Super Tweak for Nottingham Space TT


Hello,

Just want to pass on to fellow Nottingham Space TT owners a superb tweak that I stumbled on by chance: Go to your nearest Bed, Bath & Beyond and grab one of those massive chopping blocks made of Canadian maple. Just replace the base that came with the unit with the chopping board. The improvement is not subtle; dynamics (both macro and micro), imaging, and noise floor are significantly improved. This tweak makes the Space look like a mini-version of the top of the line ANNA LOG! While I'm here, do you guys find the use of a clamp beneficial to the Space's performance? I bought a very expensive clamp and found the resultant sound overdamped.
aisip
Same results using two different clamps. I have my Spacedeck on a maple cutting board as part of a DIY wall mount. Sounds great. My wife prefers it on the stock plinth (looks), though I do slightly prefer the sound of it directly on the cutting board so I have ultimately overruled after demonstrating to her the difference.
4yanx,

Thanks for your response. Time to discard the clamp! Can you please give me some pointers on how to construct my own wall mount? I am moving into a second floor apartment with shaky wooden floors. Thanks in advance.
I responded with a general description of the wall mount in another thread on here.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1048695087&openfrom&1&4#1

I have a more detailed description, which I will try to find.

BTW, Tom Fletcher, himself, recommends a relatively high mass mount for the Spacedeck, preferably wood, and goes on to say that it will work equally well with or without the stock plinth. Apparently, it was designed to be attractive (some agree, some disagree) and that a composition material was used for best results for those who do choose to us the plinth.

What arm and cartridge are you using with your Spacedeck?