Origin Live

Conqueror Mk4

“Arguably the very best tonearm yet made – a startlingly capable all rounder with none of the vices or quirks of rival super-arms…” HiFi World full review

One of the very best tonearms on sale at any price, Conqueror is aptly named. Yet this isn’t an overblown, showy performer – it’s not voiced to impress some of the people, some of the time. Rather, it’s exceptionally even-handed and balanced in its presentation and sounds sublime across a wide range of music. An immensely high resolution measuring instrument, it is nevertheless consummately musical and organic sounding. A real ‘fit and forget’ product, no matter what you play, it just dissolves away…

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Performance

Conqueror is the culmination of many years of research work into tonearm design, and sounds light years ahead of its time. It incorporates a number of idealistic principles into engineering practice, to deliver superlative sonic performance.

Compared to more affordable Origin Live tonearms, it there’s an obvious increase in transparency, and with it a heightened sense of realism. Music sounds more natural and less processed, as if a bright light has been shone on the recording and it’s there in front of you, in all its glory. Yet it confers an uncanny smoothness on the music, too; there’s a wonderful sense of ease and rhythmic ebb and flow. Bass is yet more powerful and defined than Illustrious, which is no small feat. Vocals shimmer with natural timbre, and stereo imaging is almost holographic.

To understand the importance of tonearms in system hierarchy, see 'analysis of leading arms'. This explains why Origin Live products have cutting-edge performance and provides an in-depth explanation of many facets of their design.

Features

• hybrid arm tube composed of 5 materials, for superb energy dissipation

• ultra low friction dual-pivot bearings for optimum treble performance Dual-Pivot explained

• floating vertical bearings decouple the armtube from the deck, reducing coloration

• high strength aircraft alloy headshell for increased dynamics

• optional external silver Hybrid arm DIN type cable available; integral high grade copper litz wire cryogenically treated cable is standard as a no-cost option

• silver plated headshell clips and rhodium plated single point RCA plugs for lowest signal loss

• integral VTA adjustment

• fits all Rega armboard cutouts – old style threaded base or new 3-point mounting. SME style mounting adapter available separately.