Nottington Ace Space question, motor placement.

I little more that the width of a finger is about right.

I learned that I was stretching the ring on my VPI. It does indeed take very little force . So whatever you do start with as little stretch as will drive the table to propper speed.

Anyone with a Nottingham turntable ever tried the Wave Mechanic (Speed Control). Can the Pro-ject speed control do the job for less than half the price of a Wave Mechanic. My Ace Space sounds spectacular, with warmth, detail and transparency. Would the "Wave" be overkill?

I purchased a wave mechanic from Devine audio in UK, positive upgrade. I also tried a Walker, also positive, went with the wave mechanic due to cost. The heavy kit was a bigger improvement. I ordered the Wave mechanic from Devine on a sunday evening and it was at my door on thursday. I also upgraded the base with a custom base from Silent Running audio, all good things.

Hello Zeal.

The Wave Mechanic (at least the model which I have) is a high quality power filtration device. NAS takes the position that filtration of line power makes an improvement in the sound, a position with which I concur. I would be hesitant to put a potentially noisy controller in front of the motor, so, absent a trial in your system, I would stay with power filtration.

Wave Mechanic as overkill? It depends on your POV. I used to run my NAS Mentor/ Mechanic through a prior isolation transformer. When I added a CVT (constant voltage transformer), it SEEMED to improve further. So I use all three: a 500VA medical isolation transformer from Plitron, a 30VA CVT from Sola, and a Wave Mechanic.

One other argument for the Wave Mechanic is that, as a power filtration device, it protects the motor, which is a high value item.

Good luck!