Technics SP-10 TT motor capacitors?

Dear friends: Pryso posted an advise that he receive for someone else: ++++ " if it ain't broke, don't fix it.. " +++++

this is common sense and I'm with.

I can't remember when was the last time that I read elsewhere that cap suffer of a leak or even " exploit " and certainly never from a SP-10 owner.

My whole/general attitude about is to change ( whatever ) parts ( caps, resistors, wire, etc, etc ) in an audio item where we can/could achieve better performance with out an important trade-off.

Of course that for be " peace in mind " and due that it is a very low price everyone of us like to make those changes. No, I don't do it in my SP-10s yet.

I would like to know ( maybe other people could likes too ) from those SP-10 owners that already change the caps/reistors or the like what real changes we can expect/detect with these new parts on the SP-10 quality performance or none at all other that that " peace on mind ".

Could you?: Strathorncat, Lewm or some body else.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Dear " Sp-10s " : Something that I have on mind from sometime is to take out all the " electronics " from the TT ( main unit ) in a separate " control box " ( make a re-build/refurbished CB and PS, almost new units with new circuit boards and up-date parts .) and leave the TT in an " open frame " with a stand-alone " tower " or the like for the tonearm.

I'm not for those beautiful and heavy plinths, my SP-10 " road " is almost the contrary.

My choice an experiences about tell me that if this way is not the best one at least it is not the worst.

I already heard several Sp-10s in new beautiful heavy plinths in different build materials ( in very good audio systems ) and in no case I heard something that could tell me that that kind of plinths are a better " road " that the one I choose: a simple " open frame ", yes I know that looks ugly but I care more on the quality performance level.

What do you think on this/my approach about?, because I don't have any scientific argument to support it: it is only my " feelings ", that are working good in the way I have right now.

To make that open frame SP-10 it needs time a lot of time for the whole project, it is something like to build/design a new TT.
I don't have the time for now but my attitude is oriented to make it in the future.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Dear Strathorncat: +++ " found one cap that had broke open " +++

obviously the change is a must.

Nw, which performance changes do you experience when you made those caps changes? something improve?, the Sp-10 is a very good design and very well made for those times that's why I ask about: it is worth to do it?

could you share with us?

regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Dear Strathorncat: Thank you for the info and yes I agree that it would be an injustice to not take care about.

My questions are mainly because my mind SP-10s whole project that I posted and I want to know if it will be worth the tremendous effort that could take the project, like I say is almost a re-design and build an almost new TT : sounds easy but it is not.

Anyway I think that this kind of dialog between so many Sp-10 lovers are really learning and enrich our own targets on the subject.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Dear Lew: I think I understand what you posted about and that kind of prevention is that: a prevention, I?m not against it.

What I say is that I don't know/read/experiences anywhere on that kind of failure in a SP-10, but could happen.

Anyway, the whole subject is that we have to take care on our Sp-10s, no doubt about.

My question still is the same: any improvement?

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Dear Pryso: Great links, thank you so much.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.