AC power supply for Nottingham Analogue

migueca, You wrote, "I also considered buying the Phoenix Falcon (after failing to find the Eagle, apparently discontinued and hard to get)."  So far as I know, Phoenix Engineering is defunct along with all the products they made and sold.  So all Phoenix products are hard to get these days.  If you were lucky enough to find a new Falcon, just be sure it makes enough Watts to power your turntable motor.  I think the Falcon is limited to 5W, but I do know that the Notts motor is not very demanding.  Just double check its power consumption.  The Eagle was originally a 15W device that was later increased to 25W, in order to power some of the more demanding motors. You probably don't need an Eagle to power the Nottingham motor.

If you can still find a Phoenix Engineering power supply floating around, go for it, with or without the "Roadrunner" device that allows you to lock on to platter speed.  (But do also get a Roadrunner, if you can find one.)  I'm using these with my Lenco and works quite well to pinpoint and hold 33.333 rpm.

Can you say why you are dissatisfied with the Wave Mechanic?  I have never used it, but I did use the Walker Audio PMC with my Notts Hyperspace, and the improvement over no outboard AC supply was "huge".  But nowadays there are many other choices, as well.