The Sovereign 2 Turntable from Origin Live - not for the faint of wallet

It may look ridiculous, but I am sure that if I had one, I would not be laughing. With a pricetag of nearly £4000 ( which is like $5000, I think,) the Origin Live Sovereign 2 turntable looks a lot more like a Caddy than a Ferrari, but reviewers of other Origin products say the delivery is worth the money.

I don’t know if this would be any good for sampling, however. I like my samples kinda gritty – ugly! So I wouldn’t use this brand for my work. But I sure wouldn’t mind listening to the final product on one of these badboys. Too bad I have never had any work burned into vinyl!

As far as the design goes, seems pretty lunky. The foot space of this thing must be around two square feet. That is a lot more space than I have in my little listening area. I guess you would probably not be listening to this thing in a cave, if you are this worried about sound (or your own vanity!) And it is visually more like a grand piano than a Technics sl-1200 (so my friends would all be whacked out by this thing.)

Final Opinion: not quite. Even though I have not heard any ELO records on it, or Brahms or any of that less-than-funky music, and I am sure that it sounds great. I would get laughed Outta town!