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Periphery Record Rings

Who uses one of these periphery record rings, like the VPI? Theoretically they make a lot of sense. What is your experience with them?

Has anyone seen this auction over at Audiogon ...

http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/auc.pl?accstwek&1235444247&1234963855

It's a brass ring without the outer downward facing "lip" on the VPI ring, which won't work on all tables due to lack of belt clearance. I would guess brass would be better, since it is denser and purportedly results in better sound than other metals. Anyone seen one of these "ttouter" rings and can vouch for the quality of the workmanship and uniformity of it?

thanks,
Bob
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joey54
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In my system, Scout, JMW9 Signature arm, SuperPlatter, SDS, Benz Ruby3 I had mixed results with the VPI periphery clamp. Older vinyl sounded better in every way. The newer records and 180-200 records sounded worse. It was though all of the life was sucked out of the vinyl. YMMV depending on your system. I would try it in your system before you commit to buying it.

Good Luck!
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