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Nottingham Analogue Studio |
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"It delivered 'touch' and 'feel' that the others, as good as they were, only hinted at."
Stereophile
"...the Nottingham is like a performer
with a good voice or instrumental skill
hell-bent on getting the deeper meaning of the music across.."
The Absolute Sound
"How does it sound? It sounds like music."
Hi-Fi Choice
"...the first turntable I’ve heard in my system that was fully satisfying."
Listener Magazine
"I was amazed at how much more music there was."
Audio Quarterly
"...you can’t help but tap your feet and sing along to the tunes."
What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision
Tom Fletcher's Nottingham turntables have had a cult following for decades. When we first heard one we, like most everyone else, fell in love with it. We were so enthralled with its musical performance that anything we said would be so over-the-top as to be unbelievable. So we thought we'd leave that to others. See the comments above that cover the entire range of Nottingham turntables.
New Nottingham Horizon
On Display Now
We'll start with Nottingham's least expensive turntable, the Horizon, because they only get more amazing from there. The Horizon, which sells for $800 ($1000 with a Rega RB250 arm), was recently reviewed by Michael Fremer (Mr. Analog) in the February 2003 issue of Stereophile. It was up against five other tables from SOTA, Rega, and Pro-Ject. His conclusion? — "The Horizon delivered 'touch' and 'feel' that the others, as good as they were, only hinted at... Where most of the tables produced a slightly glazed sound compared to far more expensive models, the Horizon mimicked the sound of multi-thousand-dollar rigs..."
The Rest of the Range
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Dais (shown with Anna arm)
Nottngham's most recently introduced top-of-the-range turntable, the Dais comes complete with the Wave Mechanic power supply. |
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Hyperspace (shown with Anna Arm)
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Space (shown with Space Arm)
The Space Deck is the "sensible" starting point for someone wishing to slowly build up to an ultra-high performance turntable. By eventually adding the "heavy kit" (and additional platter element) and the Wave Mechanic outboard power supply, performance can be improved as budgets allow.
Now On Display With Heavy kit Upgrade
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Interspace (shown with Interspace Arm)
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Tom Fletcher's comments on Nottingham Tonearms |
The Turntable as Art
Offering performance that is arguably just a tad better than the Dais, the Anna Log (pun intended) pulls out all the stops. Handcrafted from a mahogany beam salvaged from a 200 year old mill, the Anna Log is not only a joy to listen to, but a feast for the eyes as well.
