The Tri-Planar flagship tonearm is the "Mk. VII," commonly referred to as the "Tri-Planar Precision Tonearm."  The arm creates a musical sound stage unmatched by any other. It has been described as powerful and dynamic, solid yet expressive, delicate and tactile. The outstanding quality of this arm, commented on time and again, is that it is invisible, lacking the colorations that plague so many of our competitors.  After over 30 years in the industry, the Tri-Planar continues to be rated among the world's best.

Features

• Damped headshell
• Annealed-aluminum coaxial damped armtube
• Clamping yoke design that firmly couples the headshell tube to the bearing tube, making for a single unit yet allowing azimuth rotation of the headshell
• Silicone-fluid trough tonearm damping
• Bearings featuring hand-crafted, hardened and polished needle cones
• Progressive anti-skating design
• Sophisticated system of decoupled counterweights, allowing proper stylus force for any cartridge without altering effective mass
• Easy 3-screw installation, with no large VTA hole

Specifications

Regular (Classic):

• Type: gimbal-bearing tonearm
• Effective length: 250mm
• Pivot-to-spindle distance: 233.5mm
• Overhang: 16.5mm
• Offset angle: 22°
• Effective mass: 11g
• Bearing offset: 22°

Ultimate (U12):

• Type: Gimbal avionic bearings
• Effective length: 308.8mm
• Pivot-to-spindle distance: 296.2mm
• Overhang: 12.6mm
• Offset angle: 17.28º
• Effective mass: 13g
• Bearing offset angle: 17.28º