Live · Reference line
The culmination of decades of Origin Live research. Its dual-pivot bearing rests on twin tungsten carbide points in hardened cups, and its yoke is finished to a true mirror surface, coated in chrome nitride, and isolated from the vertical bearings by several additional interfaces. The armtube is high-grade aircraft alloy, stiffened with carbon fibre.
“The gift that keeps on giving.”
Anthony Kershaw, Audiophilia, on its dual-pivot bearing · Read the review ›
Signature line
Origin Live · Signature line
The Agile sits in Origin Live’s highest tier of tonearms, between the Enterprise and the Renown, with higher-grade materials and more advanced stiffening than the Enterprise. Its dual-pivot bearing works with a ceramic horizontal bearing assembly to complete a low-friction bearing.
“…the finest examples that Origin Live can manufacture.”
Positive Feedback · January 2025 · Read the review ›
Audio Origami · Signature line
Audio Origami’s flagship, the result of two years of dedicated research into armtube damping. It builds on Audio Origami’s gimbal design with denser materials in the bell gimbal housing, an enlarged Delrin bearing housing and a carbon-aluminum composite armtube. Inside, the latest generation of its damping system isolates internal vibration by floating the internal wiring, and its modular design means future enhancements can be fitted to an existing arm.
“The SME cannot match the airiness and palpable three dimensionality that the PU8 delivers.”
Ed Selley, Hi-Fi+ · January 2026 · Read the review ›
Every Pure Fidelity armboard is machined for the arm it carries. Tell us how you listen, and we will help you choose.
