Nottingham motor controler


Hi.
Anyone uses it with Nottingham Spacedeck or Hyperspace?
Does it make big difference?
Current around here is really bad until at least midnight, dirty and power fluctuates all the time. My inexpensive - $500- Furman voltage stabilizer/conditioner doesn't help much, just a little.
Or maybe I should get something like used PA Audio regenerator for about $1000? Yeah, probably both.
So what is your experience?
inna
Yes, do it.

I have a NA Mentor, much modified. Motor and WM are vintage 2014/12. I suggest that you get them both at the same time, and they will match the WM to the motor.

The upgrade made a significant difference in my system, at a very reasonable cost.
How have your Mentor been modified?
Well, the motor came with the table, that's what I have.
Yeah, it's about $750 from UK, over $1k in the US.
But blown transistors? I don't like it.
Inna, don't let the comparatively low price of the Falcon PSU deter you. It's got a lot of functionality built into that small case. You can do speed and voltage calibration. I'd at least investigate a bit. No affiliation to the manufacturer, just a happy customer.
There is another PSU from the same company, a little more expensive.
I would still prefer, I guess, what is recommended by Nottingham, but I'll have to think further. No rush.
Inna, the most important mod was to the plinth. I used an aluminum / Baltic Birch plywood / aluminum sandwich, and further isolated the motor. Also went to an air bearing tonearm (big difference).

If I remember correctly, NA will match the WM to your motor. Of course, that means sending it to them and being without for a few weeks. But new motors are not expensive from NA - and with the cost of courier ... and then you don't have a new motor with new bearings ... and you don't have a spare motor ...

I have experienced no blown transistors or other problems. I also protect the WM with an isolation transformer.