Some references on questions ask here:
Raul, I've wondered too about the potential for "improved" performance with tt parts replacement versus piece of mind from eliminating old parts. Albert Porter who is well known on A'gon for his rebuild of his SP-10 Mk2, chose to upgrade caps in the power supply but left his motor unit alone. And while this is not the same for a turntable where the parts are out of the signal path, my friend Dan Banquer posted this description of sonic benefits from parts replacements in a tuner.
http://www.audioholics.com/tweaks/do-it-yourself-diy-topics/revamping-a-vintage-yamaha-t-80-tuner
Now for Lewm, Strathorncat, and Raul, there is a chap in England who developed a replacement power supply/regulator unit for the SP-10s. Check his site (I'm not a customer and have only read his posts on VinylEngine).
http://www.sp-10mkii.com/
And lastly, for Raul and others with interest of moving all electronics away from the motor unit itself, here is a little info on such a project. Sorry that the translation to English is very rough. Such a project is way beyond my basic soldering skills but one can dream.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://homepage2.nifty.com/~mhitaste/audiotop/audio_apparatus_page/sp-10mk2.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhomepage2.nifty%2B%2522Technics%2Bsp-10mk2%2522%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DbW5%26sa%3DG
And the famous Kaneta modification -
http://de.geocities.com/bc1a69/kaneta_eng.html
Happy reading and keep the information flow coming.
Raul, I've wondered too about the potential for "improved" performance with tt parts replacement versus piece of mind from eliminating old parts. Albert Porter who is well known on A'gon for his rebuild of his SP-10 Mk2, chose to upgrade caps in the power supply but left his motor unit alone. And while this is not the same for a turntable where the parts are out of the signal path, my friend Dan Banquer posted this description of sonic benefits from parts replacements in a tuner.
http://www.audioholics.com/tweaks/do-it-yourself-diy-topics/revamping-a-vintage-yamaha-t-80-tuner
Now for Lewm, Strathorncat, and Raul, there is a chap in England who developed a replacement power supply/regulator unit for the SP-10s. Check his site (I'm not a customer and have only read his posts on VinylEngine).
http://www.sp-10mkii.com/
And lastly, for Raul and others with interest of moving all electronics away from the motor unit itself, here is a little info on such a project. Sorry that the translation to English is very rough. Such a project is way beyond my basic soldering skills but one can dream.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://homepage2.nifty.com/~mhitaste/audiotop/audio_apparatus_page/sp-10mk2.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhomepage2.nifty%2B%2522Technics%2Bsp-10mk2%2522%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DbW5%26sa%3DG
And the famous Kaneta modification -
http://de.geocities.com/bc1a69/kaneta_eng.html
Happy reading and keep the information flow coming.