Nottingham tonearms compared to other brands?

I have experience only with the short (9") Space Arm, but I think that it's a great unipivot tonearm. It's much easier to set up than the VPI or Hadcock, by comparison, and it tracks very well. The armtube is carbon fibre thus the arm is quite light weight, so careful cartridge matching is a must, but with the right match it sounds great. The only caution is in regard to the tonearm wiring - it's very fine silver wire which requires a VERY delicate touch when mounting/unmounting a cartridge. Highly recommended.

Zeal,

Sorry, I was out of town for a couple of days. My tests were mostly with MC cartridges. I have had very good results with the Benz Ace LO, Dynavector 20X2 and the Shelter 501-II. I preferred the Benz.

The only MM cartridge I tested on the Space Arm were the Denon DL-110. It sounded OK, but to my ears was somewhat dull compared to the MC carts. It is probably not a good match to this arm.

Just for kicks I also tried an ancient Talisman Alchemist B MC cartridge that I had just had re-tipped. It sounded fantastic! I would have kept that combo but I had committed the cartridge to another turntable.