Technics SP-10 TT motor capacitors?

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.

My hope is that it will meet factory specs, and continue to do so for the next 20 years. My table takes a bit to stabilize at 78rpm and I'm hoping that gets better. I'm getting up to speed on the service manual and the troubleshooting tree. My guess is that I'd see something a bit out of tolerance now if I checked with a scope, but I'm going to go ahead and do the caps as I do with all old equipment. I've seen too many old guitar amps with real leaky caps to doubt the fact that they will deteriorate after 20+ years. It would be an injustice (in my mind) to not take care of this classic machine as best I can. I have all I need to do this myself, so no big burden, and I enjoy it. You are asking a fair question and I appreciate the dialog.

I've wondered the same thing about plinth or no plinth.

SH-10E recap. Sorry, didn't really answer your direct question. Since it was a filter cap in a power supply, I have no doubt that I would have seen less noise on the output rail after cap replacement, to say the least. I didn't check though, cuz I've seen this often and I understand this circuit. I don't profess to understand the servo contol circuit, but I understand leaky caps.

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.