Well Tempered Reference Vs Nottingham

Hi Steve, Try a VPI SDS or even better a Walker Motor Controller. You may decide to keep your table for another 15 years. It will make an impressive improvement.

Hifibri: You have read my mind. I have had a Well Tempered Reference table and arm for about 17 years and have really gotten the upgrade itch. I am now waiting for my Walker Motor Controller to arrive and will see if it does it. If it doesn't then I'll be looking at $10000 to upgrade.

Well Tempered Reference table is a classic..remains a formidable turntable against many more pricey tables in todays time..Once owned and felt miserable when I sold mine.
Keep it and you will never regret it..It has served you well and will for a long long time..
YOu sell it and you will be sorry ..

If any of you wanted to "upgrade" from the Well Tempered Reference, what would you get?

My $.02. I too think that the WTT is a great and novel design. And I agree with others that a Walker or other high quality motor controller will provide an amazing improvement that you won't believe until you hear it. However, I personally have never been a fan of the WT tonearm. I think it's over-damped and squeezes the life out of at least the cartridges that I've heard on it. If one wanted to mount a different tonearm on the WTT, one's choice might be limited to surface-mount types, but I think it might make for an interesting experiment. BTW, I think that the WTT w/Reference tonearm now retails for ~$10K. Not such a bargain for that much money.