The LPI V2 slips over the spindle of your turntable and rests on the label portion of the LP. This mechanism absorbs the micro vibrations that are present at the label area, which allows the cartridge to reproduce what is pressed on the record, without any additional resonant frequencies being added. Fine details are more recognizable and lifelike. Stillpoints has extended the technology pockets, so the new LPI V2 will fit over both long and short spindles. There is an adapter (with wrench) included for extremely short spindles like on a Rega or Garrard 301.
The LPI can also be placed on top of loudspeakers,
components, and transformers of tube equipment.
“The LPI immediately imposes a sense of balanced calm on proceedings: the band step away from the speakers, the recording becomes a single, coherent entity, while the stereo perspective becomes much more natural, especially in terms of height. The drum kit solidifies into a single compact unit, rather than having elements scattered across the soundstage, the chiming guitars are both better separated and more insistent. But most telling of all is the drop in apparent volume; the music doesn’t seem so loud because so much hash and noise has been stripped away…I’ve found no music that fails to benefit from the LPI and it has become an essential piece of the turntable setup.”
– Roy Gregory, The Audio Beat, July 2012
