Palmer 2.5i Turntable and Audio Origami PU7 Tonearm | Review

This review of the Palmer 2.5i turntable and the Audio Origami PU7 tonearm has been decades in the making. If you’ve been following the Vinyl Anachronist columns on Perfect Sound Forever over the last 22 years, you’ll know that I owe a debt of gratitude to Gene Rubin of Gene Rubin Audio. He’s the one who steered me away from the mid-fi gear I’d been using since I was a teen and started me on my true audio journey. Gene was especially helpful when it came to turntables—he sold me my first Rega, a Planar 3, back in 1991. In 1998, Gene helped me into a nice Planar 25. Then one day he told me that he had discovered a turntable brand that had become his new favorite, J. A. Michell. Before you know it, I had myself an Orbe SE with an SME V arm and a Koetsu Rosewood cartridge and used it for nearly a decade. I still believe that was one of the best analog rigs I’ve heard, and it was all mine. When Gene says he’s found something new that becomes a personal favorite of his, I tend to pay attention. Lately, that’s been Palmer. I’d […]