Nottingham tonearms compared to other brands?

Zeal,

Sorry, I was out of town for a couple of days. My tests were mostly with MC cartridges. I have had very good results with the Benz Ace LO, Dynavector 20X2 and the Shelter 501-II. I preferred the Benz.

The only MM cartridge I tested on the Space Arm were the Denon DL-110. It sounded OK, but to my ears was somewhat dull compared to the MC carts. It is probably not a good match to this arm.

Just for kicks I also tried an ancient Talisman Alchemist B MC cartridge that I had just had re-tipped. It sounded fantastic! I would have kept that combo but I had committed the cartridge to another turntable.

BR3098,

The Talisman Alchemist B MC is no where to be found on the internet to buy. I will be trying a Dynavector DV20 high output (2.5) MC on my Anna arm and will be checking out the Benz. The Cartridge that came with my Space Ace arm sounds good but I'm hoping the MC cart will give me a little more detail. Thanks for you input.

The gain on my George Wright WPP 200 phono stage goes to 60ohm, a LO might work without a step up transformer. Depends on how lo. I think my PA can handle a output of .5 and above.

Has anyone had experience comparing the Ace Space 12" silver wire against Incognito or Cardas copper? TIA.