Sonic differences between Nottingham & VPI's TT's

they both are pretty neutral given a decent cartridge and arm, but the nottingham spacedeck has stood the test of time.

I recently auditioned the Ace Space 294 vs the comparable priced VPI.
To my ears the Nottingham got more into the music (and was warmer). The VPI was more dynamic (out side the music).

Because most of my 5-6 hundred records are jazz (Blue Note, Impulse, etc) the Nottingham suited my taste better & that's the one I bought. If I were listening to rock/pop etc I might have gone the other way.

I owned and enjoyed the spacedeck but ended up being happier with a VPI Aries. But it was more of an arm thing than a table thing, the spacearm I had was a a quirky and persnickety device to live with (imho, others differ in their experience). The spacedeck and somebody elses more robustly designed and user friendly arm would be a combo that I could be just as happy with as the VPI, but I might still miss the VPI's great set up info and tech support (Nott gave me a cheasy 8.5*11 sheet that did not tell you much and that was about all I found for reliable information).