Nottingham and Teres comparison

Twl and 4yanx, those exotic TT platters HAVE to sound better than my HR-X vpi acrylic platter, I am tired of changing stuff, in less than 2 years I have gone through 4 incarnations of upscale model TT's. Cocobolo platter? dream on Theo! I don't know where to put my money now, to the wood platter or to an extra Power Conditioner of a passive nature, like the Hydra?. ( Michael Fremer uses a PS 300 plus the Hydra.)

Tphalieros, if you have gone theough 4 incarnations of upscale TT's and are not yet satisifed with your sound, I'd have interest to know what is the rest of your system. Chances are it isn't the platter. This cannot continue! :-)

Ted, a good improvement of the platter would be higher on the upgrade scale than a power conditioning upgrade. However, you do have to remember that the main bearing at the center of the TT is the most important part of the TT, and that is what will ultimately limit how far you can go with any given TT. What you may want to consider, is to get the Teres bearing and platter as a combination package. They make it available separately like that. The strobe pattern will already be printed on the bottom, so when you later decide to upgrade to the DC motor/controller, you can easily do it. This would really then make your TT a Teres with a different plinth. Or you could just buy the bearing separately and make a platter out of wood, yourself. The Teres main bearing is only a little over $200. That's cheap.

Alternatively, you could stick with an AC motor and use a Walker Motor Controller, which will condition/regenerate your power, control your speeds, and improve the sound to what you currently own.

Don't get me wrong 4yanx, I am and I was, satisfied by the sound. But I have been bitten by the audiophilia nervosa bug and can't stop looking for better!
The problem here is that after a high degree of refinement the sound of my system gets "better" only incrementally and only in certain areas, it could be said that my sound changes and that there are trade off's, for example: I've got better definition and faster and more precise presentation at the expense of opulent, romantic and fault forgiving sound. So some records I used to like don't sound as rich, but others that I did not, have revealed hidden information in their grooves, I did not know it existed.

Tom, thanks for the advice.
I don't know if I repeat myself here, but my latest version of update includes the new inverted bearing that is used in the $10.000 VPI HR-X, TT. It is made from the best quality materials from what I read in vpi's literature. Do you think that the TERES would still be better? The wood platter idea is compelling! I will pursue it further with Mapleshade, if Pierre can make me a maple laminated platter about 2-3" thick I would be interested to try it.