I see these two turntables come up for sale. Seems the SP25 goes for less than the SP10mkII. What are the differences between these two turntables? Are their motors and platters the same? Do they sound different from each other?
The 25 is closer to the SL1200 series and doesn't do 78rpm. The 10 is much more robust and has an outboard power supply and wired remote. The motors and platters are different.
Dear Tube540: Other than what Rwwear posted I can add that the SP25 is the starting/lower model on the Technics SP TT series, after it is the SP15 ( that comes with the 78rpm and a different weight platter ) and then the two top Technics ( stand alone ) TTs: the SP10-MK2 and MK3, these two are a lot better than the other two ( not only whit different platters or external power supply but the main specs are different too and for the better on the SP10s. ) and the differences on the Japan price when were on the market ( 1982 ) can tell you about: 60K Yens for the SP25 and 150K Yens for the SP10MK2 the MK3 was even costly.
Actually, the specs (W&F, rumble, speed error) for the SP-25 and the SP-10 MK2 are identical (also identical to the SP-15 and SL-1200 series MK2 and above). It's only on the the SP-10 MK-3 that the specs improve-but then, it cost twice as much (new) as the SP-10 MK2!
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