The urge to tinker is awash. What TT might better mine and why?


Just my normal fidgetitus kicking in!
Will start by saying I am extremely happy with my present TT and cart combo but always curious as to other options.
So I guess looking for opinions on what could be better and why?
How much more would I need to spend to better what I have now?

Presently running Nottingham Analog Spacedeck cw Spacearm.
Cartridge is ZYX RS30mk2.
Phonostage is Goldnote PH-10.
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@markmendenhall personally i love the Nott sound and didn’t want to get away from it, so I just got ‘more of it’

Yep. And air bearings are yet more of the same. I much prefer the ’sound’ of really good bearings to anything else, regardless of the touted advantages of this technology or that.
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I’m by no means a techie, not even close, but the absolute minimalist design of the Nott makes me think (right or wrong) that it’s gonna play what’s on the record: no more, no less. Having owned two Notts going back 15 years, the reading I’ve done on materials and implementation tends to focus on bearing design, which is line with your thinking.  I look at all the mechanical and electrical parts inherent in rim drive and direct drive tables and intuitively I think simpler has to be better.  Of course that’s too easy to definitely conclude and proper implementation of most designs can yield spectacular results, we all know that from experience.  All my components stress ‘low noise floor’, including the Nott.  Music just creeps, erupts, eases, or bursts from a dead silent, inky black background and fills the stage with a wide and deep sonic panorama, particularly with well preserved and recorded vinyl.