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Heavy Kit / Power Supply upgrade for Nottingham?

I have been so happy with my new Nottingham Spacedeck that I am contemplating the Heavy Kit and Power Supply upgrade. If I had known how well the Nottingham would work in my system I would have bought the Hyperspace. (had no way to audition Nottingham TTs so bought it based on what I had read) The upgrades are a bit pricey but after 3 months with the Spacedeck, I don't think I will be putting any more money in digital for some time. The Spacedeck is way more fun than my old ARC transport / DAC 1 which I let go.

My system is comprised of the following components which were purchased used over the last few years, except for the Nottingham:

ARC PH2 phonostage
ARC Ref 1 Preamp
Soundlab Dynastat Speakers
2 Golden Tube Audio SE-40s vertically bi-amped.

I am torn between upgrading the GTA amplifiers to Rogue M-120 monoblocks or doing the turntable upgrade. My listening room is small and don't really feel the need for more power but I think I need balanced in amps to take full advantage of the ARC Ref 1.

So do I do the turntable upgrade first or the amp upgrade? I can audition the Rogue monoblocks in my system but not the Spacedeck upgrades. The Spacedeck upgrade would be a leap of faith. (but then so was the Spacedeck purchase) Any ideas?

vannorm

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rauliruegas
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Dear Vannorm: What are you looking for ? what do you think
yours system needs ?. If you want a better quality music/analog reproduction, then you have to re-start at the begining: tonearm/cartridge combo ( I don't know what is yours ), if you don't have a top quality combo here it's the place to do a change for an improvement in the quality sound ( you can improve the reproduction in some other audio system areas: amp, preamp, speakers, room, etc..., but the original signal in the recording you can only improve through a better tonearm/cartridge combo, anything you do with the signal after this combo step reproduction only can degraded the signal ).
Regards and always enjoy the music.
Raul.
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