Origin LiveIllustrious mkIIIusedOrigin Live Illustrious mkIII  Price ReducedI am selling an Origin Live Illustrious MK3 (not MK3c) tonearm. I used this with a Hanss turntable that I have recently sold. The tonearm is in very nice condition. I got great results with thre...925.00

Origin Live Illustrious mkIII Price Reduced

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Ships fromDenver, CO, 80237
Ships toUnited States
Package dimensions15.0" × 10.0" × 5.0" (10.0 lbs.)
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I am selling an Origin Live Illustrious MK3 (not MK3c) tonearm.  I used this with a Hanss turntable that I have recently sold.  The tonearm is in very nice condition.  I got great results with three different cartridges that I used on it -- an Ortofon A-90, a Dynavector 17D2, and a Dynavector Te Kaitora Rua.  The latter cartridge on this arm gave me some of the best sound that I have heard on my home rig. I have the original box for shipping to any US address. I WILL PAY THE SHIPPING, buyer is responsible for Paypal fees. As the pictures show, the tonearm cable is integrated with the arm, and is terminated with RCA connectors.  A word of caution, some reviews of this arm indicate that it has a VTA adjustment.  This one doesn't.  I cannot explain why not, it may be an optional feature of the MK3.  I used an adapter on the Hanss table which allowed me to perform VTA adjustment, but it was not integral to the arm. 
From a review on the Origin Live website:  "At 14.5 gr. effective mass, the Illustrious is roughly equal to the heaviest Mørch wand (the Mørch design hails from the high-compliance MM/low mass arm era). That’s about ideal according to the math for many MC cartridges like my Denon 103 and Lyra Lydian Beta, but I really had no problems with higher compliance Grado or Empire EDR.9 MMs either. I also dusted off my vintage Fidelity Research and Supex carts that just loved the Illustrious—the arms I had back in the day clearly never did them justice. I suspect the Mk III Illustrious is now the value-for-money sweet spot in the lineup, and if not the world’s best, it is certainly world class. As noted, it will not appeal to the audiophiliac who is compelled to endlessly fiddle and adjust everything. Rather, it is an elegant—and addictive—solution to extracting music from vinyl. Combining the sonic virtues of both unipivot and gimbaled bearings in a fuss-free package, it should work exceedingly well with a wide variety of cartridges and turntables. It is certainly the best all-around tonearm I’ve ever had in my own system. Highly recommended! " -- HiFi Review of the Origin Live Illustrious MK3 Tonearm

Questions for the seller
what is the length of the arm?
Robert, it is 239 mm. or 9.4.inches. OL calls this "effective length" in their specs.

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