Looking for thoughts from Nottingham Analog table owners

Have just about boiled it down to a choice between 2 British arms.

Origin Live or Audiomods.

Right now as far as features and vfm I think the Audiomods has it with his series 6.

Anybody any experience with either arm or company?

Did find this, a little dated but still possibly useful

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/best-arm-for-a-nottingham-spacedeck

No thoughts at all?
Where did all the Nottingham owners go?

Resurrection time...lol

Even though I am "done" making huge upgrades and changes to my system, this next item has been on radar for quite a while and now thinking about it seriously.

Do not want to change out more than once!

Tonearm, running standard Spacearm.

Have a few carts, running Scheu Analog MC SL right now and have an Ortofon Cadenza Black to test.

Looking for thoughts/opinion of a good replacement arm for the Spacedeck. Not really interested in going with linear tracking or air bearing at this stage, just do not want or need all the extra hardware that goes along with it.

So a regular arm that would be a fair improvement on the Spacearm if that is feasible at a sensible budget and I do not mind used / vintage at all.

Have heard good things about the Audiomods arms from back in England too.

So any thoughts please? 

Thank you

Seems they do at $1895 on Valid Points, $1649 on rubber feet.

Eeeek

Thanks lewm.

Part of the trouble is finding one, I missed one here on the gon by a few minutes about 3 months ago.
Hardly ever see them come up for sale.
Will have to see if they still make and sell them new.

About 3 people have recommended the Walker so it is an avenue I need pursue.

So thinking of treating myself to a new cartridge for my Spacedeck/Spacearm combo but here is my question.

What sort of cartridge weight and compliance should I be aiming at to be the best match?

Have not had much luck finding good info on the Spacearm so if anybody has some information and can share that would be much appreciated.

Well last night I experienced exactly what my original OP had concerns about.

I got set to play vinyl last night but before I had even sat down I could hear a fairly pronounced hum that was not there a couple of days ago.

Now yes I had been around the back fitting a newer Pioneer cdp in the rack so obviously had disturbed the cable runs somewhere. But here is the odd thing I had never paid any careful attention to how I had run cables from the tt to phono to amp previously as it never suffered any hum at all.

To fix though I had to remove tt to phono cables and very carefully reroute away from anything else at all AND add another ground cable from the phono to the amp to clear up the hum.

Now is it possible that the new Pioneer cdp has a noisier power supply or similar?
No idea tbh, just very odd.
But shows that anything can happen in this wonderful hobby of ours!

So I have just seen a Nottingham Hyperspace deck for sale here and it says it has the Ace Anna carbon tonearm on it.
Looking at the close up pictures that tonearm looks absolutely identical to the tonearm on my Spacedeck.
Although I really do not see the difference visually between the Space arm and the Ace Anna arm just by pictures
What tonearm would have been standard on the Spacedeck or was there no such thing as a standard tonearm from Nottingham?
Very interested as would really like to know what tonearm I have.

I am pretty sure there is not much wrong with my present setup but you know how the grass is always greener.....
But my recent upgrade to the phono stage did pay off big time imho so there could be more to have in the arm/cart area for sure.

Just looking for thoughts on my present setup.
Nottingham Spacedeck with what I assume is standard Spacearm. On that point I am not sure as it came with the tt which I purchased used of eBay.
Running a Shelter 501 mk3 cartridge through a Gold Note ph10 phono stage.
Now I am very happy with the sq but as you know...changes are always calling out...lol.
So what would anybody consider to be the weakest link here? The cartridge or the arm?
And suggestions for either or just leave well alone.
Btw I did research the air bearing arm and really do not want to get into that at all.
Thank you

Terry I do us clean, and yes it was a big improvement all round
Had not considered an arm change at all

So Notts owners, looking for some bang up to date information all in one place, here..lol.

Looking to change out the flavour a bit by buying another cartridge.
Present is Shelter 501 mk3, no intention to get rid of it but would like to try something different.
Budget say $1500 to $2000.
Thoughts?

Just added a Funk Firm Achromat 3mm to my space deck and a little more realism and air to the proceedings now.
Certainly worth $99.

@markmendenhall 
How long have you had the equicore 1800?
I have on order and heard nothing but good reports.
My noise floor is pretty low but any further help is always welcome!

I have to say my brief ownership so far leaves me with a very warm fuzzy glow!
The level of detail and soul extracted by this simple Spacearm and shelter cart is a huge leap ahead from my previous clearaudio tt.
Years of enjoyment to follow.
I would say my setup appears to be very neutral with solid organic bass and female vocals excell. Start of a long live affair hopefully!

When/if I feel the need to change from my Shelter 501 I might give classic mm a chance like a Grace or similar.
Hours of listening to the setup as it is for now though lie ahead!

@anovak 

Maybe not many Nottingham owners but those that are seem to be pretty passionate.

Funny thing is that their Underwood factory is about 5 miles from where I grew up and spent 30 years. Now in Florida and finally get to own one!

@inna 

Yea, I am not too crazy on the xlr back to rca but wanted to get it up and running. I will likely get some high quality rca plugs and rewire the tonearm cable to these.

I quite like the shelter cart but as it is only one I have heard so far always up for options.
Actually looking at a couple of older Grace models, I know a few really like them

Just a question for Nottingham owners.
What cartridge have you used and thoughts on same for a Spacedeck.

@nkonor

Thank you,I will look out for that one.
And indeed happy new year to all.

@anovak 
Good luck with the new cueing mechanism!

@anovak 

My goto comparison recording is crime of the century by supertramp.

This I have on vinyl, cassette, CD, ripped to vault as wav file and finally stream from Tidal at 192 MQA.

I still find the vinyl to have more life for want of a better description.
All the digital mediums still sound more sterile but that also could be the DAC involved.

Have also just been on a deep clean session of my vinyl collection, about quarter way through but albums have played so far show a nice reduction in surface noise.

Been a while but I finally found a super deal on a Nottingham Spacedeck cw Spacearm and a nearly new Shelter 501 mk3 cart.
Setup was no harder than any other tt with the right tools so no worries there and there is zero noise, in fact its a very black background.
A little odd though was the fact that the arm was wired with xlr connectors at the end, my phono (Dynavector p75 mk3) does not support xlr so had to buy a pair of xlr-rca adapters.
The sound?
Heaven!
So much air and soul to the music even on less than stellar discs, somehow it manages to surpress the worst crackles and concentrate on the music.

I did a direct a/b to a digital file of a lp I was playing and it just sounded like a mp3 file even though it was a full wav file.
Don't get me wrong I love the convenience of digital but this reminds me why I do not mind getting up every 20 minutes or so to change the side!

I was also looking at a nottingham analog studio  tracer 2 cart to go with the interspace deck, any experience with that cart?

@bcowen
Thank you for your insights, just the sort of info I need from actual owners
Think it was a review in AbsoluteSound that had major problems with 60hz hum. They ended up preferring a Rega over the Nottingham Interspace.
I am fairly happy with present deck but you know how that goes, grass is always greener on the other side.....