Clearaudio Turntable Outer Limit & Locator Ring

"Recommended Component" - Stereophile Magazine

Clearaudio's Outer Limit Turntable Ring is a record clamp with a difference. Instead of fitting over the spindle and sitting on the record label, the Outer Limit fits on the outer edge of an LP. Most LPs are warped to some degree, and the Outer Limit carefully and accurately presses your LP flat against the platter.

Outer Limit won a "Recommended Component" citation in the April 2003 issue of Stereophile magazine. According to Michael Fremer, it "blackened backgrounds, solidified images, and made them 'pop' in three dimensions."

Clearaudio's Outer Limit Turntable Ring is a record clamp with a difference. Instead of fitting over the spindle and sitting on the record label, the Outer Limit fits on the outer edge of an LP. Most LPs are warped to some degree, and the Outer Limit carefully and accurately presses your LP flat against the platter.

Includes Spider Alignment Tool

Included with the Outer Limit is a Spider Outer Limit Alignment Tool, which temporarily sits on the spindle to help you center the Turntable Ring.

Please note that because of the Outer Limit's heavy-duty stainless steel construction, which adds weight to the platter, the Turntable Ring is recommended for turntables with massive platters and powerful motors.

In his August 2009 review of the Clearaudio Outer Limit and Clearaudio Twister Clamp used in combination, Jack Roberts of Dagogo.com noticed "quieter backgrounds, a more stable image, better musical flow and slightly better bass than you get without it... The Clearaudio Outer Limit Turntable Ring also gives me better speed stability and more drive."

"Recommended Component" - Stereophile Magazine

The Clearaudio Outer Limit Turntable Ring "blackened backgrounds, solidified images, and made them 'pop' in three dimensions."

"Its weight means that you can use it only with turntables with massive platters and/or very powerful motors."

- Michael Fremer, Stereophile magazine, April 2003

"I have been using [Clearaudio's Twister Clamp] in combination with their Outer Limit Turntable Ring for the last three years. This combination has proved to be quite satisfactory. The combination deals with warp records as good as anything I have ever used, including turntables that use vacuum hold down systems."

"As far as sound goes the combination gives you quieter backgrounds, a more stable image, better musical flow and slightly better bass than you get without it."

"The Clearaudio Outer Limit Turntable Ring also gives me better speed stability and more drive. The Twister Clamp is a very nice basic clamp, especially considering the price."

- Jack Roberts, Dagogo.com, August 2009