"A stellar performer with a wonderfully realistic presentation: if you can't afford a £3000 CD player try this instead...
...The moment you spin some vinyl, the sound stuns.The Aurora gives vocals great solidity and excellent detail. This is what vinyl's all about - close your eyes and you'll believe the singers are in your room...delivers realism of the highest order. And tonal balance is spot on: the bass bounds along but never obscures the midrange or treble. Switch to Nirvana's attack on the higher frequencies and the turntable remains unruffled and there's no evidence of harshness.

There is however proof of superb attack and rigid bass....dynamics are excellent, which means continually engrossing performances and edge of the seat listening. You also get a vast, room filling soundstage .. the sonic news couldn't be better ... It looks like a star and sounds like heaven - a class leader in every respect".
What Hi-Fi?, Oct 2003

This Origin Live Aurora mkII is supplied with the Origin Live OL1 tonearm and Grado Prestige Silver MM cartridge.

Introduction

The Aurora Mk2 turntable follows in the steps of its high performance predecessor but with improved looks and still higher performance. Derived in many aspects from Origin Live’s award winning Aurora Gold - it represents unrivalled performance at this price point AND well above it. The Aurora MK2 will comfortably outperform many more expensive decks even when fitted with inexpensive tone arms and cartridges. Investing that little bit extra in the turntable almost always results in a considerable overall saving.
The strengths of the Aurora MK2 lie in its superb transparency, coupled with tangible sound staging and imaging. It is very neutral and will suit most systems exceptionally well. You can expect this turntable to give you many years of listening pleasure.