The urge to tinker is awash. What TT might better mine and why?

Uber

interesting thread:  a year ago I swapped out my spacedeck/spacearm (9”) for an ace spacedeck and ace Anna 10” arm; at the same time I added the Kiseki purple heart ns cartridge which replaced a cadenza bronze 

i use a walker audio motor controller and a Cary ph302 mk ii phono stage with a factory added external power supply ( similar to those used on the Cary slp98 pre amps ) - I put 4 circa 1950 vintage nos 6sl7 tubes in the phono stage

when all was said and done I achieved noticeable improvements in all areas of vinyl sound reproduction - incredibly low noise floor, great dynamics, detail, soundstage, you name it - the improvements were not subtle 

personally i love the Nott sound and didn’t want to get away from it, so I just got ‘more of it’

i think it’s the same with a speaker sound you prefer, if you like it and want ‘more of it’ just move up the line 

T9

I’m by no means a techie, not even close, but the absolute minimalist design of the Nott makes me think (right or wrong) that it’s gonna play what’s on the record: no more, no less. Having owned two Notts going back 15 years, the reading I’ve done on materials and implementation tends to focus on bearing design, which is line with your thinking.  I look at all the mechanical and electrical parts inherent in rim drive and direct drive tables and intuitively I think simpler has to be better.  Of course that’s too easy to definitely conclude and proper implementation of most designs can yield spectacular results, we all know that from experience.  All my components stress ‘low noise floor’, including the Nott.  Music just creeps, erupts, eases, or bursts from a dead silent, inky black background and fills the stage with a wide and deep sonic panorama, particularly with well preserved and recorded vinyl.