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Best arm for a Nottingham Spacedeck?

I like the Spacedeck, but I'm not that crazy about the Spacearm. The headshell wiring is very fragile and the whole thing looks more like a machinists' prototype than a production version. The table is a bargain at $1500, but the arm doesn't seem like it's worth $1000 to me.

What other arms have y'all found to work well? The OL Silver looks interesting. Anybody use it with a Spacedeck? Are there any issues with mounting Rega variants?

I'd like whatever arm I get to work well with a Dynavector 17D2 cartridge.
nighthawk
twl
3,251 posts
 
Any of the OL arms will work well with a Spacedeck and a Dynavector 17D2. I use a Silver on my Teres and like it very much.
blcube
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I don`t your cartridges,no comment.What I heard last night
was Unbelievable from a Nottingham Spacedeck.Ozzy62 has a Bluenote Borromeo tonearm with a Benz cartridges on a Spacedeck that STOP me in my tracks. I have never heard anyone Nottingham sound that GOOD.It sound like a $10,000.
setup.It sound like one of those setup,went other people tell you they have a hot turntable. you tell them well bring it own.HE IS not in the LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION
twl
3,251 posts
 
Blcube, I'm happy that Ozzy62 has gotten a good result. I know that he had to go through a trial with the Shelter 501 and concluded that it didn't match his Borromeo arm well. The Benz is a much better match for a unipivot, and it obviously shows in the fine performance of his analog rig. It is very important to get a correct match between the tonearm and cartridge. I'm sure it is a very nice sounding setup.

Nighthawk, I am aware of several cases where an OL Silver, or other OL arms have been installed on Spacedecks, and there should be no mounting problems. If you are going to use a VTA adjusting collar on the arm, you will have to make the mounting hole very slightly larger than a standard Rega hole to accomodate it. I strongly recommend getting the VTA collar. It comes standard with the OL Silver.
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