Tonearm suggestions for my Nottingham Analogue Spacedeck

Why don't you look at the Pear Audio tonearms?  These are the final tonearm designs by Tom Fletcher of Nottingham fame are drop-in compatible with your deck.  IMO and experience they are greatly improved over the older Nottingham offerings and will provide the best synergy with your Nott turntable.

That's what I would do, unless you are looking to fundamentally change the sonic signature of your turntable.

Good ideas here.
The Pear Audio Cornet arms look interesting for sure.

I did look at the Jelco as well.

uberwaltz,

I have followed your posts for quite awhile. You keep doing these sideway, midfi upgrades and tweaks. Will you ever start saving your "nickles" and buy the real deal ?

You spent $5 K on "the Gate", is it just because you can play with it for 90 days and then return it risk free and get your money back? Seems like you will be one of the first, to return yours.

Some good suggestions on tonearms. Do your research, find one, maybe stretch your budget a bit and get a tonearm that will serve you Well for Years, TT base covered, now a Tonearm. Seems that you have enough cartridges to play with.

When your done playing with the Gate. Get a great tonearm.

$5 K on a tweak and you can’t find a great tonearm for your TT or they cost too much ? Get real already.

Interesting post Nkonor.

Mixture of condescension ,mild insults and half decent suggestions, sweet.

Your suggestion that I bought into The Gate just because I could and in your opinion will, return is particularly silly.

You may label it as a "tweak"but anybody who has tried one knows it is so much more than that.

Now let’s get sensible.

Why on earth would I contemplate spending 5k on a tonearm for a $1200 table? The Nottingham is good but not THAT good!

Considering the table,value and potential I honestly do not believe there is any need or reason to spend more than about $1500 tops on an arm for this table.

Above that and say 5k, I would likely look at a completely new and different table.

Vinyl is NOT my only media or even my number 1 media so spending will be less.

The Gate effects EVERYTHING in my system and imho well worth its price.

Obviously YMMV.

I guess I should be flattered you have followed my posts but a little saddened by your conclusions if truth be told.

Had a long conversation today with Larry at Hollywood Sound, pretty much the goto guy for Nottingham tables in the USA.

His suggestion and thoughts were NOT to change out the arm at all as it can handle vastly better carts still. He has been down the arm swapping road and gone backwards every time.

Recommended cart would be Kiseki Purpleheart.

OR step up to something like the Nottingham 294 Space with 12" Anna Spacearm.

Likely last table I would ever need.

All his opinions of course but he has worked with Notts tables for eons and Tom Fletcher himself so I respect his opinions.

And at no time was there any attemp to upsell me anything at all, that right there tells me a lot!