Please be advised that the following is secondhand knowledge based on the experiences of a friend whose ears I trust and are attuned in particular to the qualities of pace and expressiveness.
He has been a longtime owner and proponent of the Nottingham Spacedeck and used the Spacearm in conjunction with the table.He had decided to make an upgrade to the latest spec Hyperspace and carbon Hyperarm based on his wholey positive experience with the Spacedeck.
Shortly after receiving his new turntable, I received an e mail from him with the simple and succinct statement of an anguished and dissappointed owner:"It blows chunks!"A call was made to Mr Fletcher about what may have been at fault ,yo which was replied:'Kinda sleepy isn't it?".
Having heard the former interation and investigating what changes have been made since US distribution was changed to Audiophile System, al that I can see is that the new carbonfibre upper platter ,armtube, etc are overdamping the system and drawing the vitality from the presentation.Mr.Fletcher advocated placing washers between the main subplatter and the composite top platter to reduce the effect so it is something of which he is awares.
The NA Spacedeck and Interspace remain essentially unchanged from before and continue to be wonderful musically communicative devices(avoid the carbon tubed arm option, tho).
Best,
Ken
BTW- the Hyperspace and arm were sold and replaced with a Roksan Xerxes X /Artemiz with which he has been very happy.
He has been a longtime owner and proponent of the Nottingham Spacedeck and used the Spacearm in conjunction with the table.He had decided to make an upgrade to the latest spec Hyperspace and carbon Hyperarm based on his wholey positive experience with the Spacedeck.
Shortly after receiving his new turntable, I received an e mail from him with the simple and succinct statement of an anguished and dissappointed owner:"It blows chunks!"A call was made to Mr Fletcher about what may have been at fault ,yo which was replied:'Kinda sleepy isn't it?".
Having heard the former interation and investigating what changes have been made since US distribution was changed to Audiophile System, al that I can see is that the new carbonfibre upper platter ,armtube, etc are overdamping the system and drawing the vitality from the presentation.Mr.Fletcher advocated placing washers between the main subplatter and the composite top platter to reduce the effect so it is something of which he is awares.
The NA Spacedeck and Interspace remain essentially unchanged from before and continue to be wonderful musically communicative devices(avoid the carbon tubed arm option, tho).
Best,
Ken
BTW- the Hyperspace and arm were sold and replaced with a Roksan Xerxes X /Artemiz with which he has been very happy.