Sovereign Mk2 Turntable
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"overall fit and finish are superlative, the styling speaks
for itself, and sonically, the deck has stellar abilities.How stellar?
Well, the first slab of vinyl to hit the deck had us giggling like
helium-addled hyenas. That soon turned to awe as the Sovereign revealed
its true colours, leaving us with jaws so slack that any self-respecting
redneck would have been proud. With all forms of music it remains
effortlessly composed, giving tremendous insight into the original
recording’s emotion.Detail levels stun, revealing subtleties we
had never noticed even in some of our personal faves. The separation
of instruments is fantastic too: the sound appears to be huge and
beautifully spread through the vast soundstage, while bass is deep,
tuneful and punchy...We can't recommend this Origin Live deck highly
enough:it has the power to stop a herd of wildebeest with its authority
- yet it can also bring a grown man to his knees in tears"-
What Hi Fi Magazine Aug 2005
Full review pdf
“The trio (Sovereign – Conqueror –
Lyra Olympos) made me forget the walls of my listening room. Fed
by well produced records…you felt immediately transported
into the recording location. But the three excel not only in
spatial recreation. No matter if you play old blues records,
grooving Jazz
or big orchestras, the music goes straight under your skin. Even
with the most exacting test records it was absolutely impossible,
not to get caught up emotionally and to only analyse the sound
reproduction.
If there is program material the Origin Live loves most, it is
fast and percussive music. Here the combination could present
their speed
best. In terms of speed, the combination not only gets from zero
to one hundred in record time, but also gets back to standing
in the same time. So much detail, so much speed, so much space
and
such a full presentation should be hard to get anywhere else
at this price. For me ORIGIN LIVE in the analogue sector is the
discovery
of the year!”
Review IMAGE HIFI July/August 2004 Nr.58, Dirk
Sommer :  Introduction
The Sovereign turntable is our top of the range deck. It incorporates
the latest thinking to produce what we believe is the highest performing
turntable available, regardless of price or reputation. The deck
is a semi suspended sub-chassis design built with the highest grade
materials to the highest design tolerances.
Features and Specifications
Fabulous Style
Chrome plated pods, chrome assemblies with black plinth and frost
finish or white platter make this deck a design showpiece.
High Grade Parts
High mass plinth using low resonance sandwich construction.
Triple plinth decoupling.
Low resonance high inertia platter.
Platter de-coupled with an inert sub-platter.
Highly specified bearing.
Special high grade oil is employed in the bearing.
Rigid sub-chassis with low resonance and unique centre point support
arrangement along with damping devices.
High mass and specially damped motor housing.
Power supply
The new, regulated Ultra power supply feeding the motor is load
compensating and stable across a wide range of temperatures. It
uses more sophisticated circuitry, higher grade components and a
top grade transformer. Speed control is switched electronically
between 33 rpm and 45 rpm.
Setting up
There is nothing to go "out of tune" on the Sovereign.
The deck is a non-suspended design using our unique single point
cantilever suspension system, which requires no setting up and fuss
free. VTA arm adjustment is provided for Origin Live and Rega arms,
which makes setting the arm height much easier.
Dimensions:
490mm wide, 400mm deep, 160mm height.
Weight is 9Kg including arm.
 Overview
Read turntable overview & design philosophy for an indication
of the depth of research behind the Sovereign. It is this depth
of research that has made the Sovereign so musically revealing.
Why not discover for yourself the astonishing potential of the world's
highest performing medium for the reproduction of music?
UK Retail £3970 - excluding arm
Ordering or arranging for a demonstration - You
can arrange for a demonstration of an Origin Live turntable by:-
A) Contacting one of our dealers.
B) Alternatively you can order one directly using the online
shop. If you order direct then all turntable orders carry a
one month, no risk money back guarantee should you wish to return
the deck for any reason. This means that you can evaluate the turntable
against your existing one ( or another) in your own system and room
acoustics. If you live outside the UK, then you should refer to
our guidelines on ordering.
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