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GRAVITY TWO RECORD PUCK BY ORIGIN LIVE

30th October 2025

It’s back and, says the company Origin Live, much improved. Does Paul Rigby agree?

Turntable pucks exist to remove vibration, not just from the turntable’s platter but also the record itself. Otherwise that vibration can turn into microphony and high-frequency noise and that interferes with sound. Often masking subtle detail and effectively dumbing down the music.

Of late? There has been a revolution in this accessory category that has featured genuine innovation. UK outfit Soundeck combined a stainless steel weight with sound-damped steel as one example. Another UK company, Origin Live, introduced the revolutionary Gravity One. A so-called stabiliser with almost no weight at all at 67g, using materials focused purely on anti-vibration design and complimentary materials. The Gravity One blew everything else away in performance terms.

Shockingly, the Gravity One was usurped by yet another UK company Stack Audio and its also very light in weight Serene Puck which used an internal silicone trampoline system to remove vibration.

TECH ROUND-UP

Now? Origin Live is back with the Gravity Two, weighing in at 70g. The company is keeping its design and materials cards close to its chest and I don’t really blame it but Origin Live is saying that the Two takes the One’s design techniques and adds to them. You get a clue about this if you look under the new, smaller footprint chassis (at 70 x 40mm high instead of the One’s 80 x 25mm high). Only the inner part of the Gravity One puck touches the record surface. For the Gravity Two? The inner area and outer chassis touches the record surface.

Inside the chassis is a range of loosely fitting materials that freely move around if you give this thing a shake.

Installation of the unit itself is simple. You place your vinyl record onto the platter of your turntable. Then you place the Gravity Two over the turntable’s spindle. The Gravity Two then rests upon your record. And away you go. That’s it.

Question is, how does it perform?

SOUND QUALITY

I completed the sound tests with two albums. Firstly with Alan Parsons. Pull up a chair, Alan, I said. I played his Vulture Culture LP, reissued by Music on Vinyl but originally released via Arista in 1984. I played the Separate Lives track which combines lead vocal with harmonic vocal backing, synth, percussion, various secondary percussion inserts, lead and bass guitars.

I also used the Doris Day album, Hooray for Hollywood and her original 1958 Columbia pressing, playing a selection of ditties such as It Might As Well Be Spring, Three Coins in the Fountain and others.

I will be utilising a range of competing reference accessories in this review, covering an array of price points and alternative technologies. I love all of them. That’s why I am using them here. All are recommended. In fact, if you prefer the look of any of them or are tempted by the lower price, over and above the Origin Live model? Then buy with my blessing. Back to the tests then.

WITH & WITHOUT

I started by utilising the ‘with and without’ test. That is, I played the track with nothing at all atop of the turntable spindle. And then I placed the Gravity 2 on that spindle and listened.

The result? With the Gravity 2? Music was much more coherent. This was down to a reduction of noise and vibration. Hence, high-frequency noise no longer got in the way, it no longer filled the gaps in the music or distorted the presentation. Both midrange and treble sound cleaner, removing a slight edge from the upper mids, offering better clarity, improved focus from guitars and secondary percussion. Vocals provided improved diction so I could better hear the lyrics now. The stereo image was solid and better focused while the bass offered more impact.

The difference? Night and day. The Gravity 2 was seriously impressive in its performance.

VS MICHELL CLAMP

I then compared the Gravity 2 to a classic clamp from Michell. This clamp also removed noise and vibration, cleaning up the soundstage and tightened the bass, although the upper mids were a little hard.

In comparison, the Gravity 2 made the Michell sound claustrophobic. The Gravity 2 added air and space into the mids while bass was tightened but retained its essential character.

VS HRS ADH

I then tried the HRS ADH stabiliser that relied both on the weight of its steel chassis plus a damping pad on the base of the unit.

I felt this unit emphasised the bass a little too much, when compared to the Gravity Two. The ADL removed vibration and noise but the balance of the presentation was too skewed towards the lower frequencies. The Gravity Two was wonderfully neutral by comparison.

VS HRS ADL

I then moved to the lighter HRS ADL which reduced the bass impact of the ADH but didn’t quite have the same level of detail and information extraction when compared to the Gravity Two.

The Gravity Two provided better clarity performance and more precision around the upper mids.

VS SOUNDECK DAMPING PUCK

I then moved onto the Soundeck Damping Puck made from steel with a thin layer of sound-damped steel within to lower noise. While the Soundeck did lower midrange and treble noise it worked best around the lower frequency area creating excellent bass precision with a lovely low frequency impact. Even so, The Gravity Two retained that advantage and it further enhanced treble and midrange performance in both detail and clarity terms.

The Soundeck remains a valid choice if cash is tight, though.

VS GRAVITY ONE

What amazed me was the performance of the Gravity Two compared to the original Gravity One. The One is a wonderful little accessory. I gave it a full 10/10 rating when I reviewed it five years ago but the Gravity Two? It outperformed it by extending upper midrange detail, by opening up the treble performance even further and by combining bass impact with space around the lower frequencies. The Gravity Two is basically the Gravity One…and then some. That is, the Gravity Two doesn’t do things too differently to the One, it just pushes further along the same sonic path.

The Gravity One did everything right. The Gravity Two continues the story but enhances it and improves upon it.

In fact, the difference is large enough for me to say that, if you liked the Gravity One, the Gravity Two is a valid upgrade.

VS STACK AUDIO SERENE

Finally? I compared the Gravity One with Stack Audio’s Serene Sound Puck. To my mind, the Gravity One and Serene were the top of the tree for this category of accessory. Both had advantages over the other in terms of the sound envelope but I leaned more towards the Serene. So how did the Gravity Two compare to the Serene?

Frankly? I do prefer the Gravity Two in terms of the upper midrange reach and treble performance. The Serene provided super detail and information retrieval but there was more space from the Gravity Two in the high-frequency extremes which allowed more subtle detail to be picked up by the ear. Noise seemed lower, which gave those frequencies more room to manoeuvre. The gamut of secondary percussion used on the Alan Parsons’ track had more life and enjoyed greater clarity while the background vocal harmonies enjoyed a greater, emotional delivery.

I also preferred the Gravity Two when it came to bass. The blend of impact, clarity and balance gave the bass both power but also a sense of character. The Serene offered a superb bass focus but sounded a little closed in when compared to the Gravity Two. Also, reverb tailing off percussive strikes travelled further from the Gravity Two, better tracking the initial effort put into the strike.

CONCLUSION

Yes, the Gravity Two is expensive for an accessory. But, if you have the cash and turntable performance means everything to you, then you really have to pay attention to the Gravity Two. As much as I love the competing reference units in this review and, to repeat, I do recommend all of them, the Origin Live Gravity Two outperforms them all. The only competition the Gravity Two has is its own earlier model, the Gravity One and the Stack Audio Serene. Even here, though, the Gravity Two sets new sonic standards, pushing further in sound quality terms.

I have to add, when Stack Audio released its Serene record puck, earlier this year, it must have been quite a shock to Origin Live. The Serene was and remains something special. But credit to Origin Live. The company took that release on the chin, bounced off the ropes and came out fighting again. To my ears, Origin Live has succeeded in taking the top spot again for this accessory category.

In short? The Gravity Two is a stunner.

ORIGIN LIVE GRAVITY TWO RECORD PUCK

Price: £230

Website: www.originlive.com

GOOD: low noise, midrange reach, bass impact, detail, clarity.

BAD: nothing