Onyx Mk5 tonearm

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Once you have placed your order please phone to make an appointment to collect.

The Onyx Tonearm gives you supreme value with a performance that exceeds many £3000 arms. With its superior low friction gimbal bearings, you will expect to hear greater transparency and separation in the sound, giving you a clear defined mid-range. You’ll hear contrast and detail between instruments and vocals giving you an immediate, coherent sound.

Sonically, it marks a significant step up from any budget tonearm tonearm, with improved resolution, clarity, dynamics and fluidity – and indeed from most tonearms on sale. It comfortably outperforms the original Origin Live Silver MK1, which was thought to be one of the best arms on sale at its release. Indeed, it still outperforms many arms in the £3,000 region.

The Onyx was designed as an affordable performance benchmark – a tonearm that would flatter any budget or mid-price turntable and still be happy on a high-end deck. The Onyx was only possible thanks to Origin Live’s decades of tonearm design expertise. It’s difficult to design a great high-end arm, but harder still to do a brilliant budget product. Knowing where to spend the money in the overall design is why Onyx sounds so good, and that knowledge doesn’t come easy.

Warranty
We guarantee arms to be free from fault for 5 years and will undertake remedial work, providing the arm has not been modified by any party other than ourselves. This warranty does not cover abuse or mistreatment, which includes neglecting the instructions in the owner manual.

REVIEWS

Link to Origin Live Onyx product page

Specifications applicable to all Origin Live arms:

Effective length	240 mm
Overhang	17.24 mm
Offset angle	23 degrees
Mounting distance: platter centre to arm hole centre	223 mm
Diameter of mounting hole	24 - 25 mm
Size of base mounting nut	32mm A/F (across flats)
Maximum armboard thickness	27mm
Length of external cable	1.2m except for DJ option of 2m
Capacitance in pF for all arms up to Conqueror	130 pF per channel
Capacitance in pF for Linear Flow 2 cable	340 pF per channel
Resistance in Ohms	0.002 ohms

Specifications for 12" Arms:

Effective length	309 mm
Overhang	13.2 mm
Offset angle	17.6 degrees
Distance from Pivot to Spindle	295.6 mm

Variable specifications:

Specification	OL1	OL1 Full mod	Silver	Onyx, Zephyr & Encounter	Illustrious	Conqueror	Enterprise
Effective mass in grams	11g	12g	12g	12g	12.5g	14g	15.5g
Effective mass in grams (12" arm)	-	-	16.2g	16.2g	16.875g	18.9g	20.925g
Weight in grams	300g	350g	570g	570g	850g	950g	750g
Weight in grams (12" arm)	-	-	620g	620g	900g	1000g	800g
Packed weight in grams	750g	850g	850g	1650g	1850g	2050g	2050g
Stylus Force guage incl.
Threaded VTA adjuster incl.				inbuilt	inbuilt	inbuilt	inbuilt

Origin Live have a policy of continuous development and reserve the right to change product specifications and appearance without notice.

(OLO5)

SKU	OLO5
Brand	ORIGIN LIVE
Shipping Weight	2.0000kg
Shipping Width	0.380m
Shipping Height	0.130m
Shipping Length	0.230m
Shipping Cubic	0.011362000m3