Origin Live All non dual pivot arms User Manual

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Introduction

Give

special attention to underlined text in these instructions.

Please note that on some arms, it may seem that there is “play”

in the bearings - this is deliberate and bearing tension should

not be altered or degradation will result - The bearing races are

high quality and devoid of play, however the bearing housings

are carefully dimensioned to allow a loose ﬁ t, thus “ﬂ oating” the

arm rather than rigidly coupling it to the deck.

Mounting the arm

Arm mounting methods are critical for best performance

and vary depending on the arm AND the make of your

turntable

- once the large centre hole

various

washers a

versions).

Installing

ORIGIN LIVE & REGA ARMS

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Arms

with a threaded base

A R M

THREADED ARM BASE

THREADED VTA ADJUSTER

THREADED ARM BASE

washers supplied to set the arm base to the correct height.

ADJUSTER (WHICH FITS MOST DECKS

washer if desired then the large clamping nut. If you ﬁ nd your

you will need to ﬁ t 3 or more spacing washers under the arm

With arms supplied by Origin Live an assortment of spacers and

VTA ADJ U S TE R S

Connecting the arm

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you should heat them with a hair dryer (or similar) till

Cartridge set up

is best done with the stylus guard in place but it may be necessary

will be wrong.

When adjusting the counterweight,

see ﬁ gure “Rear end view of counterweight” . You will

(i.e it has

you ﬁ nd the point where the beam “balances” freely in a roughly

vica-versa. Move the tonearm counterweight accordingly and

you rotate the cartridge to align it, the overhang position must

with the gauge’s markings,

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- Usually the

with the surface of a FLAT record – you can use a piece of card

with parallel lines drawn on it to check this once the cartridge

– the

of the tapered arm tube should

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT

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various tensions.

it is best to tension the arm nut LOOSELY to the deck

As a rule of thumb you will ﬁ nd the best tension

when the overall sound is hard and bright, with thin bass or

with the arm a little low and very gradually raise it, ﬁ rst to where

AN T I SKAT E F O R C E ( S I DE B I AS)

inward

- the side bias is

the side bias and

vica versa. It is advisable to set this slider almost in the fully “out”

– Carefully twist the wire loop to the correct angle relative

vinyl and observe whether the needle skates inwards towards the

You now have three adjustments approximated. Tracking force,

VTA, and azimuth. It’s a matter of reiteration to optimize the

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worry about record damage from heavy tracking as most record

you have either a dirty stylus, a bad record, an accumulation of

WA R R ANT Y

We guarantee arms supplied by ourselves to be free from fault

warranty claim you should contact ourselves rather than Rega.

through the speakers when it is lifted across

- You are able to raise the curved

then it is almost certain

will identify the position of the “stick” – simply rotate the arm

Adjusting the arm clip

- On the Conqueror, Illustrious and

Hi-Fi cartidges explained

reading for less experienced users

As Origin Live supply most makes of hi-ﬁ cartridge we get asked

you choose to use them and neither do we encourage the time

would state that this is NOT difﬁ cult and much of the detail

vary tracking forces from the manufacturers recommendations

When a turntable goes out of level, the platter bearing

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Alignment for hi-ﬁ cartridges needs to be optimised in three

Viewed from above, the hi-ﬁ cartridges arcing movement across

Viewed from head on, the stylus must be perpendicular in the

Viewed from the side, the stylus must sit correctly in the groove, at

with the tweezers or needle-noses, right behind its tubular section,

you’ll probably need the headband magniﬁ er or reading glasses.)

You’re dealing with thousandths of an inch here, so a barely visible

Proper care and maintenance of Hi-Fi cartridges & records

well as enable you to enjoy the best performance.

A record cleaning machine is really the only answer for cleaning

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