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Am moving to the Brinkmann now. Wasn't satisfied with the AceSpace

I couldn't get the AceSpace to work properly with the VdH Condor. I never got the same VTF value on the Acoustech digital scales everytime I measured, and a simple fly landing on the counterweight would also change the value. I also had different value when measured on the outer groove and on the inner groove.
I also didn't like the play around the pivot. Basically, everytime you touch the arm, it moves back or forth and the VTF changes.
I sent the arm back and they said it was fine. Maybe it's just the synergy with the VdH that doesn't work, I don't know. It just ended up driving me crazy. It didn't feel like a great arm to me, whereas the turntable itself (I have the 294) is very solidly built. I love it.
I think Nottingham are a slightly weird company. They make great turntables but the plinth it comes with sounded like crap, for example.
I do believe the arm is not as well built as it should, but in all fairness, it's not as expensive as superarms.
I'm getting a Brinkmann tonearm, as I used a Brinkmann TT before and miss the amazing quality of construction, speed and dynamics of their arm.


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