Sony PUA 7 to re-wire or not


Dear all I have a Sony PUA7 - or is it the PS-X  - actually I think it is the latter on the basis that the wires are just hanging out of the base.

I have quotes between £200 and £300 ukp to rewire it.

Is it worth doing? or should I just install a plug at the end?

Out of interest is the PUA 7 a knife-edge or gimbal design?

My intention was/is to install it onto a SONY TTS8000
lohanimal

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@rauliruegas 
@frogman 
@best-groove 

I reckon it is the one fitted to the PSX 70 because the standalone PUA 7 has a slightly different arm base and I think a connector at the base. This one was sold to me on the premise that it was a PUA 7 but the wires are just hanging out at the bottom.

That's the reason that I need to get it re-wired.

I spoke to a good tech in the UK and he actually recommended kabob's super flex as it's the most flexible wire due to being in silicone.

The alternatives are:
Incognito - silver or gold that goes from the cartridge to the phono plugs 

Is the Ps X arm worth spending getting AN or say Ikeda wire?
I bought the arm on the premise that it was a pua 7 after reading into it more I realised it was ps x...😭 that said it’s gonna be a multiple arm mount plinth and I am gonna experiment with a townshend trough 
@best-groove
Oh no - it was less than £200ukp - I primarily got it as I liked the idea of the TTS 8000 having a matching Sony arm. My intention is for it to have an everyday workaday cartridge like a Denon DL103 - the others arm is a brand new Helius Orion that's gonna house a much fancier cartridge - likewise I have a few other arms too.
Seeing as I have the arm - I have to give it a little love 
If you look at the image of the standalone pua7 and the one mounted on the psx70 you will see they have a very different base @rauliruegas 

i think mine was lifted from a pax turntable
@noneggativwhere did you find the TB2000 - it's even harder to find than a good TTS8000. I have to make my own plinth that's gonna feature quite a few nice design touches.

I've always sought to find my audio doppelgänger - there's not many other people on the forums that have a Helius arms - the people I know with them tend to have the cyalene on a voyd TT and tend to be from the UK - where are you?

On another note the only person i could find in the UK to work on the PUA 7 can only start in around November.

@chakster 

I appreciate that - I correct one thing though - the Sony Ps-x9 had a PUA 9 arm, not the PUA 7 - it's a longer arm.

Mine is without doubt one lifted from another deck and sold to me on the premise that it was a PUA-7. All said and done I'm not losing too much sleep over it because it is one of two arms that are going to go onto my Sony tts 8000 and apart from anything else I am going to experiment with a Townshend Rock 3 trough (made in plastic so it can be cut so as to fit the lip around the TTs 8000 platter - the trough tends to take the arm very much out of the sonic equation and just allows the cartridge to sing.