I suspect your problem may be in set up, I'm not reassured that you you think your dealer set it up properly. If you have the equipment necessary I would check out the set up parameters. Pay attention to VTA, something which is often overlooked due to the difficulty of establishing it. Proper VTA for each disc you play is a magical thing, especially if you have a line stulus. Have you allowed for the differences between disc thicknesses? Does the Spacearm allow for VTA adjustments on the fly? Loading will affect tonality but wont't help with spacial issues like DOI (not caused by HF roll off). But, FWIW CD's do that imaging trick quite well, and with no effort on your part - thats one of its great attributes.
Need more soundstage depth with Spacedeck and Ono
I've just gotten back into analog with a Nottingham Spacedeck with Spacearm and a Benz L2 cartridge.I'm using a Pass Labs Aleph Ono phono stage and Pass Aleph 2 monoblocks with a Pass Aleph P preamp with Cardas Golden Reference balanced and RCA cables and Audio Physics Virgo II speakers. Everything is broken in now and the turntable has been set up properly by my Nottingham dealer and I've readjusted the loading and capacitance with no luck in the soundstage department. The soundstage is wide but very forward and shallow. The sound and detail is fine but doesn't compete with my CD player. I'm using a Naim CD5 with the HiCap and the sound simply blows away the analog. The pinpoint imaging and three-dimensional deep soundstage along with the disappearing act with the speakers is phenomenal. Even my Magnum Dynalab 101 tuner makes a huge difference in a deep soundstage over the analog. With the analog the speakers no longer disappear and it leaves me wondering what is leading to this. Any advice would help alot. Thanks
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