VPI Industries
JMW 3D Tonearm
Introduced 2016$2,300 MSRP
The VPI JMW 3D is a modern evolution of VPI's long-running JMW tonearm line, distinguished by a one-piece armwand — from headshell to counterweight stub — manufactured via 3D printing from a lightweight, rigid, self-damping epoxy resin rather than machined aluminum. It is offered in unipivot and gimbal-bearing versions across multiple effective lengths (9", 10", 10.5", and 12") and is the standard-fit arm on many current VPI turntables, from the Prime series up through the Avenger and Classic ranges.
MSRP
$2,300
Used market · Excellent
$1,000
-57% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $2,300 at launch to $1,000 today.
Specifications
- Price
- $3,000
- Overhang
- 15.4mm
- Bearing type
- Uni-Pivot (also offered in gimbal configuration across the wider JMW range)
- Offset angle
- 19.98 degrees
- Internal wire
- VPI copper weave / Reference internal wiring (varies by model tier)
- Effective mass
- 9g
- Effective length
- 273.4mm
- Pivot to spindle
- 258mm
- Overhang 10 version
- 15.4mm
- Armtube construction
- 3D-printed, one-piece structure from headshell to counterweight stub, made from lightweight, rigid, self-damping epoxy-plastic resin
- Average rms distortion
- 0.311%
- Offset angle 10 version
- 19.98 degrees
- Effective mass 10 version
- 9g
- Price 10 gimbal vpi direct
- From $2,300
- Effective length 10 version
- 273.4mm
- Pivot to spindle 10 version
- 258mm
- Price 12 3d armtop historical
- $3,000
- Price 10 5 3d armtop historical
- $2,500
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