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Multi-Layer Platter
Traditional heavyweight platters have a number of problems.
They tend to “ring” for a long time. In other words, their resonance appears in the music as colouration, artifacts and delays in note decay, which produces timing issues. Most notably, the effect is usually heard in heightened details in a slightly muddied mix and slow bass.
Heavy-weight platters reflect vibration from the cartridge back into the record. To combat this, designers select various interface materials in the form of mats to isolate the record from the platter. However a single mat material will only deal with a limited band of frequencies and is ultimately a very incomplete solution resulting in tonal imbalances, lack of harmonic texture and poor transparency.
The Voyager platter uses intricate and unique mechanisms to ensure that all frequencies are transmitted out of the record without returning. This seemingly impossible task is only possible with advanced experience of how micro-vibration behaves. Origin Live is known for its innovative approach to this problem for over 3 decades. This is exemplified in the superb performance of the Voyager with it’s multi-layer platter designed to transmit energy at all frequencies without the reflection problems encountered in many platter designs. The MLP layers work to diffuse surface resonance in the platter through vibrational interference, resulting in musical texture free from resonant artefacts and as close to the original recording as possible.
Voyager Bearing
The Bearing in the standard Voyager is the culmination of two decades of development. Nearly twice the height and width of the bearings in the rest of our range, this bearing yields extremely low levels of friction and vibration. Manufactured in-house to micron precision, the Voyager bearing has a large diameter and height for absolute rigidity and special oil for the smoothest revolution you’ve ever heard. One reviewer commented that he could identify no difference in timing to that of a high-end direct drive turntable.
Materials and Decoupling
Key components are made from highly specified alloys to achieve the highest energy transmission speed and low ringing effects. Material composition, profiling, and the right damping methods are critical to accomplish this. Energy is controlled by a series of shock absorption mechanisms created from long experience in controlling microshock waves.
You will notice that the Voyager has many seemingly insignificant details. For example, hole profiles milled into large structures to lighten the structure and part shapes are all carefully derived from experience in structural analysis – vital for the correct management of micro-vibrations. This is not the brute force approach adopted by some spectacular decks where energy reflection seems to produce a lack of musicality and subtle mistiming in micro dynamics.
Specifications:
Platter:
Multiple material layers dampen all frequencies, avoiding the tonal imbalances of inferior platters.
Machined from solid aerospace alloy: minimal flexure and high-speed energy dissipation.
Complex profiles disrupt resonance patterns.
Shock-absorbing devices decouple vibration.
Motor vibration is blocked from the platter through a separated lower platter.
Plinth:
Advanced decoupling techniques to avoid structural resonance
Coating damps high-frequency artefacts
Isolating and damping techniques employed in 3 support pillars
General:
33.33 & 45rpm speed
Belt drive on Twin DC motors
Up to three 9-12″ tonearms can be mounted
Customizable arm boards for any tonearm
Rigid profiled platter for minimal vibration and high speed energy dissipation.
Overall Weight 27.8kg